Morgan Matthews

Morgan has been making documentary films for over ten years, establishing a distinctive style.

As a director, Morgan has been nominated for two Baftas, two RTS awards, three Griersons and a Prix Europa, and was also part of the Bafta winning team that made Feltham Scenes.

He spent 5 years working at Century Films where his critically acclaimed films included Care House (2003), Rude Girls (2004) and Quitters (2005).

His two part series My Crazy Parents (2004) was nominated for an RTS award, and the feature length Taxidermy: Stuff the World (2006) was nominated for both the BAFTA and RTS awards for best single documentary as well as the Grierson award for most entertaining documentary.

In 2005 Morgan joined Blast! Films where he directed four films for BBC2; Blue Suede Jew, Hair Wars, Million Dollar Pigeon (2007) and the feature length Beautiful Young Minds. It was after leaving Blast! that Morgan set up Minnow Films.

At Minnow, Morgan¹s first film was a one-hour documentary for Channel 4, Battleship Antarctica about a Greenpeace expedition to confront the Japanese whaling fleet. He has recently completed The Fallen, a three-hour film for BBC2, remembering every British serviceman and woman who has died whilst serving in the current conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq. Morgan is currently directing one of a three-part series about young girls who are facing challenging life situations.