---
name: "Matthew Cooper"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/matthew-cooper"
fi1m_id: "matthew-cooper"
imdb_id: "nm1247639"
tmdb_id: 3235023
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "23 April 1974"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-07T12:29:37.227708+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."
---

# Matthew Cooper

## Identity

Matthew Cooper

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/matthew-cooper
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** matthew-cooper
- **IMDb ID:** nm1247639
- **TMDB ID:** 3235023
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1247639/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3235023

Writer. Born 23 April 1974 in Leeds, England, UK.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 23 April 1974, Leeds, England, UK
- **Also known as:** Matt Cooper
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1247639/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3235023

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*EastEnders*](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md) (70)

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

## Biography

Matthew Cooper is a British screenwriter and director, also credited as Matt Cooper. He began his career as a scriptwriter with a Channel 4 short film in 1993 and went on to write for several UK soap operas, including episodes of *EastEnders* (2003), *Emmerdale* and *Hollyoaks*.

He was the youngest core writer on the *Emmerdale* team and contributed to storylines on *Hollyoaks* that helped increase viewing figures. Cooper is BAFTA shortlisted and Royal Television Society nominated for his television writing. He has also worked as a script consultant on feature films.

As a director, he has made a series of low-budget horror films inspired by H. P. Lovecraft, including *Markham* (2020), *At the Mountains of Madness* (2021) and *When the Earth Gives Up the Dead* (2022), released online. He has directed additional features such as *Sober* (2025).

*Sources: matcoop.co.uk, imdb.com, matthewcooperdirector.co.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *EastEnders* (1985), Fi1m 70, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

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

- *The Whitby Goth Weekend Horror* (2026), Screenplay, Director
- *Sober* (2025), Director, Writer, Producer, Cinematography
- *H.P. Lovecraft's the Shadow Over Innsmouth* (2024), Director
- *When The Earth Gives Up The Dead* (2022), Director, Writer
- *At the Mountains of Madness* (2021), Director, Writer
- *Markham* (2020), Writer, Director
- *Hollyoaks* (1995), series, Writer
- *Family Style* (1993), Writer
- *EastEnders* (1985), series, Writer — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/eastenders.md)
- *Emmerdale* (1972), series, Writer

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/matthew-cooper