Michael Matthews

Michael Matthews is a South African born filmmaker, known for his films Five Fingers for Marseilles and Love and Monsters (2021).

Early life Matthews was born in Durban. He studied filmmaking at the CityVarsity Cape Town campus.

Career In 2017, he directed Five Fingers for Marseilles, a film dubbed as South Africa's first Western film. He won the best director award and the film won in best film category at 14th Africa Movie Academy Awards. He was also nominated for Best Achievement in Directing - Feature Film at 2017 South African Film and Television Awards.

For his role in the production of Apocalypse Now Now, a 2018 short film based on the book of same name, Matthews won best short film at the 12th South African Film and Television Awards.

Matthews directed the 2021 Oscar-nominated American monster adventure film, Love and Monsters, with Shawn Levy and Dan Cohen serving as producers.

In October 2021, Matthews joined as director for the upcoming Disney film Merlin.

Matthews was hired as director of Nautilus, a 2024 Disney+ series, in November 2021.

Matthews' next film is Empire City with Gerard Butler and Hayley Atwell. The script is written by Brian Tucker and S. Craig Zahler. Matthews will next direct a film adaptation of the video game Home Safety Hotline in 2027.

Filmography Short film Year Title Director Producer 2009 Wideopen 2010 Sweetheart 2018 Apocalypse Now Now

Feature film Year TitleDirectorProducerWriter 2017 Five Fingers for Marseilles 2020 Love and Monsters TBA Empire City

Television Nautilus (2024) (4 episodes)