Trivia

It rains in all his films. This has never been intentional and is purely coincidental during principal photography. In Don't Show Mother the main character walks through the rain when stealing a license plate. In the Nullarbor Nymph the climax is filmed during a light storm. In Colourful and Impossible rain can be noted in the fish market sequence. How NOT to make a Horror Film makes mention of rain pushing back the production. In Stuffings rain can be seen falling on the dam behind Bec when she is arguing with Andy. In Audition Tape 13, the setting is intentionally raining the entire time.

According to film distributor Leslie Morris of Bounty Films, Mathew J Wilkinson is one of the most profitable Independent film makers in Australia.

Both his first two feature films have been self-funded. He got part-time work as a cleaner to pay the majority of The Nullarbor Nymph's budget.

His film, The Nullarbor Nymph holds the record for the fastest selling movie session in Australia on May 22nd 2012. All tickets were sold in under twenty minutes, out beating Sex And The City 2 and Twilight.

His films usually explore situations revolving around the theme of 'obsessions' by the main characters and therefore they may not survive the situation.

Edited the film Myall Creek Day of Justice almost 5 years after filming saying the challenge was to try piece together a jigsaw that had been sitting in a cupboard and not knowing if all the pieces were there.

He considers Don't Show Mother to be a learning curve. The Nullarbor Nymph a sanity project. Colourful and Impossible an ambitious but flawed project. Stuffings his worst film and Audition Tape 13 the closest project to the vision he had from script to screen with no budget.

During 2014 to 2023 he lived on a cattle farm where he edited Colourful and Impossible and How Not to Make a Horror Film. He filmed and edited his unofficial farm trilogy during these years which included Stuffings during Covid-19, Audition Tape 13 and although not directed or produced, he edited Myall Creek: Day of Justice which includes additional shots of his farm at McHarg Creek in South Australia and reunited him with working with Scott Whitecross.