About

In Australia’s Red Centre for ESPN Films’ “THE COLLECTORS”

Matt Ferro is a director, writer and producer; as an executive, he has run the entertainment division of a global Fortune 400 media giant, as well as co-founding Sydney production company Core3 Entertainment, and his own Adrenaline Pump Pty. Ltd.


He is also known for producing the Academy Award-winning visual effects of The Matrix and other memorable feature films, and was the leader of the production development for the Academy Award-winning animated film Happy Feet.


A native New Yorker, Matt has called Sydney, Australia home since 2003.

2019 Sydney Film Festival

Matt Ferro AACTA Red Carpet

AACTA Awards red carpet, Sydney

Memberships and Personal Appearances

  • Member, Academy of Australian Cinema Television Arts | Australian Film Institute    • Member, Society of Australian Cinema Pioneers  
  • Member, Creative Skills Training Council  • Lecturer, Disney Women in Film  • Commencement Speaker, Los Angeles Art School
  • Panelist, TOONZ international animation conference (London); • Keynote speaker, Hollywood launch of SoftImage XSI animation software; 
  • Juror, AFI/AACTA awards.