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Matt Greenhalgh(I)

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Matt Greenhalgh
Matt Greenhalgh is an award winning screenwriter from Manchester, best known for Control (2007) about Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis, Nowhere Boy (2009) about John Lennon's younger years and The Look of Love (2013) about the controversial life of Paul Raymond. He also created the cult favorite TV series Burn It (2003) for BBC.
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    • Won 1 BAFTA Award
      • 3 wins & 10 nominations total

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    Known for

    Sam Riley in Control (2007)
    Control
    7.6
    • Writer
    • 2007
    Kristin Scott Thomas, Anne-Marie Duff, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson in Nowhere Boy (2009)
    Nowhere Boy
    7.1
    • Writer
    • 2009
    Marisa Abela in Back to Black (2024)
    Back to Black
    6.3
    • Writer
    • 2024
    Annette Bening and Jamie Bell in Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017)
    Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
    6.7
    • Writer
    • 2017

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    Writer

    • Marisa Abela in Back to Black (2024)
      Back to Black
      6.3
      • screenplay by
      • 2024
    • Floodlights (2022)
      Floodlights
      7.1
      TV Movie
      • Writer
      • 2022
    • Abigail Lawrie in She (2020)
      She
      6.0
      Short
      • Writer
      • 2020
    • Annette Bening and Jamie Bell in Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017)
      Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool
      6.7
      • screenplay by
      • 2017
    • Steve Coogan, Anna Friel, Tamsin Egerton, and Imogen Poots in The Look of Love (2013)
      The Look of Love
      6.0
      • written by
      • 2013
    • Mads Mikkelsen in Move On (2012)
      Move On
      5.7
      • Writer
      • 2012
    • Acid Burn (2010)
      Acid Burn
      5.9
      Short
      • writer
      • 2010
    • Kristin Scott Thomas, Anne-Marie Duff, and Aaron Taylor-Johnson in Nowhere Boy (2009)
      Nowhere Boy
      7.1
      • screenplay
      • 2009
    • Sam Riley in Control (2007)
      Control
      7.6
      • screenplay
      • 2007
    • Legless (2005)
      Legless
      7.3
      TV Movie
      • Writer
      • 2005
    • William Ash, Lisa Faulkner, Kieran O'Brien, and Marsha Thomason in Burn It (2003)
      Burn It
      8.5
      TV Series
      • written by
      • Writer
      • 2003
    • Robert Bathurst, James Nesbitt, Hermione Norris, Fay Ripley, and John Thomson in Cold Feet (1997)
      Cold Feet
      8.2
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2003
    • Philip Glenister, David Morrissey, Sophie Okonedo, and Nicola Stephenson in Clocking Off (2000)
      Clocking Off
      7.7
      TV Series
      • written by
      • 2002
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    • Alternative name
      • Matthew Greenhalgh

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