John L Matthews

John started his career in the same department as Paul Greengrass, TV powerhouse Granada Factual. He is an expert in motorsport and has produced and directed some of the most important films in the genre: Deadliest Crash exonerated Pierre Levegh of blame for killing 120 people in the biggest racing disaster ever. Deadliest Crash was Grierson nominated. Grand Prix: The Killer Years was BAFTA longlisted. Killer Years is shown in 32 countries and has been seen by almost 20 million and rising.

John has produced, researched, written and directed all of these films and recently written two books based on his extensive knowledge and experience. We sell the licences worldwide. You can contact John's literary agent here.

John has written for The Daily Telegraph, The Daily Express, and Sabotage Times, and also produced BBC 2's What the Papers Say before founding Bigger Picture.

'What I don't know about motorsport is not worth knowing about. Not boring statistics, but what makes racers tick' JL Matthews

As well as a producer and professional sports coach John is a ski teacher and restores and races motorcycles in his spare time.