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Matthew Byam Shaw

  • Producer
  • Actor
  • Script and Continuity Department
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Matthew Byam Shaw is known for The Crown (2016), Frost/Nixon (2008) and Desmond's (1989). He is married to Melanie Thaw. They have three children.
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    • Won 1 Primetime Emmy
      • 3 wins & 8 nominations total

    Known for

    Elizabeth Debicki in The Crown (2016)
    The Crown
    8.6
    TV Series
    • Producer
    Frank Langella and Michael Sheen in Frost/Nixon (2008)
    Frost/Nixon
    7.6
    • Producer
    • 2008
    Desmond's (1989)
    Desmond's
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Simon Greenhill
    Piss Off, I Love You (2019)
    Piss Off, I Love You
    TV Series
    • Producer

    Credits

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    Producer



    • Elizabeth Debicki in The Crown (2016)
      The Crown
      8.6
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2016–2023
    • Piss Off, I Love You (2019)
      Piss Off, I Love You
      TV Series
      • executive producer
      • 2019
    • Frank Langella and Michael Sheen in Frost/Nixon (2008)
      Frost/Nixon
      7.6
      • executive producer
      • 2008
    • Masculine Mescaline (1996)
      Masculine Mescaline
      7.0
      Short
      • producer
      • 1996

    Actor



    • Peter O'Toole, Richard Briers, Sarah Badel, David Bamber, Roy Hudd, and Judy Parfitt in Heavy Weather (1995)
      Heavy Weather
      7.0
      TV Movie
      • Hugo Carmody (as Matthew Byam-Shaw)
      • 1995
    • Rumble
      4.0
      TV Series
      • Ken Capocci
      • 1995
    • Incredible Games (1994)
      Incredible Games
      8.2
      TV Series
      • Schoolteacher
      • 1995
    • Rik Mayall Presents (1993)
      Rik Mayall Presents
      8.3
      TV Series
      • Drunken Hooray
      • 1995
    • Desmond's (1989)
      Desmond's
      7.9
      TV Series
      • Simon Greenhill
      • 1993
    • Lenny Henry in Chef! (1993)
      Chef!
      8.1
      TV Series
      • Derek
      • 1993
    • Duncan Bell in The Zebra Man (1992)
      The Zebra Man
      5.6
      Short
      • Man at Party
      • 1992
    • The Ghosts of Oxford Street (1991)
      The Ghosts of Oxford Street
      7.6
      TV Movie
      • Gossip
      • 1991
    • Gabriel Byrne and Marianne Basler in A Soldier's Tale (1989)
      A Soldier's Tale
      5.8
      • Lt. Mortimer
      • 1989

    Script and Continuity Department



    • Masculine Mescaline (1996)
      Masculine Mescaline
      7.0
      Short
      • script editor (as Matt Byam Shaw)
      • 1996

    Personal details

    • Alternative names
      • Matthew Byam-Shaw
    • Spouse
      • Melanie Thaw? - present (3 children)
    • Other works
      (Monday November 22 to Saturday November 27, 2004) He was producer for Michael Frayn's play, "Clouds," in an Act Productions in association with Cambridge Arts Theatre at the Yvonne Arnaud Theatre in Guildford, Surrey, England with Lloyd Owen (Owen); Tara Fitzgerald (Mara); Rolf Saxon (Ed); Darrell D'Silva (Angel); Ewen Cummins (Hilberto); Sara Wakefield (Understudy Mara); Robert Lockwood (Understudy for Owen and Ed) and Chris Streeks (Understudy for Hilberto) in the cast. Jennie Darnell was director. Matthew Wright was designer. Tim Mitchell was lighting designer. Fergus O'Hare was sound designer. Penny Dyer was dialect coach. Marian Spon was company stage manager. William Buckenham was deputy stage manager. Sara Wakefield was also assistant stage manager. Tony Priestley was wardrobe master. Bill Butler was costume supervisor. Digby Robinson was production manager.

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      Son-in-law of John Thaw and Sheila Hancock.

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