Mat Kirkby is a Welsh filmmaker. In 2015, he won the

Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film The Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film is an award presented at the annual Academy Awards ceremony. The award has existed, under numerous names, since 1957. From 1936 until 1956 there were two separate awards, ''Best Short Subject, On ...

for directing '' The Phone Call'', a short drama film starring

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and

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. Kirkby wrote the film with his colleague James Lucas who both had family who worked on helplines. The short had its world premiere at the 2014

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, where it also won Best Short Film. He began his career as a director of commercials and music videos for artists including

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and

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* English film directors Directors of Live Action Short Film Academy Award winners Living people Year of birth missing (living people) {{UK-film-director-stub