Biography
Matt Greenhalgh is an English screenwriter from Manchester. His film writing debut was the 2007 biopic Control, about Joy Division singer Ian Curtis, for which he won the BAFTA Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a British Director, Writer or Producer in Their First Feature Film. He also received an Evening Standard British Film Award for Best Screenplay for the film.
Greenhalgh has written several other screenplays for biographical films, including Nowhere Boy (2009), The Look of Love (2013), Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool (2017) and Back to Black (2024). He was nominated for a BAFTA Award for Best Adapted Screenplay for Film Stars Don't Die in Liverpool. Earlier in his career he wrote for television series such as Burn It and Clocking Off.
