| Michael Matthews | |
| Birth Place: | Durban, South Africa |
| Alma Mater: | CityVarsity |
| Yearsactive: | 2009–present |
Michael Matthews is a South African writer, producer and director.[1] In 2017, he directed Five Fingers for Marseilles, a film that won best film category at 14th Africa Movie Academy Awards.[2]
Matthews was born in Durban. He studied filmmaking at the CityVarsity Cape Town campus.[3]
Matthews is the director of Five Fingers for Marseilles, a film dubbed as South African first western film.[4] At the 14th Africa Movie Academy Awards, Five Fingers for Marseilles received 10 nominations, including awards for best film, best first feature film by a director and best cinematography. The film was also nominated for Best Achievement in Directing - Feature Film at 2017 South African Film and Television Awards.[5] For his role in the production of Apocalypse Now Now, a short film based on the book of same name, Matthews won best short film at the 12th South African Film and Television Awards.[6] In October 2021, Matthews joined as director for the upcoming Disney film Merlin.[7] Matthews was hired as director of Nautilus, an upcoming Disney+ series, in November 2021.[8]
Short film
| Year | Title | Director | Producer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Wideopen | ||
| 2010 | Sweetheart | ||
| 2018 | Apocalypse Now Now | ||
Feature film
| Year | Title | width=65 | Director | width=65 | Producer | width=65 | Writer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | Five Fingers for Marseilles | ||||||
| 2020 | Love and Monsters | ||||||
Television