- Born
- Nickname
- Mr Chicken
- During a 20 year career in renowned advertising agencies Saatchi & Saatchi, BMF and Wunderman London, Matt conceived and wrote countless TV commercials and branded content films, winning over 150 awards internationally, including Creative of the Year APAC, Cannes Lions and D&AD, and served as a juror for the prestigious Cannes Lions and D&AD.
In 2015, he began screenwriting and film-making under the moniker Mr Chicken Films and has since created a folio of many short film and feature film screenplays, produced and directed short films, and been awarded and made official selection at film and screenwriting festivals around the world including the US, UK, Spain and Mexico.
- IMDb mini biography by: Matt Batten
- SpouseKate Elizabeth Furey(April 26, 2008 - present) (1 child)
- All short film titles are short (one word)
- Logo for his production company Mr Chicken Films is hidden in all short films
- Matt Batten founded Mr Chicken Films while on hiatus from his career in advertising.
- During his career as a creative in advertising agencies, Matt Batten conceived and wrote over 30 TV commercials and dozens of online films (content) for brands including Microsoft, Coca-Cola, Nokia, The Sun, Nicotinell, and Old El Paso.
- Matt Batten created a list of 'rules' for films produced by his company Mr Chicken Films. One rule is that all short films MUST have short titles of just one word. Another is that the Mr Chicken Films logo (a white chicken wearing a yellow neck-tie) MUST appear somewhere in all films - a kind of easter egg.
- Having had a career as a Designer and Art Director in advertising, Matt Batten personally designs props that appear in his films, as well as creating set designs, and creating the posters and image art for his films himself.
- His production company was named Mr Chicken after the nickname his wife had been calling him for years.
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