Mat Kirkby

{{short description|English filmmaker}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} '''Mat Kirkby''' is a Welsh filmmaker. In 2015, he won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for directing ''The Phone Call'', a short drama film starring Sally Hawkins and Jim Broadbent.<ref name="87th">{{cite news |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-30835975 |title=Oscars 2015: Nominations list |accessdate=24 January 2015 |work=BBC News|date=15 January 2015 }}</ref> Kirkby wrote the film with his colleague James Lucas who both had family who worked on helplines.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thewrap.com/the-phone-call-director-mat-kirkbys-next-project-will-make-50-shades-look-like-mary-poppins-thewraps-shortlist-quickie/|title='The Phone Call' Director Mat Kirkby's Next Project Will Make '50 Shades' Look Like 'Mary Poppins': ShortList Quickie|date=22 August 2014|publisher=TheWrap}}</ref> The short had its world premiere at the 2014 Tribeca Film Festival, where it also won Best Short Film. He began his career as a director of commercials and music videos for artists including Adele, Muse and Basement Jaxx.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/feb/19/from-burger-ads-to-oscar-nomination-the-phone-call|title=How two British short film-makers turned rejection into an Oscars nod|first=Andrew|last=Pulver|date=19 February 2015|newspaper=The Guardian}}</ref>

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kirkby, Mat}} Category:English film directors Category:Directors of Live Action Short Film Academy Award winners Category:Living people Category:Year of birth missing (living people)