LaToya Morgan

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LaToya Morgan
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]

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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]

Morgan will write the screenplay for the upcoming Night of the Living Dead reboot film, to be directed by Nikyatu Jusu. [8]

Other work

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]

Personal life

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]

Accolades

Filmography

YearTitleDirectorWriterProducerNotesRef.
2012 Shameless NoYesNo [3]
2012–2013 Parenthood NoYesNo [3]
2013American Horror Story: The OrderlyNoYesNo [15]
2014–2017 Turn: Washington's Spies NoYesYesCo-executive producer [4]
2015 Complications NoYesNo [3]
2015Cobalt 60NoYesYesShort film
2017–2018 Into the Badlands NoYesYesCo-executive producer [6]
2019Team MarilynYesYesYesShort film; executive producer [2]
2019–2021 The Walking Dead NoYesYesConsulting producer [6]
2024 Duster NoYesYesExecutive producer [3]

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  5. ↑ 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.
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  8. ↑ Fleming, Mike Jr. (26 October 2022). "Hot AFM Package For Buyers To Gnaw: 'Night Of The Living Dead' Sequel From Village Roadshow, Vertigo, Westbrook & George Romero's Sanibel, With 'Nanny's Nikyatu Jusu Helming 'Walking Dead's LaToya Morgan Script". Deadline. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
  9. ↑ Mason, Heather (2019-04-15). "#WGAStaffingBoost creator LaToya Morgan talks the importance of supporting writers". SYFY WIRE. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
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