Matthew Holmes (director)

Holmes started his film career as a stop-motion animator.[1][2]

He also worked as an animator and sculptor on several Award-winning short films directed by Michael Cusack, including The Book-Keeper, (R)evolution and Gargoyle. Gargoyle won an AACTA Award for Best Short Animation in 2006.[3]

Holmes first full-length film Twin Rivers was a live-action drama and was made primarily with support from family and friends, with no crew.[4] Filming began in 2001 and continued for four years, wrapping in 2004.

Holmes was one of the lead animators on the 2013 short film Woody, directed by Stuart Bowen.[5]

When the trailer for The Legend of Ben Hall was released, the project was picked up by Odin's Eye Entertainment and RCL Motion Picture Entertainment and expanded into a 2-hour feature film, incorporating the footage from the short film into the feature. Australian director Greg McLean joined the project as an Executive Producer in February 2015.[6] Filming began in regional Victoria in March 2015 and continued into June. The Legend of Ben Hall was released in 2016.

• The Runaway Cowboys, short (1993)
• The Galaxies Tastiest Milkshake, short (1994)
• It's a Dog's Life, short (1996)
• The Scam, short (1999)
• The BookKeeper, short (1999) (animator)
• Eggabord & Bacon-Boy, short (2001)
• (R)evolution short (2003) (animator)
• The Biscuit Effect, feature (2004)
• Gargoyle, short (2006) (animator)
• Twin Rivers, feature (2007)
• Crooked, web series (2010)
• The Vandabelles – Say Goodbye, music video (2011)
• Woody, short (2013) (animator)
• The Artifice, short (2014)
• The Legend of Ben Hall, feature (2016)
• The Cost, feature (2022)