Production CompanyTelevision

Matchbox Pictures

Melbourne, Australia(approximate location)

Contact & details

TypeProduction Company · Television
LocationMelbourne, Australia
Websitematchboxpictures.com
Phone+61 3 9519 8201
Statusactive2026 credit i
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How their work is rated

Average rating
6.9IMDb
4.0directory 6.28.0

33 rated titles, weighted by votes

Awards

95 wins from 289 nominations across all awards

Barracuda poster
Highest rated
Barracuda
2016
7.81,341 votes
Bad Behaviour poster
Lowest rated
Bad Behaviour
2023
4.31,166 votes
Mostly
drama, comedy, crime
Active
2009–2026
Rotten Tomatoes
75%
Best known for
Clickbait

Ratings and awards from OMDb, matched by title and year across 41 of 42 titles. Unmatched titles are left out rather than guessed. Oscars, Emmys and BAFTAs are itemised; other awards sit in the totals. IMDb counts wins separately from losing nominations, so nominations here is wins plus losses.

Their television work

Series
3552 seasons

2009–2026

Television rating
7.0IMDb

Their films average 6.2, so the television rates 0.8 higher.

Networks
  • ABC TV11
  • ABC Me4
  • SBS4
  • NBC3
  • showcase3
  • Netflix2

Across 34 series matched to TMDB, 514 episodes. 5 still returning or in production.

Longest runningThe Real Housewives of Melbourne · 5 seasons

Series identified from OMDb, falling back to the credit type where OMDb had no match. Season counts are each show’s full run, not only the seasons this company was credited on.

Credits24 of 43

6 films · 37 TV titles

Titles per year43 titles · busiest 2016 with 7

43 titles across 18 years, averaging 2.4 a year. The last five years average 1.8 a year, below their long-run rate. 2 of those 18 years carry no credit on file.

Quality over time34 rated titles · bigger dots carry more votes
3579their average 6.9200020102020

Their 2010s work is their strongest, averaging 7.1 across 21 titles. The 16 titles since 2017 average 6.9, holding at their 6.9 overall. 18 of 34 rated titles sit above their 6.9 average.

Who they work with

Directors
  • Tony Ayres2
Writers
  • Tony Ayres4
  • Osamah Sami2
  • Belinda Chayko2
Notable cast
  • Osamah Sami3
  • Sam Neill2
  • Bryan Brown2
  • Joel Jackson2
  • Don Hany2
Genres
  • Drama31 of 42
  • Comedy9 of 42
  • Crime8 of 42
  • Mystery6 of 42
  • Documentary4 of 42

Names appearing on two or more of Matchbox Pictures’s produced titles, across the 42 matched to OMDb. Cast is the top-billed few OMDb lists per title, so it is notable cast rather than a full cast list. A title can carry more than one genre, so the genre counts overlap.

Works with10 companies

Companies that appear alongside Matchbox Pictures on the same productions. The number is how many titles they share.

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