LaToya Morgan
LaToya Morgan | |
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Born | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Nationality | American |
Education | AFI Conservatory (MFA) |
Occupation | Writer, producer |
LaToya Morgan is an American writer and producer. She held two multi-year deal with AMC and was a writer for Parenthood, Shameless, and Complications, and both writer and co-executive producer for Into the Badlands and Turn: Washington's Spies. She signed an overall deal with Warner Bros. Television Group in 2020.[1][2]
Career[]
Television[]
Morgan began her screenwriting career as a participant in a Warner Bros. Television Group writer's workshop.[3] Her first screenwriting job was for Showtime's Shameless.[3] She went on to write for Complications, Parenthood, and Turn: Washington's Spies.
Morgan signed her first of two overall deals with AMC in 2016, the last of which expired in 2020.[3][4] She had multiple requests from other employers before signing with AMC.[5] She was a co-producer for an adaptation of The Age of Miracles produced by AMC Studios for HBO Max.[3] She was also a writer and co-executive producer for Into the Badlands and wrote for The Walking Dead.[3][6] She collaborated with J.J. Abrams to develop a crime drama, Duster, that HBO Max ordered in 2020.[3]
She oversaw AMC's inclusion initiative designed to create pathways for "diverse" emerging writers.[7][1] Through the initiative she developed two projects, Farmhand and Of Two Minds.[7]
In July 2020 signed an overall deal with Warner Brothers Television Group, said to be in the seven figures, through her production company TinkerToys Productions.[3] That year, Morgan and Sue-Ellen Chitunya won the Telling Our Stories short film competition hosted by WrapWomen and Starz for their film Team Marilyn.[2]
Other work[]
In April 2019 she created the #WGAStaffingBoost to help connect WGA writers seeking work amid the union's dispute with the Association of Talent Agents (ATA).[8]
Morgan's debut graphic novel, Darkblood, is scheduled for release in fall 2021 by Boom! Studios.[3]
Personal life[]
Morgan was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, where she currently resides.[9][10] She received her MFA in screenwriting form American Film Institute Conservatory in 2005.[11]
Accolades[]
- 2016 - NAACP Image Award, Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series - Nomination, for Turn: Washington's Spies[12]
- 2017 - NAACP Image Award, Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series - Nomination, for Turn: Washington's Spies[13]
References[]
- ^ a b Andreeva, Nellie; Petski, Denise (2018-06-21). "LaToya Morgan Re-Ups Overall Deal With AMC, Will Oversee Inclusion Initiative". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
- ^ a b ""Team Marilyn" Wins Telling Our Stories Film Competition 2020". TheWrap. 2020-12-11. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Andreeva, Nellie (2020-07-01). "Writer LaToya Morgan Inks Overall Deal With Warner Bros. Television Group, Launches Production Company". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (2016-06-28). "Writer LaToya Morgan Inks Overall Deal With AMC, Joins 'Into The Badlands'". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
- ^ Buckley, Cara (2018-09-02). "As TV Seeks Diverse Writing Ranks, Rising Demand Meets Short Supply (Published 2018)". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
- ^ Andreeva, Denise Petski,Nellie; Petski, Denise; Andreeva, Nellie (2018-06-21). "LaToya Morgan Re-Ups Overall Deal With AMC, Will Oversee Inclusion Initiative". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
- ^ a b Sippell, Margeaux (2019-07-25). "AMC, LaToya Morgan's Scripted Inclusion Initiative Sets First 2 Projects". TheWrap. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
- ^ Mason, Heather (2019-04-15). "#WGAStaffingBoost creator LaToya Morgan talks the importance of supporting writers". SYFY WIRE. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
- ^ Gardner, Chris (2020-11-13). "Screenwriter LaToya Morgan to be Honored at Film2Future Benefit". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
- ^ "Inside LaToya Morgan's Sherman Oaks House". www.msn.com. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
- ^ "AFI CONSERVATORY CELEBRATES 50TH ANNIVERSARY WITH STELLAR ALUMNI TURNOUT AT GREYSTONE MANSION". American Film Institute. 2019-09-19. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
- ^ Waxler, Caroline. ""Turn" Writer LaToya Morgan On Why Soap Operas Should Be Getting More Love". www.refinery29.com. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
- ^ "NAACP | NAACP Image Award Nominations Announced". NAACP. 2016-12-13. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
External links[]
- LaToya Morgan at IMDb
- LaToya Morgan on Twitter
- Living people
- American women screenwriters
- American women film producers
- African-American television producers
- African-American screenwriters
- 21st-century African-American women
- 21st-century African-American people
- African-American women writers
- American graphic novelists
- Warner Bros.
- AFI Conservatory alumni
- Writers from Los Angeles
- African-American novelists