MATTHEW MULLIGAN

Production Management with Legal & Business Affairs for TV & Film

Over a decade of physical production experience on set across HETV drama, feature films, documentary, children’s TV, and unscripted formats, working alongside Producers to deliver projects smoothly. Backed by an LLM in entertainment law, script clearance expertise, and a focus on physical producing.

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PRODUCTION MANAGEMENT
Planning · Budgeting · Scheduling · Crewing · Suppliers · DeliveryINTERNATIONAL PRODUCTION
Locations · Permits · Visas · Carnets · Local crews · LogisticsSPECIALIST PRODUCTION
High-risk locations · Drones · Child performers · Animals · Heavy machinery

RIGHTS & CONTRACTS
Contracts · Rights · Clearances · IP · NegotiationRISK & COMPLIANCE
Production risk · Insurance · Legal research · Regulatory considerationsBUSINESS AFFAIRS
Commercial strategy · Deal structures · Supplier terms

THE WORK

Scripted

'Game of Thrones' Series 6 & 7
Series · Fire & Blood Productions | HBO’Fanny Lye Deliver’d’
Feature · PullBack Camera | BFI’KRYPTON’
Series · Warner Horizon | SyFy’Mother’s Day’
TV Film · BBC Studios | BBC2’Doing Money’
TV Film · Renegade Pictures | BBC2 & RTE’Derry Girls’ Series 2
Series · Hat Trick Productions | Channel 4’Marcella’ Series 3
Series · Buccaneer Media | ITV & Netflix’ZONE 414’
Feature · El Ride Productions | Baird Films | Highland Film Group | Great Point Media | 23ten’Nova Jones’ Series 1, 2 & 3
Series · JAM Media | BBC’Almost Never’ Series 3
Series · JAM Media | BBCThis Is Not A Murder Mystery’
Series · Panenka TV & Deadpan Pictures | Studiocanal'Ellie & Natasia' Series 2
Series · CPL Productions | BBC

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Unscripted

’Mastermind’ Series 18
Series · Hat Trick Productions | BBC’Primal Survivor’ Series 6
Series · Icon Films | Nat Geo’Rick Stein’s Cornwall’ Series 3
Series · Shine TV | BBC’Rick Stein’s Food Stories’
Series · Shine TV | BBC’AMR: Dying to Change the World’
Feature-Length Documentary · Angry Man Pictures | WOAH’Hold The Front Page’
Series · Rare TV | BBC’Princess Anne: A Quite Remarkable Royal’
Feature-Length Documentary · Rare TV | Channel 5’Royal Peacemaker: Sophie, Duchess of Edinburgh’
Feature-Length Documentary · Rare TV | Channel 5’Married at First Sight’ Series 4 & 5
Series · CPL Productions | Channel 4’Love Is Blind UK’ Series 2, 3 & 4
Series · CPL Productions | Netflix’A League of Their Own’ Series 20
Series · CPL Productions | Sky’Rob & Romesh Vs’ Series 8 & 9
Series · CPL Productions | Sky

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Commercial & Digital

’At The Core’
Branded Content · The Beautiful Truth | Glencore’Richard E. Grant Explores’
Branded Content · This Is Global | Smooth & Jump Into Ireland’Kick Start Your Career’
Commercial · Ardmore Advertising | Department for Economy’IOA’
Commercial · Streetmonkey | Insurance of America

"Matthew was an invaluable part of our team on “Hold The Front Page” and made the experience genuinely enjoyable. He was a joy to work with, always calm under pressure, solutions-focused, and ready with multiple options for any challenge that came our way. His unflappable nature and positive attitude set the tone for the team, and his contribution went far beyond the remit of a production manager. I would work with him again in a heartbeat and recommend him without hesitation for any project."
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Brittny Heinrich, Series Producer, Rare TV

"Mathew was an integral part of the Nova Jones production. He worked extremely well under pressure and took great initiative and was professional with every task. His production knowledge is extensive and was extremely reliable across all departments. I would have no hesitation recommending him and would welcome him back on any project going forward. He would be an asset to any production."
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Shauna Cullen, Producer, JAM Media

IN DEVELOPMENT

'SCOLATURA' - Feature | Subterranean Horror
When a group of young backpackers strays into the unmapped depths beneath Naples, they become trapped in a subterranean maze, only to discover they’ve stumbled into the active hunting grounds of a centuries-old cult that drains and frames the dead.

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'FRATERNAL' - Series | Dystopian Sci-Fi, Psychological Thriller
In a world where a shadowy organisation kidnaps people across dimensions under the guise of revolutionary healthcare, two sisters, each from a differing reality, uncover a shocking truth: they are the same person, split by fate and science. Together, they must outwit their pursuers, heal their fractured identity, and fight to reclaim their lives before they are erased from every world.

Format Protection & Copyright Reform
"A Hitchhiker’s Guide to Legal and Non-Legal Protections for TV Formats in the Absence of Absolute Copyright Legislation."
Analyses how unscripted television formats fall between the gaps of traditional copyright law, analyses the practical burden this places on creators to deploy layered contractual and industry protections, and argues for legislative reform drawing on France’s parasitic competition doctrine to penalise unauthorised commercial imitation.

Public Service Broadcasting & Streaming Policy
"Preserving the Future of PSB Facing New Technologies, Evolving Viewing Habits, and SVOD Competition."
Examines how UK public service broadcasters face existential pressure from evolving viewing habits and SVOD competition, demonstrates why traditional prominence rules fail to protect legacy media, and proposes replacing the BBC licence fee with a merit-based funding model to secure the future of public service content.

Personality Rights & Merchandising
"Patchy Publicity: Evaluating the UK’s Piecemeal Approach to Protecting Economic Interests in Image Rights."
Investigates how the UK’s fragmented image-rights regime leaves public figures exposed to commercial exploitation, demonstrates the inadequacy of relying on passing off and privacy law, and makes the case for a standalone statutory right of publicity grounded in commercial control.

UK Labour Relations & Industry Agreements
"BECTU vs PACT 2022: Renegotiating Terms for High-End UK Drama & Comedy Crewing — A Comparative Analysis of Collective Bargaining."
Evaluates the structural shift in UK crewing power dynamic following the BECTU vs PACT negotiations, analyses how collective bargaining protects freelance crews beyond individual contracting capabilities, and advocates for standardized industry-wide terms to secure sustainable working hours, fair overtimes, and operational equity.

Algorithmic Law & Entertainment Economics (Master's Dissertation)
"Beyond the Box Office: How Algorithms and Big Data Transformed the Entertainment Industry — Transparency, Fairness, and Legal Policy."
Critiques how global streamers leverage big data and recommendation algorithms to reshape how entertainment is produced and consumed, exposes the regulatory vacuum this creates around market fairness, and argues for mandatory algorithmic transparency and updated legal frameworks to keep pace with rapid technological shifts.

Platform Liability & Digital Regulation
"Platform to Publisher: Navigating Content Moderation and Liability in the Modern Media Ecosystem."
Unpacks how platform neutrality has become unworkable in modern content distribution, demonstrates the friction created by conflicting US, UK, and EU regulatory frameworks, and proposes an independent, industry-led regulatory council to enforce consistent, accountable content moderation across digital media ecosystems.

Licensing & Spatial Regulation
"The Role of Spatial Regulation and Inherent Morality in Sexual Entertainment Venue (SEV) Licensing."
Assesses how local authorities exercise broad discretionary powers under UK Sexual Entertainment Venue (SEV) licensing, pinpoints the operational instability caused by subjective, morality-driven spatial restrictions, and advocates for clear, objective statutory rules that protect both commercial operators and performer rights.

Academic

Graduate Diploma In Law (GDL)
The College of Legal PracticeEntertainment Law (LLM)
University of WestminsterMedia Professional Studies (BaHons)
Liverpool John Moores UniversityMedia Moving Image & Scriptwriting (HND)
Belfast Metropolitan College

Courses

Legal & Business Affairs (Film & TV)
International Screen InstituteStory for Script Development
John Yorke StoryThe Safeguarding & Regulatory Compliance of Children in the Entertainment Industry.
Practical Accredited Regulations Training (P.A.R.T)Clearing Rights for Film & TV
Erich Pommer InstituteRisk Awareness Safety Training
First Option Safety Group

Workshops

Developing the Art of Successful Negotiation
ScreenSkillsA Guide to Branded Content
ScreenSkillsDiversifying Revenue Streams for Production Companies
ScreenskillsData Protection for Programme Makers
ScreenskillsMusic Licensing 101
ScreenskillsRights in Streaming and Multi-Platform
ScreenskillsAI in Unscripted: Rights & Realities
ScreenskillsLibel Masterclass for Unscripted Productions
ScreenskillsFair Dealing in Unscripted Content
ScreenskillsHow to Push Boundaries and Navigate Legal Risks in Unscripted TV
ScreenSkills

Script clearance & neg-checking for film and TVI founded Set Clear to bring rigorous, accessible script clearance to productions of any scale, from indie shorts to studio features. We review scripts for rights and clearance risk across referenced works, brand names and trademarks, personal rights and defamation exposure, and filming locations, and deliver a clear report on what's safe to use and what needs adjusting.

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Whether you're looking for production management on set, legal and business affairs support, or discussing a project in development get in touch.Tel: +44 (0) 7803 447412Email: [email protected]

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