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Mat Whitecross

British film editor and film director · United Kingdom · On the map · Directors · Born 1977 · age 49

Mat Whitecross is an English film director, editor, and screenwriter. He began his career working for Michael Winterbottom, a director, and producer Andrew Eaton at Revolution Films.

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A life in dates

2026IdolsFilm, Director2022This EnglandSeries, DirectorThe Sound of 007Film, 2022Director2021The KingsSeries, Director2019Bauhaus 100Film, Director2018Coldplay: A Head Full of DreamsFilm, DirectorColdplay: Live in São PauloFilm, 2018Director2017Red Nose Day ActuallyFilm, Director2016SupersonicFilm, Director2015Game of Thrones: The MusicalFilm, Director2014FlemingSeries, Director2012AshesFilm, Director, Writer2010Sex & Drugs & Rock & RollFilm, Director2009Moving to MarsFilm, DirectorThe Shock DoctrineFilm, 2009Director2008Spooks: Code 9Series, Director2006The Road to GuantanamoFilm, Director2005Job StreetFilm, Director1977Born21 September 1977

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  • Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams 2018
  • Supersonic 2016
  • The Sound of 007 2022
  • The Shock Doctrine 2009
  • Red Nose Day Actually 2017

Filmography 18

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Television 4

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Whitecross is known for directing The Road to Guantánamo;an Ian Dury biopic, Sex & Drugs & Rock & Roll; as well as music documentaries Oasis: Supersonic and Coldplay: A Head Full of Dreams. Whitecross has directed music videos for Coldplay, Take That and the Rolling Stones, being a long-time collaborator of Coldplay's.

Country
United Kingdom
Category
Directors
Type
Movie Director
Status
Living
Dates
Born 1977 · age 49

In the same film or series as Mat

Kit HaringtonAlso in Game of Thrones: The Musical (2015)Michael WinterbottomAlso in The Road to Guantanamo (2006)Will ChampionAlso in Coldplay: Live in São Paulo (2018)Asif KapadiaAlso in Supersonic (2016)Kieran O'BrienAlso in The Shock Doctrine (2009)Marcus BrigstockeAlso in Red Nose Day Actually (2017)