Matthew Kuipers

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 2 'A' Levels in 10 weeks for Exeter University drama course Awarded distinction for writing & directing show 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 Anthony Blunt to discover my 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 - life can be beautiful Writing, Producing, Financing, Plotting ... Nearly grown-up