Rich Matthews

Development Director @Rural Media

Hereford, GB

As Rural Media’s Development Director, chief fundraiser and lead bid writer, I\'ve attracted more than £10 million pounds of investment into Herefordshire and the West Midlands for skills, training, creative participation and social impact projects, and cultural and talent development. As part of the Senior Management Team, I\'m responsible for the development slate for both Rural Media Charity and our commercial arm, Rural Studios and am part of the Operations Team alongside the Creative Director and Head of Production. Duties include strategic planning, idea generation, script reading, talent acquisition, talent development, funding applications, project management, partnership building, budgeting, delivery - and everything in between. Every now and again, I also write, direct and edit a little bit too. Plus, a bit of film theory lecturing and mentoring.

UCL

BSc 1st Class Hons, Psychology

University of Birmingham

Doctor of Philosophy, Film & Screenwriting

Birkbeck, University of London

MA, Film & Television Studies

UK College of Hypnosis and Hypnotherapy

Cognitive-Behavioural Hypnotherapy