--- name: "Matt Flannery" canonical: "https://film.one/person/matt-flannery" fi1m_id: "matt-flannery" imdb_id: "nm2158807" tmdb_id: 142026 roles: ["Producer"] reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_as: "producer" average_over: 0 updated: "2026-09-17T15:32:04.073212+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Matt Flannery ## Identity Matt Flannery - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/matt-flannery - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** matt-flannery - **IMDb ID:** nm2158807 - **TMDB ID:** 142026 - **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2158807/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/142026 Producer. ## Details - **Work:** Producer - **Active:** 2012–present - **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 writing, 1 crew - **Frequently works with:** [Gareth Evans](https://film.one/person/gareth-evans.md) - **Fi1m score by decade:** 2010s 83 (1), 2020s 74 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2158807/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/142026 ## Streaming the US now - **Disney+:** [*The Raid*](https://film.one/film/the-raid.md) (83) - **AMC+:** [*Gangs of London*](https://film.one/tv/gangs-of-london.md) (74) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Matt Flannery > Matt Flannery's clearest strength is knowing how to film a fight. His cinematography on *The Raid* gives the performers room to work; the writing he shares with Gareth Evans on *Gangs of London* is considerably less assured. In *The Raid* (2011), the camera moves quickly enough to keep pace with the fighters, but we can still follow an exchange of blows. Matt Flannery and fellow cinematographer Dimas Imam Subhono use long, wide takes that give the performers space and let their movements register. Gareth Evans, directing and editing, keeps the cuts from breaking those movements into unreadable pieces. We were exhilarated by the speed of Iko Uwais's fighting because we could see what he was doing. The characters are thin and the action sometimes repeats itself, but this is work we recommend with confidence. The collaboration with Evans runs through *Merantau* (2009), *The Raid 2* (2014) and *Apostle* (2018), all of which Flannery photographed. The last took his cinematography beyond pure action and into horror. His move into long-form television came with *Gangs of London* (2020), which he co-created and co-wrote with Evans, while also photographing early episodes. Across that move, the preference for physical action remains easy to recognise. The series' fights are inventive enough to make the familiar business of threats and divided loyalties feel secondary. The writing of *Gangs of London* is where our enthusiasm needs a qualification. Across the opening series' nine episodes, declarations of loyalty and familiar gangland threats too often have to sustain conversations that offer little pleasure in themselves. The family melodrama keeps insisting on its importance, and the quieter stretches can drag even when there are competing interests to untangle. It would be unfair to assign those weaknesses to Flannery alone. What we can say is that the fighting produces more convincing results than the efforts to make us care consistently about the families. We still recommend *Gangs of London* to action enthusiasts, particularly for its inventive fights and Sope Dirisu's presence. That recommendation depends on finding its graphic violence part of the attraction rather than something to endure. Begin with *The Raid*, and pay attention to how much of each exchange survives the cut. ## Biography Matt Flannery is a British cinematographer and writer. He has frequently collaborated with director Gareth Evans, serving as director of photography on *Merantau* (2009), *The Raid: Redemption* (2011) and *The Raid 2* (2014). His other cinematography credits include *Apostle* (2018), *Umma* (2022) and the television series *Gangs of London* (2020), on which he is also credited as writer and creator. He has received a BAFTA nomination and other awards recognition for his work. *Sources: imdb.com, baike.baidu.com.* ## On Fi1m (2) ### Wrote (1) - *Gangs of London* (2020), Fi1m 74, Writer, Creator, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/gangs-of-london.md) ### Crew (1) - *The Raid* (2012), Fi1m 83, Director of Photography, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/film/the-raid.md) ## Complete filmography (13) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *The Wrecking Crew* (2026), Director of Photography - *Trap House* (2025), Director of Photography - *Havoc* (2025), Director of Photography - *Fight or Flight* (2025), Director of Photography - *Umma* (2022), Director of Photography - *Gangs of London* (2020), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/gangs-of-london.md) - *Apostle* (2018), Director of Photography - *The Raid 2* (2014), Director of Photography - *The Raid* (2012), Director of Photography — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/the-raid.md) - *Merantau* (2009), Director of Photography - *Footsteps* (2006), Producer, Director of Photography - *The Concert for New York City* (2001), Assistant Camera - *Lovely Day* (2001), Assistant Camera --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. 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