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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]

LaToya Morgan
Born	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Nationality	American
Education	AFI Conservatory (MFA)
Occupation	Writer, producer

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, 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.[9][10] She received her MFA in screenwriting form American Film Institute Conservatory in 2005.[11]

Accolades

• 2016 – Nominee, NAACP Image Award, Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series (for Turn: Washington's Spies)[12]
• 2017 – Nominee, NAACP Image Award, Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series (for Turn: Washington's Spies)[13]

Filmography

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Notes	Ref.
2012	Shameless	No	Yes	No		[3]
2012–2013	Parenthood	No	Yes	No		[3]
2013	American Horror Story: The Orderly	No	Yes	No		[14]
2014–2017	Turn: Washington's Spies	No	Yes	Yes	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		[6]
2019	Team Marilyn	Yes	Yes	Yes	Short film; executive producer	[2]
2019–2021	The Walking Dead	No	Yes	Yes	Consulting producer	[6]
Pre-production	Duster	No	Yes	Yes	Executive producer	[3]

References

External links

• LaToya Morgan at IMDb
• LaToya Morgan on Twitter

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