Matthew Kuipers

Dreaming, scheming, reading, thinking, re-reading, plotting, pitching, pushing, proposing, meeting, re-pitching then securing partners & players. Matthew ... Left school with little idea of the world Travelled to Paris, attaining virtual fluency in left-wing French Had big expense account, working in advertising Survived as deckie on trawler in North Sea for 6 months Graduated from labourer to assistant cow manager on Scottish farm Lived in green wooden caravan with 4 Irishmen building motorways Lost virginity aged 21 ..... not in wooden caravan Started 1st company in UK to manufacture perspex drum kits Passed exams in 10 weeks for Exeter University drama course Awarded distinction for writing & directing at University Stage managed touring shows on beg, borrow & steal principle Produced, wrote & directed for theatre group in London Acted in theatres in London, Exeter & Leicester Married beautiful girl - called Amanda Firsted Threads - major film about end of the world Fathered 2 beautiful children - Zoe & Max - who look like their mother Researched activities of Cambridge Spy to discover phone was tapped Production managed, scheduled & firsted The Monocled Mutineer Commissioned by BBC & United Artists to write screenplays Learnt to live without Amanda - lost to cancer Line produced features 'Dreaming of Joseph Lees' & 'Strictly Sinatra' Produced 'Island' for ITV, 'Wing & A Prayer' & 'Headless' for Channel 5 Line Produced 'An American Haunting' fell in love with Romanian Produced 'Slaughter' & 'Perkins 14' - fell out of love Produced 'Legendary' for release 2013 Line Produced feature in China 'Outcast' Returned from another 5 months in China Produced 'Lady of Heaven' film about origins of Islam Married French Chinese Artist / Art Therapist - Nearly grown-up