Matthew Sheather was born in Camperdown, Sydney and has grown up most of his life in Eastwood, alongside his three brothers. He's been a talented drawer since he started drawing around in 1998, in his mid teens when Matthew has grown creative and had also grown a passion for films, he began writing his creative screenplays for film. Long after graduating from Hunters Hill High School with his high school certificate, Matthew had a interest in writing and illustrating his creative comic books before attending Sydney Community College for a course of drawing and cartooning. As he also continued screenwriting, Matthew began doing screenwriting courses from the Australian Writer's Centre and from the Australian Film, Television, and Radio School where he also completed a film directing course.