Matt Shea

Matt Shea is a journalist, presenter and documentary filmmaker.

Millennials and Gen Z have grown up watching Matt’s documentaries for the BBC, Vice, and Channel Four. To date, his films have been watched more than 150 million times. In 2023, Matt broke the biggest story of the year with his (Emmy and Paul Foot nominated) BBC doc, The Dangerous Rise of Andrew Tate. He followed that up with with Logan Paul: Bad Influence? and has fronted C4’s investigative strand, Dispatches, including the most highly-viewed episode of the series, about the UK’s organised shoplifting gangs. He has infiltrated the Albanian mafia and Colombian cartels, had a near-death experience with Wim Hof, carried out undercover investigations, and gone head-to-head with leaders of the far right.

At VICE, Shea produced the Emmy-nominated Gaycation, the Grierson-nominated feature length documentary Chemsex, and created and presented the popular series, High Society. Matt directed the feature film Time To Die about the global underground euthanasia movement, which won Best Film at Fragments Film Festival. He also directed Imogen, which was nominated for best Music Film at the UK Music Video Awards.

Matt has written for VICE, the Times, The Guardian and is the co- author, with Jamie Tahsin, of Clown World: Four Years Inside Andrew Tate’s Manosphere, which was recently nominated for the Sperber prize. As someone with a unique insight into the world of Andrew Tate, he is often asked to commentate on the manosphere, including recent appearances on CNN’s Jake Tapper show and ITV’s Good Morning Britain.