[6] He represented the United States in the Boys Under 12 section of the 1990 World Youth Chess Festival for Peace in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin.
[9] Pehme began his career as a filmmaker as an executive producer of the narrative film Exist (2004), directed by Esther Bell.
[11] Pehme made his directorial debut with Nothing Sacred (2012),[1] a fantasy horror film starring William Sadler, Thierry Lhermitte, Philippe Nahon, Eric Godon, Debbie Rochon, Naama Kates and Alan Barnes Netherton.
In 2017, Pehme co-directed, produced and wrote the Netflix Original documentary Get Me Roger Stone,[12] which explores the life and career of conservative strategist Roger Stone, who played an integral role in Donald Trump's election as President of the United States.
[18] Early in Pehme's journalism career, he served as a columnist and managing editor for The Queens Courier, a community newspaper.
[29] In 2015, Morgan Pehme was hired as executive director of EffectiveNY, a nonpartisan government watchdog group founded by businessman Bill Samuels.
[32] Pehme is a former adjunct professor of mass communications, journalism, TV and film at St. John's University.