Who We Are

Flashlight Films are a media business based in the North of England. We create professional quality promotional films that are suitable for businesses, groups or individuals. Our services range from simple raw footage to fully interactive DVDs, with our specialist areas being music videos, live events, documentaries, information, evaluation and promotional films.

Matthew J. Brown BSc.(Hons)

Matthew is a graduate in Film Production Technology from Staffordshire University. He is a skilled user of state of the art equipment and is an experienced editor.
Prior to the start of Flashlight Films he produced a wide range of films including music videos for bands and individuals, an information film about a secure training unit for violent teenagers and a dramatic short film about the dangers of the modern social scene which has been shown at a film festival.
Matthew’s creativity and editing skills can be seen in the first music video produced by Flashlight Films. It reached number 3 in the video charts and was broadcast on MTV over 40 times, all within the first year of trading! Matthew is a bass guitarist and the Flashlight Films partnership can record their own soundtracks for films.

Ian K. Brown BSc.(Hons) PGCE

Ian worked in education for over 25 years as a Deputy Head Teacher. He began making films at school from 1986 and they were used to record special events, support the curriculum, to provide school information and also as a tool for teacher training.
Following redundancy in 2007 he began developing a more creative aspect to his career and Flashlight Films was created with his son Matthew in 2008. Ian is a competent guitarist who has recorded two albums of his own songs which brings a different creative element to the business in addition to his effective management and planning skills.