Morgan Mathews is a writer-director and a community archivist based in Atlanta. Driven by exploring a wide spectrum of emotional textures, Morgan’s work encompasses fiction and documentary with an emphasis on introspection, community, and framing characters exploring their sense of agency.
Among recent achievements, Morgan directed the short documentary, CLARA’S FRUIT, that screened at the National African-American History Museum, had its film festival premiere at the San Francisco International Film Festival, and was recently distributed on PBS and ReelSouth in summer 2025. His narrative short film “Half-Day” (2022), which was distributed on Xfinity, saw success during its festival run, engaging audiences at BlackStar (nominated for Best Short), SFFILM (jury award winner), and more. Morgan was also a grant recipient for the Islamic Scholarship Fund Film program (2023,2024) and a finalist for the Pillars Artist Fellowship (2024). Working across multiple art disciplines, Morgan recently released a workbook and journal for fathers entitled Flowers for Fathers.