Matija is an LGBTQ+ Australian-Slovenian screenwriter based in Melbourne.

He is a creator on multiple projects in development, including an international Irish-Australian co-production surf drama, and a Melbourne queer drama.

He has extensive screen industry experience, including script assistant on Season 3 of NCIS: SYDNEY (Paramount+), writers' assistant on Season 2 of DEADLOCH (Amazon Australia), and the writers' assistant on episodes of THE ARTFUL DODGER (Disney+), INVISIBLE BOYS (Stan) and BAD COMPANY (ABC). He has also worked as crew on feature films, short films and web series.

Matija has won or been shortlisted for multiple international screenwriting awards. His political drag-queen comedy pilot, QUEENMAKER, won the Grand Prize in the 2024 CineStory Foundation TV Fellowship, was runner-up in the 2025 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards–Stowe Story Labs Fellowship and was a finalist in the 2025 PAGE International Screenwriting Awards. In 2026, Matija was chosen as Fellow of the American Slovenian Education Foundation, where he gained producing skills at SPOK Films and Staragara, two of Slovenia's premier production companies.

Matija's feature and TV slate spans absurd comedy, hard-hitting drama and high-octane spy thrillers, often grounded in queer and multicultural perspectives.

Before writing full-time, Matija spent nearly a decade working in politics, including as an adviser to Australian Greens senators and one of the party’s lead advisers during Australia’s successful 2017 marriage equality campaign. He also worked as a lawyer in refugee law and private practice, and as a mentor in an Aboriginal high school in the remote Australian outback.

Matija holds degrees in politics and law from the University of Melbourne. He is also a qualified fitness trainer and swimming coach.

A lifelong musician, Matija has performed at music festivals, nightclubs, concert halls and on radio, and has recently ventured into stand-up comedy and drag.

He is a native English speaker and also speaks Slovenian, French and German.