---
name: "Matt Greenhalgh"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/matt-greenhalgh"
fi1m_id: "matt-greenhalgh"
imdb_id: "nm0339043"
tmdb_id: 45053
wikidata_id: "Q1372842"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1972"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 66
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-02T23:48:47.730254+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 Greenhalgh

## Identity

Matt Greenhalgh

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/matt-greenhalgh
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** matt-greenhalgh
- **IMDb ID:** nm0339043
- **TMDB ID:** 45053
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1372842
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Greenhalgh, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1372842, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0339043/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/45053

Writer. Born 1 January 1972 in Salford, Manchester, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1972, Salford, Manchester, England, UK
- **Active:** 2007–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Sam Taylor-Johnson](https://film.one/person/sam-taylor-johnson.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 66, as writer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 76 (2), 2010s 66 (1), 2020s 48 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 66 to 59 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, History 1, Music 1, Romance 1
- **Screen time:** 7 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $69m across 4 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Greenhalgh, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1372842, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0339043/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/45053

## Streaming the US now

- **Tubi:** [*Control*](https://film.one/film/control.md) (80)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Nowhere Boy*](https://film.one/film/nowhere-boy.md) (72)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Matt Greenhalgh is an English screenwriter from Manchester. His film writing debut was the 2007 biopic *Control*, about Joy Division singer Ian Curtis, for which he won the BAFTA Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in Their First Feature Film. He also received an Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Screenplay for the film.

Greenhalgh has written several other screenplays for biographical films, including *Nowhere Boy* (2009), *The Look of Love* (2013), *Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool* (2017) and *Back to Black* (2024). He was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for *Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool*. Earlier in his career he wrote for television series such as *Burn It* and *Clocking Off*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Back to Black* (2024), Fi1m 48, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/back-to-black.md)
- *Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool* (2017), Fi1m 66, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/film-stars-dont-die-in-liverpool.md)
- *Nowhere Boy* (2009), Fi1m 72, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/nowhere-boy.md)
- *Control* (2007), Fi1m 80, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/control.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Back to Black* (2024), Screenplay — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/back-to-black.md)
- *Floodlights* (2022), Executive Producer, Writer
- *Baba* (2021), Executive Producer
- *She* (2020), Director, Writer
- *Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool* (2017), Screenplay — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/film-stars-dont-die-in-liverpool.md)
- *The Look of Love* (2013), Screenplay
- *Move On* (2012), Writer
- *Supermarket Girl* (2012), Director
- *Nowhere Boy* (2009), Screenplay — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/film/nowhere-boy.md)
- *Control* (2007), Screenplay — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/control.md)
- *Burn It* (2003), series, Writer, Creator

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