Matt Ford | |
|---|---|
| Also known as | Pinky Beecroft |
| Born | Sydney, New South Wales, Australia |
| Genres | Alternative rock, experimental |
| Occupation(s) | Musician, screenwriter |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, piano, keyboards |
| Years active | 1985–present |
Matt Ford, former stage name Pinky Beecroft, is an Australian screenwriter, singer-songwriter, and performer.
From 1997 to 2005 he was the lead singer and keyboardist for alternative rockers Machine Gun Fellatio. His group Pinky Beecroft and the White Russians released an album, Somethin' Somewhere Better, in August 2008. As a songwriter he co-wrote "No Aphrodisiac" with bandmate Chit Chat Von Loopin Stab and The Whitlams' Tim Freedman.
He has written scripts for a number of television series, most recently Underbelly: Vanishing Act (2022) and Warnie (2023), and has also worked as a producer.
Music
He was the lead singer and songwriter of Australian band Machine Gun Fellatio. He quit the band in 2005, at which point the group split up. He became the lead singer of Pinky Beecroft and The White Russians[1] and released a self-titled EP[2] and a full-length album entitled Somethin' Somewhere better[3] and Pretty Black.
He made a number of appearances on the ABC television series The Glass House.[4]
Ford co-wrote the song "No Aphrodisiac".[5] The song was recorded by The Whitlams and went on to win an ARIA Award for Song of the Year.[6]
Writing
Under his birthname, Matt Ford, he has written for a number of TV series, including Farscape,[7] a popular US-Australian TV series broadcast on the Sci-Fi channel, and Sweat,[7] which starred Heath Ledger.
His writing credits also include the long-running Australian series Stingers,[7] Love Is a Four Letter Word,[7] Medivac,[7] Wildside,[7] G.P.,[7] and Lochie Leonard.[7]
He was the writer of ROAD,[7] a telefeature for SBS Independent, produced by Enda Murray and Lisa Duff and using an all-Indigenous Australian cast and crew. It screened on SBS-TV.
He wrote the screenplay for the documentary feature Killing Priscilla, directed by Academy-Award winner Lizzie Gardiner and screened in Australia, the UK, and the US.
His writing credits also include Frankies House,[7] (an Australian-US-UK co-production), Sea Patrol, and the Showtime series Satisfaction.[7] He was also referenced in the Satisfaction episode "Pony Girl"; while Heather is watching the film clip to the song "Roller Coaster" by MGF, she mentions that the lead singer thinks she's paranoid.
His feature film screenplays include Prodigal Son and Twisted Sister.[8]
He co-wrote the book A Grown-up Guy's Guide to Life with Joan Sauers.
His short stories were featured in a marketing campaign for a 2011 Elle Macpherson lingerie range.[9]
He hosted the WPA World Nine-ball Championship on ABC TV and worked with Chaser member Charles Firth on his satire-driven Manic Times.[10]
More recently, he co-wrote the series Underbelly: Vanishing Act (2022)[11] and Warnie.[12]
Other activities
He has appeared on the Network Ten series The Panel and on In Siberia Tonight on SBS-TV.
Awards and nominations
With Machine Gun Fellatio, Ford was nominated for an ARIA Award for Best New Song for "The Girl of My Dreams Is Giving Me Nightmares" in 2003.[13]
At the ARIA Music Awards of 1998, "No Aphrodisiac" won Song of the Year for The Whitlams.
In 2011, he won the Australian Writers' Guild's John Hinde Award for Excellence in Science Fiction Writing at the AWGIEs.[14] Panic at Rock Island
References
- ↑ "Pinky Beecroft & The White Russians – Personnel". Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 17 August 2007.
- ↑ "Inertia - Music Catalogue -Pinky Beecroft & The White Russians". Inertia-Music. Archived from the original on 15 May 2008. Retrieved 2 May 2008.
- ↑ "WHITE RUSSIANS news". Archived from the original on 6 September 2008. Retrieved 24 September 2008.
- ↑ "The Glass House: Pinky Beecroft and Adam Spencer Cast & Crew - TV.com". www.tv.com. Archived from the original on 19 September 2012. Retrieved 3 February 2022.
- ↑ "Track Information – No Aphrodisiac". The Whitlams. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 17 August 2007.
- ↑ "ARIA Awards – Winners by Year". ARIA. Archived from the original on 27 September 2011. Retrieved 17 August 2007.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "IMDb - Matt Ford". The Internet Movie Database. Retrieved 2 May 2008.
- ↑ Catriona Mathewson (16 November 2006). "Back to square one". The Courier-Mail. Archived from the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2007.
- ↑ Archived 24 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ Manic Studios - web & broadcast creative production services. +61 2 8986 5752 Archived 4 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ "Underbelly: Vanishing Act (TV Mini Series 2022)". IMDb. 23 December 2023. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
- ↑ "Warnie (TV Mini Series 2023– )". IMDb. 23 December 2023. Retrieved 23 December 2023.
- ↑ "ARIA Awards: History: Winners by Year". ARIA. Archived from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 2 May 2008.
- ↑ "AWGIE special awards 1973-2015" (PDF). AWG. Retrieved 23 December 2023.