Matt Carroll (producer)

He was a principal in the production house Roadshow, Coote and Carroll which produced television shows for Australian and international audiences.

Originally, he studied to be an architect at the University of New South Wales – where he met Jim Sharman, Brian Thomson and others – but became involved in television, working on Skippy and Spyforce while completing his degree.

The company produced Private Collection and Shirley Thompson vs. the Aliens neither of which achieved popular or critical success.

There were significant disagreements in post-production as several minutes were cut from the film, causing friction with director Ken Hannam.

[4] He produced the 1988 miniseries True Believers written by Bob Ellis, a dramatisation of Australian political life between 1940 and 1954.

[7] During his time at Roadshow Coote Carroll, he was also involved in the development of the highly acclaimed Brides of Christ set in a Sydney convent during the 1960s.