Matthew Manson is a writer and director whose work can be seen across multiple platforms: from TV and film to sketches and commercials. He has won awards at the Tribeca Film Festival, Cannes Lions, and Telly Awards. Additionally, he won the 2022 Final Draft Big Break TV Award, and the 2023 Script Pipeline TV Writing Contest.
Born and raised in Manhattan, Matthew is a graduate of NYU’s Film & TV program. His thesis film screened at festivals worldwide, winning multiple awards, including the Audience Award for Best Short at the Tribeca Film Festival.
After creating hundreds of webseries and sketches for production companies such as FunnyOrDie and UCB – many of which were among the most viewed on YouTube – Matthew worked as the comedy executive and in-house writer/director at AwesomenessTV. While there, he created and oversaw production on several series, including two seasons of Hacking High School for which he was head writer and executive producer. The half-hour comedy accumulated several million views, and Paste Magazine called it “sharp, smart, punchy…groundbreaking.”
Since then, he has developed TV and film projects with Shondaland, Haven Entertainment, and Flavor Unit Entertainment, among many others.
Outside of narrative work, Matthew creates branded content and commercials. He has worked with companies such as Butterfinger, Nestle, IHOP, Dell, Intel, and Zappos. Two of his campaigns topped the Ad Age viral charts, the Box Office for advertising.
His recent feature film script, Wannabe won a production grant from filmmaker Christopher Columbus, and an adaptation of the feature he directed was nominated for Best Short at the Tribeca Film Festival. Indiwire said “Tribeca winner Matthew Manson takes you on a coming-of-age story that will make you swoon.”
Matthew lives in Los Angeles with his wife, two young kids, and a very feisty terrier. He can be contacted at: info@matthewmanson.com.