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John Mateer was one of the four founding members of the department of Theatre, Film, Television and Interactive Media (TFTI), which is now part of the School of Arts & Creative Technologies (ACT). He was responsible for developing all aspects of film and television production provision, including curriculum design of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes from the ground up, and taught on numerous modules at all levels.
Mateer was also heavily involved in the creation of TFTI/ACT’s award-winning building working closely with the original Head of Department Professor Andy Tudor. He had specific responsibility in overseeing the architectural design, construction and fit-out of all production and postproduction areas. Stipulations in the funding for the building required that its facilities be used to help develop the regional economy where possible. To enable this, Mateer brokered and supervised the support of over 20 commercially-released feature films and more than a dozen major broadcast television projects for the BBC, ITV, Channel 4 and others, which also provided many work placement and internship opportunities for students.
Most recently, Mateer supported university-wide initiatives to expand external relationships serving as the Associate Dean for Partnerships, Engagement and International activities for the faculty of Arts & Humanities. Exploration of the relationship between academia, industry and government policy in different contexts has been a major part of his research.
Mateer started his career working with Emmy award-winning Robert Greenwald Productions (MGM Studios) doing lighting for made-for-television movies for the ABC and NBC networks in the US. After completing his postgraduate degree at the American Film Institute, where he was a Directing Fellow, he worked as a producer and director with numerous companies including Jonathan Goodson Productions (in association with Paramount Studios), Gabriel Films Ltd., Ogilvy & Mather and LucasArts (as part of the First Cities project) and several others.
More recently Mateer worked as Executive Producer and Visual Effects Producer for the feature film The Knife That Killed Me (2014) backed by Universal Pictures UK, and as Visual Effects Producer for the feature film Macbeth (2018), produced by GSP Studios.
Mateer’s expertise lies in the development and supervision of projects involving computer-generated imagery as well as format and script development for television series and feature films. He continues to be active in the industry as both a consultant and practitioner on a freelance basis.