MATTHEW BACKER

Floor play with @johnnyvision . Wearing @calvinklein at @innkeeperstudios .

Zzzespian (Zombie Thespian) 💤🎭 #Sleep #Bed #Guy #BlackAndWhite #Photography @bobby.j

Eye saw a UFO and nobody believes me. 👁️🛸 #TropicalFruits #SpaceCadets

The Land of Switzer. Verona? Veron-yeah. Mallorca, Your-yorca, Our-yorca. And the Land of Eng. Thank you to Freddy and Rodrigo for being the most incredible hosts on the most incredible trip.

Backer’s Bali B’day. I’m one very lucky, very happy, mie-goreng-filled 40-year-old. ☺️🌴 #Bali

Proud proud proud that @diebullydie was nominated for Best Short Film at the 2025 @aacta Awards. 🥹 Thanks yet again to @couturemenswear for stylin’ me up! Thanks to @kazom @oxleystreetclothing for the SMG tee. And thanks to @sarahmgellar for being everything. IYKYK. #DieBullyDie #AACTAAwards #AACTA #Awards #GoldCoast #Film #ShortFilm #Movie #Cinema #Horror #Comedy #RedCarpet #Fashion #SarahMichelleGellar #SMG #Buffy

Talk about a #ThrowbackThursday! 😳🙃 A @kazom creation to celebrate DIE BULLY DIE being nominated for Best Short Film at the 2025 @aacta Awards! Final round voting to decide Best Short Film is now open to AACTA members only via the link in our bio! #DieBullyDie #Poster #MoviePoster #FilmPoster #Movie #Film #ShortFilm #Horror #Comedy #Yearbook #HighSchool #Gay #Queer #LGBT #LGBTQ #LGBTQIA #Bully #Bullying #AACTA #AACTAAwards #Vote #Voting #BestShortFilm

This beautiful play in which I’m having a Royally run, jolly-good time playing six characters opposite two absolute acting queens (@lizzie_a_bee and @emmapalmer000 ) is playing for two and a half more weeks at @ensembletheatre . THE QUEEN’S NANNY is full of humour and heart and jumps from joyous frivolity to moving poignancy scene by scene and was crafted by two of Australia’s best theatre makers, playwright @melaniejtait and director @priscillajackman . I don’t think I’ve ever laughed in a rehearsal room as much as I did with those wonderful, wonderful women above. I’m one lucky fella. The entire team has crafted a grand tale in Ensemble’s intimate theatre and I’m really proud of it and everyone. So if you want to come along and see me attempt to play Queen Elizabeth II aged 5, 19, 21 and 62 (yes, move over Claire, Olivia AND Imelda), among others, chop-chop and book swiftly as tickets are selling fast! 📸 Photography by @fleshskinhairblood Assistant Director - @mirandajanemiddleton Set Designer - @michael_hankin_ Costume Designer - @genevievegraham_design Lighting Designer - @morganmoroney Composer and Sound Designer - @jamespeterbrown Dialect and Voice Coach - @jenniferwhitecoaching Movement Coach - @timmy_dash Stage Manager - Sean Proude Assistant Stage Manager - @mosborn_ Costume Supervisor - @lrm_costumes #TheQueensNanny #Play #Theatre #Ensemble #EnsembleTheatre #Sydney #Actor #Acting #Royal #RoyalFamily #TheQueen #Queen #Nanny #UK #Britain #Australia #Crawfie #British #Design #Photography #Stage

Cheers so much to TODAY EXTRA @todayshow for having us on to chat about DIE BULLY DIE! We BLOODY loved chatting to @davidcampbell73 and @belinda.russell about the story behind the story, heading to Hollywood for @screamfestla , and, of course, @sarahmgellar . DIE BULLY DIE Directed by The Lacey Brothers (Nathan Lacey and Nick Lacey @everythinginanegative of @basedfilm_ ) Written by @drewboyweston and @matthewbacker Produced by @nicole_thorn_ , Drew Weston, Matthew Backer, Nick Lacey and Nathan Lacey Cinematography by @patcoe.camera #DieBullyDie #9Today #TodayExtra #Today #TodayShow #ShortFilm #Film #Movie #Horror #Comedy #Queer #Gay #LGBT #LGBTQ #Bully #Bullying #FilmFestival #Hollywood #LosAngeles #LA #USA #Scream #Screamfest #Actor #Director #Producer #SarahMichelleGellar #Buffy #SMG #SheIsEverything

Tune into TODAY EXTRA @thetodayshow TOMORROW (Monday 26th Aug) at 10:35am where @matthewbacker and @drewboyweston will be chatting with @davidcampbell73 and @belinda.russell about DIE BULLY DIE and more! We’re BLOODY excited! 📸: @johnnyvision #9Today #Today #TodayExtra #Channel9 #DieBullyDie #TV #Television #Interview #Horror #Comedy #ShortFilm #Film #Movie

Cheers so much to @shaaynaidoo at @couturemenswear for making Backer feel DAPPER at my first Logies. 🤎🧡 #Logie #Logies #LogieAwards #Awards #Sydney #Actor #Suit #RedCarpet #Fashion

WE’RE GOING TO HOLLYWOOD, BABY! DIE BULLY DIE will be screening at the Screamfest Horror Film Festival in Hollywood, California, in October! @screamfestla boasts the largest and longest running festival of its kind in the United States. The festival was named as one of the World’s 50 Best Genre Festivals by @moviemakermag and has earned the well-deserved moniker of the ‘Sundance of Horror’. The upcoming 2024 event will be held at the prestigious TCL @chinesetheatres in Hollywood, Los Angeles. We are BLOODY DEAD over this and want to say a HORRIFICALLY HUGE thank you to every single donor who helped us get here, to every cast, crew and creative member who helped make this little beast of a short, to our post production team who put it all together, to our musicians who made it sound so good, to @pridefoundationaustralia and @screennsw for their support, and to you all on here for cheering us on! SEE YA SOON, LA! 🇺🇸🩸 #DieBullyDie #ShortFilm #Film #Movie #FilmFestival #Hollywood #LosAngeles #LA #California #America #USA #Australia #Filmmaking #Directing #Acting #Actor #Director #Horror #Comedy #Drama #Gay #Queer #LGBT #LGBTQ #Bully #Bullying #Blood #Poster #MoviePoster #Scream