Wendy Morgan (director)

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Wendy Morgan is a Canadian film director. [1] She is most noted as director of the film Sugar Daddy , for which she won the DGC Award for Best Direction in a Feature Film from the Directors Guild of Canada in October 2021. [2]

Morgan previously directed music videos for artists such as Gnarls Barkley, Janelle Monáe, The Kills, Alicia Keys and Laura Mvula, [1] as well as episodes of the television series Backstage and Little Dog .

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