Morgan Mathews

Morgan Mathews is a writer-director born based in Atlanta, GA with deep creative ties to the Bay Area. His current works span across narrative and non-fiction filmmaking with vision to bridge the two together. Creating in different genres and formats, Morgan’s storytelling approach stems from an obsession to find the nuance and interiority of characters grappling with finding their sense of agency within any imagined or real-world scenario.

Over the past two years, Morgan has been an artist-in-residence at SFFILM’s FilmHouse for his feature-length film inspired by “Half-Day” as well as the documentary “Black Butterflies” that explores the subculture of durags and its implication as a self-care practice for Black men across the world. Half-Day premiered at the 65th SFFILM Festival and won a special jury award, in addition to screenings at Palm Springs, ABFF, and BlackStar. Additionally, while working at a tech company in 2019, Morgan co-wrote and directed a half-hour dramedy series concept, “Bit.” inspired by the lived experiences of his partners at Chocolate Chip Media which is currently in a shopping agreement.