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Matt Longley

Co-Founder - 6ft From The Spotlight

Matt is the Co-founder of 6ft From The Spotlight which is a community interest company providing mental wellbeing support to self employed film/TV, music and other entertainment industry crew members.

Matt has worked to develop practical tools for Film and TV Productions to help support their crew and cast and meet their duty of care to the mental health of workers. He has helped the BFI, BAFTA and Film and TV Charity with their mental health and Wellbeing programmes and is currently supporting several productions on the ground.

His unique abilities and experiences drew him into the fast-paced environment of feature film and TV production. Working on unique engineering and management solutions to health and safety issues, he worked on high profile projects such as Harry Potter, War Horse, The Dark Knight Rises as well as Star Wars, Game of Thrones and James Bond.