KCB 101, 565 Commonwealth Avenue
KCB 101, 565 Commonwealth Ave: A presentation by and discussion with Oscar- and Emmy-winning writer and director Luke Matheny and a screening of his series finale from Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street.
Luke Matheny is an Oscar- and Emmy-winning writer and director based in Los Angeles. He is co-showrunner, producing director and writer of the Apple TV+ family mystery series, Ghostwriter -- winner of the Emmy for Outstanding Children’s or Family Viewing Program in 2020. He is currently adapting the beloved novel "Charlotte's Web" into an animated miniseries for HBO Max.
Luke has also served as showrunner and producing director of the critically acclaimed, award-winning Amazon family series Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street, for which he received a WGA nomination. In 2011, Luke won the Academy Award for Best Live-Action Short for his film God of Love, which he wrote, directed and starred in.
His other TV directing experience includes the IFC comedy Maron, the Netflix hit The Baby-Sitters' Club, the pilot for Paul Feig’s space comedy Other Space, the Adult Swim stoner satire Black Jesus, and others. Luke also co-wrote the feature-length, coming-of-age comedy "A Birder's Guide to Everything," starring Kodi Smit-McPhee and Ben Kingsley.