---
name: "Matthew Barry"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/matthew-barry"
fi1m_id: "matthew-barry"
imdb_id: "nm1290141"
tmdb_id: 2282638
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "16 February 1986"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T20:55:05.257273+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."
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# Matthew Barry

## Identity

Matthew Barry

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/matthew-barry
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** matthew-barry
- **IMDb ID:** nm1290141
- **TMDB ID:** 2282638
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1290141/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2282638

Writer. Born 16 February 1986.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 16 February 1986
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1290141/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2282638

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Industry*](https://film.one/tv/industry.md) (76)

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## Biography

Matthew Barry is a Welsh screenwriter. He studied history and politics at the University of Warwick and is an alumnus of the BBC Writers' Academy. He was named a Broadcast Hot Shot in 2011 and received a BAFTA Rocliffe Comedy award in 2012.

Barry began his career writing for continuing dramas, including multiple episodes of *EastEnders* (2011–2018), *Casualty* (2012–2018, including the 30th anniversary episode) and *Holby City*. His other credits include episodes of *Death in Paradise* (2015–2016), *Banana* (2015), *Stella* (2015–2017) and *Chilling Adventures of Sabrina* (2018–2020).

He wrote the BBC drama *Men Up* (2023) and created and wrote the series *The Guest* (2025). *Men Up* won him the BAFTA Cymru award for best writer as well as RTS Wales and other awards.

*Sources: imdb.com, theagency.co.uk, rlf.org.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Industry* (2020), Fi1m 76, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/industry.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *The Guest* (2025), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *Dope Girls* (2025), series, Executive Producer
- *Men Up* (2024), Writer
- *Industry* (2020), series, Writer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/industry.md)
- *Chilling Adventures of Sabrina* (2018), series, Writer, Producer, Supervising Producer
- *Banana* (2015), series, Writer
- *Death in Paradise* (2011), series, Writer
- *Mine All Mine* (2004), series, as Leo Vivaldi
- *Dalziel and Pascoe* (1996), series, as David Lyttelton
- *The Trial of Louise Woodward*, series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *Marriage Test*, Executive Producer

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