Matthew Oliver Hackney, most commonly known as Matt Hackney is an English born film Director and Cinematographer. Born on the 29th June 1998. Matt began by studying film theory while at High School before attending Staffordshire University where he began to develop practical skills.

Matt has a strong passion for working in teams to help create the strongest vision for a project. His main passion is working on the cinematography as a DOP in order to visually tell the story, he also enjoys to work on camera within film.

His directing debut began in 2017 in which Matt directed a short documentary film titled Bill Townley: Labour of Love. A film which would soon be awarded in many short films

In September of the same year Matt would begin to Write, Direct and Produce his debut Fiction short film focusing on the self consciousness of women through interpretations of what it means to be beautiful. This film was titled Flawless and uses Cinematography in order to visually tell the story.