Matthew J. Saville

Matthew J. Saville is an actor, writer and film director from New Zealand. Early life and education Saville was born in Durban, South Africa. His mother is a New Zealander and his father South African, and the family moved to New Zealand when he was young. After growing up in the countryside, he went to university, where he discovered theatre and film. He afterwards studied acting at Toi Whakaari. Career In 2005 he published a play about the Boer War entitled Kikia te Poa, which was performed at the Old Fitzroy Theatre in Sydney in 2006, directed by Lee Lewis, and in London the following year by Shaky Isles Theatre, a New Zealand theatre company based in London, directed by Stella Duffy.