LaToya Morgan | |
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Born | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Education | AFI Conservatory (MFA) |
Occupation(s) | Writer, producer |
LaToya Morgan is an American writer and producer. She held two multi-year deals 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]
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]
Morgan will write the screenplay for the upcoming Night of the Living Dead reboot film, to be directed by Nikyatu Jusu. [8]
In April 2019 she created the hashtag #WGAStaffingBoost to help connect WGA writers seeking work amid the union's dispute with the Association of Talent Agents (ATA). [9]
Morgan's debut graphic novel, Dark Blood, is scheduled for release in fall 2021 by Boom! Studios. [3]
Morgan was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, where she currently resides. [10] [11] She received her MFA in screenwriting from the American Film Institute Conservatory in 2005. [12]
Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Notes | Ref. |
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2012 | Shameless | No | Yes | No | [3] | |
2012–2013 | Parenthood | No | Yes | No | [3] | |
2013 | American Horror Story: The Orderly | No | Yes | No | [15] | |
2014–2017 | Turn: Washington's Spies | No | Yes | Yes | Co-executive producer | [4] |
2015 | Complications | No | Yes | No | [3] | |
2015 | Cobalt 60 | No | Yes | Yes | Short film | |
2017–2018 | Into the Badlands | No | Yes | Yes | Co-executive producer | [6] |
2019 | Team Marilyn | Yes | Yes | Yes | Short film; executive producer | [2] |
2019–2021 | The Walking Dead | No | Yes | Yes | Consulting producer | [6] |
2024 | Duster | No | Yes | Yes | Executive producer | [3] |
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