Chris Oliver-Taylor shifts from ABC to Matchbox Pictures

Tim Burrowes

October 7, 2011 2:16

Matchbox Pictures – the production house behind ABC and SBS programmes such as The Slap, Leaky Boat, My Place and Sex: An Unnatural History – has announced the arrival of Chris Oliver-Taylor, previously with the ABC, as its managing director.

Oliver-Taylor was the ABC’s head of business and operations.

Matchbox was formed two years ago by Tony Ayres, Helen Bowden, Penny Chapman, Michael McMahon and Helen Panckhurst. Its output includes drama, children’s, factual TV and feature films.

The company said of Oliver-Taylor: “He is a talented executive with a great breadth of experience, solid commercial knowledge and strong business acumen. Through his role at the ABC he has played a key role in development and production for the Australian television industry.”

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Tim Burrowes

Tim Burrowes is the publisher of Mumbrella and Unmade. He co-founded Mumbrella in 2008 and sister title Unmade in 2021. He's worked in the UK, Middle East, Asia & Australia and has specialised in writing about the communications world for the last 25 years. He wrote the book Media Unmade, published in 2021, and became the presenter of MediaLand on ABC Radio National in 2025.