Matt Scholten

Matt Scholten

Matt (he/him) is a Naarm (Melbourne) based award-winning creative who works as a Director, Producer, Writer, Educator and Acting Coach for theatre and screen based projects.

A graduate of the University of Melbourne and the Victorian College of the Arts, Matt is the Artistic Director & Creative Producer of prolific independent company If Theatre whose work has been seen all over Australia in both metropolitan and regional settings.

His creative practice is centred on engaging storytelling projects with a thematic focus on social justice, LGBTQIA+ stories, community based projects and raising diverse and marginalised voices into the mainstream.

As a freelancer and through If Theatre’s collaborations, Matt has worked extensively on developing, premiering and touring new Australian work and as a mentor to emerging creatives.

His theatre work has been seen at and supported by companies including La Mama Theatre, Melbourne Theatre Company, Belvoir Street Theatre, Queensland Performing Arts Centre, Arts Centre Melbourne, Playlab, Queensland Theatre, Regional Arts Victoria, HOTA Gold Coast, Tasmanian Theatre Company, Playwriting Australia, Theatre Works, Union House Theatre and many others.

His film work has been supported by Screen Queensland, Screen Australia and Network Ten.

He has taught acting and directed at the Victorian College of the Arts, University of Southern Queensland, Griffith University and the Queensland University of Technology.

Matt is currently a Lecturer in Drama at Trinity College, University of Melbourne.

Matt is a descendant of the Yugambeh Migunburri people of the Bundjalung Nation and also of Dutch, Irish and UK heritage.

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Written and Directed by Matt Scholten, BELONGING won the 2020 Melbourne Queer Film Festival Award for Best Documentary Short.

Matt Scholten and If Theatre respectfully acknowledge the Wurundjeri and Woi Wurrung People, part of the Kulin Nation as the Traditional Owners of the unceded land on which we live, and their unique relationship with the land, seas and waterways. We pay our respects to Elders both past and present, and to all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples in all of the locations where we create our work. This Always Was and Always Will Be Aboriginal Land.

Uluru Statement from the Heart https://ulurustatement.org/the-statement/