Matthew Harmer // Cinematographer & Director

A short social-impact commercial commissioned by Vodafone, produced by Nice and Serious, about the issue of social media algorithms pushing misogynistic content to young boys.

CREDITS:

Client: Vodafone, Global Action Plan

Agency: Nice and Serious

Director: Serafima Serafimova

Producers: Kate Mclaughlin, Amy-Jade Chapman

Associate Creative Director: Lily Peters

Creative Art Director: Sadie Devane

First AD: Lily Peters

Second AD: Yumna Matar

D.P.: Matthew Harmer

AC: Danni Baxter

Sound Recordist: Simone Picknett

Sound Assistant: Kylion Buck

Gaffer: Joe Samson

Runner: Paul Daly

Runner: Sara Abou Dan

Set Design: Karin Brink

Costume Designer: Nevo Burrell

Hair and Makeup: Bobbi Smith

Editor: Serafima Serafimova

Colour grade: CHEAT

CAST:

Sholto Cleeve

Arthur Galiano

Kaianne Brown

Cecily Cleeve

Dominique Lubin

Cannon Hay

Josiah Choto

Liubomir Danev

Inigo Cleeve

Charlotte Summers

Since August 2020 to July 2023, there has been 1,197 knife offences in Greenwich. This social-impact narrative film for the Borough of Greenwich raises awareness of the issue by focusing on the life of one young man and the future dreams that can be snuffed out by knife crime.

CREDITS:

Agency: Nice and Serious

Director - Serafima Serafimova

Producer - Katie Barney

Assistant Producer - Sam Bristow

Creative Development and Script - Lily Peters

Director of Photography - Matthew Harmer

Gaffer - Oliver Craig

Runner - Sara Abou Dan

Editor - Serafima Serafimova

Colourist - Aiden Tobin

VO Artist - Andre James

Music - Vilatile Vogue by Cat

CAST (in order of appearance):

Francesco Di Rauso

Saïna Penrake

Yaryna Herechka

Antonio Aakeel

Ellie-Mae Siame

Marlon Kameka

Emily De Cosimo

Liliana Siame

In this narrative film for Southwark Council, a teenage boy navigates through some unwanted attention on his way to school in South London.

CREDITS:

Agency: Nice and Serious

Client: Southwark Council

Director: Serafima Serafimova

Producer: Katie Barney

Assistant Producers: Yumna Matar, Ella Rogers

Creative Development: Serafima Serafimova and Elizabeth Bransby

D.P.: Matthew Harmer

Editor: Serafima Serafimova

Runner: Ann Kaguima

CAST (in order of appearance):

Tyrelle Boyce

Letisha Ferriera

Sophie Marsden

Lydia Brayshaw

Morayo Adeagbo

Annalea Doyle

Yinka Olorunife

Helen Lauren

Katie Barney

Broadcast on TV and used across social media, accompanied by an OOH campaign across the country, this commercial was designed to show how volunteering with RSPB can help bring people together.

CREDITS:

Creative Agency: Futerra

Production Company: Nice and Serious

Director: Nick Earp

Producer: Kate McLaughlin

DP: Matthew Harmer

AC: Danni Baxter

Gaffer: Olly Hearsey

Technical Assistant: Luke Barkaway

Grade: Harbor

In this short documentary film, Lucy Hamidzadeh, London-based photographer and Nikon Creator journeys to Paris to meet Ella Kowalska, founder of women’s street photography collective ‘Street is a Woman’. Founded as a counter-movement to the male-dominated and patriarchal creative institution, 'Street is a Woman' is a safe haven for women to exchange their views on the genre of street photography and break barriers and narratives about the role women play in this public space. Watch as Lucy and Ella connect over shared passions for street photography and follow as the collective meets to continue challenging traditional norms by embracing diverse aesthetic approaches and showcasing a wide range of emotions and styles through their work, as they look to Reclaim the Streets.

Watch the film here.

CREDITS:

Commissioned by Waterbear Network

Production Company: Park Village

Director and Producer: Eleanor Church

DP: Matthew Harmer

Sound Recordist: Ben Marcus

Grade: Vic Parker

A TV and cinema ad for MSC's new "Wild" campaign. 

Creative Director: Tom Tapper
Writer: Chris Fiorello
Director: Tom Tapper
DOP: Matthew Harmer
Drone: Aerial Republic
Editor: Nick Earp
Producer: Rickey Welch

Client: MSC
Agency: Nice and Serious

Following the lives of the fisherman in Thorupstrand, the last fishing cooperative in Denmark, this short documentary focuses on the issue of overfishing and how it threatens not only the fish stocks around Denmark, but also the livelihoods of these sustainable fishermen.

Directors: Ben Carver, Matthew Harmer

DOP: Matthew Harmer

Editor: Tommaso di Paola

Producers: Ben Carver, Christina Koll

Client: Seas at Risk

Production Company: Raindown Films

Written as an early 2000s payday loan ad, this campaign film draws attention to to issue of how vulnerable countries are forced to borrow money from private banks to keep their economies running.

CREDITS:

Client: Project Everyone

Agency: Nice and Serious

The Salesman: Alex Macqueen

The Assistant: Xin Huang

Writer: Jim De Zoete

Producer: Kate McLaughlin

Director: Serafima Serfimova

D.P.: Matthew Harmer

Gaffer: Al Rice

Sound Recordist: Rob Eade

Editor: Nick Earp

A short documentary-style film about Charlie, a specialist sustainable beef farmer in Cornwall. Charlie is in search of the "perfect steak", by raising and caring for his animals in the right way.

Creative Director: Tom Tapper
Writer: Matthew Harmer
Director: Tom Tapper
DOP: Matthew Harmer
Drone Operator and 2nd Camera: Sam Sutaria
Sound: Jeremy Brown
Editor: Nick Earp
Motion Graphics: Reimo Oun

Client: Sainsbury's
Agency: Nice and Serious

Shot in Mini DV and 4k, this short film is about the amazing girls at Hackney Laces football club, who inspire women of all ages by spreading the message that football is not just for boys!

Directed by Matthew Harmer and Serafima Serafimova
DOP: Matthew Harmer 
Mini DV Operator: Serafima Serafimova
Editor: Serafima Serafimova

A short branded documentary following Manisha as she tells us about her life in her community in Kolkata and how the Photovoice initiative has given her the power to create lasting change.

Director: Nick Earp
Producer: Rickey Welch
DOP: Matthew Harmer
Editor: Serafima Serafimova

Agency: Nice and Serious
Client: RB/Save The Children

A short branded documentary about Charlotte, an employee at RB, who travels to Tanzania to volunteer for 3 months on a project to improve hygiene within a rural school.

Director: Nick Earp
Producer: Rickey Welch
DOP: Matthew Harmer
Editor: Nick Earp

Agency: Nice and Serious
Client: RB

A series of six documentaries focusing on six different charities which PWC supports. Through PWC’s help, each charity is able to effectively change lives, whether that’s helping people off the street and into work, supporting young LBGTQ people in crisis, or teaching kids in Harlem about where food comes from.

Creative Director: Tom Tapper
Writer: Matthew Harmer
Director: Duncan Morrison
DOP: Matthew Harmer
Producer Amber Parsons
Editor: Serafima Serafimova
Motion Graphics: Reimo Oun

 
Agency: Nice and Serious
Client: PWC (US)