Morgan Matthews is an English, BAFTA award winning documentary director.
Biography from TMDB.
- Director, producer and writer, also actor
- 13 on MovieCove · 31 credits in all
Known for
What are Morgan Matthews' films like?
Across their 12 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Survival and Power.
Genres
Their MovieCove films by primary genre. The badge is the typical Midcredits score of the genre's films, the median percentile; an up arrow marks a genre at or above their average across these genres.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 9
Light 1 · Serious 4 · Dark 4
Grounded 8 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 3 · Charged 3 · Intense 3
Steady 7 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 7 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0
Slow burn 5 · Even-paced 4 · Relentless 0
Casual 3 · Engaged 5 · Full focus 1
A split, not a type: Easy watch 3 · Affecting 2 · Heavy 4
Resolved 5 · Open-ended 2 · Ambiguous 2
Moods and endings
- Bittersweet9
- Ambiguous3
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Morgan Matthews' films?
As of October 24, 2026, 11 of their 13 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Netflix (4).
- BritBox
Subscription and free streaming for Morgan Matthews' titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
31 credits, 13 with a MovieCove page.
500 Miles(2026)
Midcredits score: 85th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 74th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Glitter: The Popstar Paedophile (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Big Gay Wedding with Tom Allen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2024)
Atomic People(2024)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
Catching a Predator (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Midcredits score: 49th percentile of all shows
The Detectives: Fighting Organised Crime (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2021)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 58th percentile of all films
The Last Survivors(2019)
Midcredits score: 93rd percentile of all films
Killer in Our Classroom: Never Again (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Grenfell (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Four Days That Shook Britain (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2018)
Williams (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
This Was My Dad: The Rise & Fall of Geoffrey Matthews (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
Strangeways: Britain's Toughest Prison Riot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2015)
A Brilliant Young Mind(2014)
Midcredits score: 82nd percentile of all films
Shooting Bigfoot (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2013)
Britain in a Day (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2012)
When Harry Left Hogwarts(2011)
Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all filmsScenes from a Teenage Killing (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2011)
The Fallen (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2008)
Beautiful Young Minds (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Blue Suede Jew (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2007)
Taxidermy: Stuff the World (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2005)
Gypsy Boy (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 27 titles, 26 of them dated from 2005 to 2026.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
Awards
4 BAFTA Awards from 8 major nominations, 2006–2025.
- BAFTA Award, won · Specialist Factual
- BAFTA Award, won · Single Documentary
- BAFTA Award, won
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Single Documentary
- BAFTA Award, won · Best Director Factual
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Single Documentary
- BAFTA Award, nominated · Best Single Documentary
- BAFTA Award, nominated
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Morgan Matthews' films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 80th percentile, the median of all 9; across their 9 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 78th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up7
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th3
Shape of the crowd
6 of their 13 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Crowd Pleaser6
- Broadly Agreed1
- Mixed4
Reviewers score the atmosphere 71/100 and the pacing 51/100 in their films, across 7 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a director.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Morgan Matthews work with?
People who share at least 2 of Morgan Matthews' MovieCove titles, grouped by what they did on them; Benedict Sanderson shares the most, 3.
Directors
- Benedict SandersonShared titles: Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart (2026), Atomic People (2024), The Detectives: Taking Down an OCG (2023)See all 3 shared titles with Benedict Sanderson
- Jack WarrenderShared titles: Britain Under the Nazis: The Forgotten Occupation (2025), The Detectives: Taking Down an OCG (2023)See all 2 shared titles with Jack Warrender
Composers, cinematographers and editors
- James IncledonShared titles: Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart (2026), Britain Under the Nazis: The Forgotten Occupation (2025), Atomic People (2024)See all 3 shared titles with James Incledon
- Mat DavidsonShared titles: Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart (2026), Atomic People (2024), The Detectives: Taking Down an OCG (2023)See all 3 shared titles with Mat Davidson
- Rebecca LloydShared titles: 500 Miles (2026), The Railway Children Return (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Rebecca Lloyd
- Otto BurnhamShared titles: Atomic People (2024), Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Otto Burnham
Producers
- Sophie JonesShared titles: Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart (2026), The Detectives: Taking Down an OCG (2023), Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King (2022)See all 3 shared titles with Sophie Jones
- Adriana TimcoShared titles: Kidnapped: Elizabeth Smart (2026), Trust No One: The Hunt for the Crypto King (2022)See all 2 shared titles with Adriana Timco
- Compton RossShared titles: 500 Miles (2026), A Brilliant Young Mind (2014)See all 2 shared titles with Compton Ross
- David M. ThompsonShared titles: 500 Miles (2026), A Brilliant Young Mind (2014)See all 2 shared titles with David M. Thompson
