Matthew Patton was born on the 2nd of July 1986 in Ballymena, Northern Ireland to parents Deborah and Alan Pearson, and lives in Randalstown, Northern Ireland.Since a very young age he has been interested in films and film making, although it was around the age of seven when his interest really took hold after sneaking a viewing of James Cameron's Aliens (1986) which belonged to his uncle Adrian.He attended Randalstown Central Primary School, were teaching staff remarked on his enthusiasm for writing stories; and then moved onto Cambridge House Grammar School aged eleven, were he again furthered his interest in fictional literature. He developed a habit of writing down every little idea in the back of school notebooks, something which distressed the faculty (including the English Department) as it distracted him from the rest of his studies. Eventually he proved their doubts wrong by finishing in the top ten in his year at the school.It was at Cambridge House Grammar School where he became friends with now fellow director, Russell Kyle. The two knew each other from Randalstown Central Primary School, but it was in the Art Department at Cambridge House where the two formed their film making friendship.After completing his GCSE (NEELB) exams, Matthew continued on for a further two years at the school before finally dropping out of his A-Levels (NEELB) just months before the final modules where taking place.He officially started 'Pavelware Web and Graphic Design' in September 2005 as a means to further his own interest in working with media and design. It was at this time also that he began seriously writing. Matthew wrote three novels; Born of Mind, Route 122 and then Into The Dust, before finally approaching Russell Kyle about turning one of them into a film in February 2006.The two then formed 'Lens Flare Productions' in July 2006 with the purpose of creating films locally in Northern Ireland, with the acting pool of the country. In the same Summer, he also started writing another novel, Another Damn Monday with the idea of emulating Shaun of the Dead (2004)'s style of black comedy.In December 2006 Matthew wrote, produced and co-directed Life in Extra Time (2007) a short film created as part of an Orange BAFTA competition which garnered 'Lens Flare Productions' a nomination for a BAFTA Short Film Award with fourteen other films. Matthew started production on his first feature length film 'Into The Dust' in March 2007, staring 'Craig Campbell', 'Jason Nicoletti' and 'Fiona Harman'.In the Summer of 2007 he co-directed music video 'Same Old Thoughts' for local singer/songwriter 'Ryan 'Junior' Johnson'.After a falling out with friend and co-founder of 'Lens Flare Productions' Russell Kyle. Matthew reformed his film interests back under the Pavelware name. Unfortunately 'Into The Dust', the pair's first feature film was shelved due to the split. Matthew hopes however to revisit the novel, and still make it into a feature film one day.
