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Luke Matheny

Luke Matheny

Director, actor, writer and producer · Born December 23, 1976 (49) · Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, USA

Oscar winner · 2 other major award bodies

Luke Matheny was born on 23 December 1976 in Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, USA. He is a producer and director, known for God of Love (2010), Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street (2014) and Ghostwriter (2019).

Biography from IMDb.

Born
December 23, 1976 (49)
From
Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania, USA
Works as
Director, actor, writer and producer
Titles
9 on MovieCove · 13 credits in all

What are Luke Matheny's films like?

Across their 6 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.

What they feel like to watch

their average across 3 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category

Light 3 · Serious 0 · Dark 0

A split, not a type: Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0

Gentle 3 · Charged 0 · Intense 0

Steady 2 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 1

Slow burn 3 · Even-paced 0 · Relentless 0

Casual 3 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings are an aggregate; no title is named

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Hopeful
4
Bittersweet
2
Joyful
1
Contemplative
2
Absurd
1
Other
4

How their films end

  • Happy3
  • Bittersweet3

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 Luke Matheny's films?

As of October 24, 2026, 8 of their 9 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (4).

Subscription and free streaming for Luke Matheny's 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

13 credits, 9 with a MovieCove page; 1 appearance as themselves is hidden until asked for.

  • Charlotte's Web(2025)

    Show 3 episodes · Creator · Executive Producer · Screenplay · Writer · as Announcer / Bystander 2 (voice) · as Barney (voice)

    Midcredits score: 38th percentile of all shows
  • The Baby-Sitters Club(2020)

    Show 2 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 67th percentile of all shows
  • Midcredits score: 89th percentile of all films
  • The Dangerous Book for Boys(2018)

    Show 2 episodes · Director · as Mr. Tree

    Midcredits score: 15th percentile of all shows
  • The Kicks(2015)

    Show Director

    Midcredits score: 46th percentile of all shows
  • So You've Grown Attached (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2014)

    as bearbear (voz)

  • Lovesick(2014)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 18th percentile of all films
  • Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street(2014)

    Show 39 episodes · Producer

    Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
  • Maron(2013)

    Show 10 episodes · Director

    Midcredits score: 76th percentile of all shows
  • Midcredits score: 51st percentile of all films
  • God of Love (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2010)

    Director · as Ray

  • Where Are You Going, Elena? (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2009)

    Actor

  • A Place in France... (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director

Career shape

A full career of 12 titles, 11 of them dated from 2009 to 2025.

Film career

  • 2010Screen debut· God of Love

By role

only this rolewith another role
Acting5 of 12: 2 only acting, 3 with another roleDirecting6 of 12: 4 only directing, 2 with another roleWriting3 of 12: 2 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing2 of 12: 1 only producing, 1 with another roleOther crew1 of 12: 0 only other crew, 1 with another role

12 titles, 3 with more than one role — directing and acting overlap on 2 of them.

By decade

2000s1 · acting2010s7 · 3 acting · 6 crew2020s3 · 1 acting · 3 crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

Awards

an Oscar from 3 major nominations, 2011–2020.

WinNomination
  1. 2020
    • Directors Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Children's Programs
  2. 2016
    • Writers Guild Award, nominated · Children's Script
  3. 2011
    • Oscar, won · Best Short Film, Live Action

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 Luke Matheny's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 51st percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 50th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

50thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Approval · how many liked their films

51stpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Reach · how many have seen their films

76thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 3

Midcredits score across 9 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up3
  • 50th to 74th2
  • 25th to 49th2
  • Below 25th2

Reviewers score the atmosphere 67/100 and the pacing 50/100 in their films, across 3 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 Luke Matheny work with?

People who share at least 2 of Luke Matheny's MovieCove titles; Chris Diamantopoulos shares the most, 2.