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LaToya Morgan
Born
Los Angeles, California, U.S.
EducationAFI Conservatory (MFA)
Occupation(s)Writer, producer
Years active2004–present
Notable workDuster (co-creator)

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 is the co-creator, executive producer and showrunner of the Max series Duster.

Career

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Television

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Morgan began her screenwriting career as a participant in the Warner Bros. Television 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 an executive 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 a writer and consulting producer for The Walking Dead.[3][6] 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 Morgan signed an overall deal with Warner Bros. Television Group through her production company TinkerToy Productions.[3] That year, Morgan won the Telling Our Stories short film competition hosted by WrapWomen and received distribution on Starz for the 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]

She collaborated with J.J. Abrams to develop a crime drama, Duster, that HBO Max ordered in 2020.[3] The series will premiere in May 2025.[9]

Other work

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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).[10]

Morgan's debut graphic novel, Dark Blood, was released in fall 2021 by Boom! Studios.[3] She also wrote the graphic novel series Creed: The Next Round as a franchise tie-in for the film Creed III for Michael B. Jordan's company Outlier Society which was published in 2023 by Boom! Studios. DC Comics also tapped Morgan for the 2024 horror anthology series DC Horror Presents.

Personal life

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Morgan was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, where she resides as of 2021.[11][12] She received her MFA in screenwriting from the AFI Conservatory in 2005.[13]

Accolades

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Filmography

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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 [16]
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]
2025 Duster No Yes Yes Co-creator and executive producer [3]

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ a b c ""Team Marilyn" Wins Telling Our Stories Film Competition 2020". TheWrap. 2020-12-11. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Andreeva, Nellie (2020-07-01). "Writer LaToya Morgan Inks Overall Deal With Warner Bros. Television Group, Launches Production Company". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-02-06.
  4. ^ a b Andreeva, Nellie (2016-06-28). "Writer LaToya Morgan Inks Overall Deal With AMC, Joins 'Into The Badlands'". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  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.
  6. ^ a b c 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ a b Sippell, Margeaux (2019-07-25). "AMC, LaToya Morgan's Scripted Inclusion Initiative Sets First 2 Projects". TheWrap. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  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. ^ Hibberd, James (2025-03-19). "'Duster' Trailer: First Footage From J.J. Abrams, LaToya Morgan's Retro Action Series". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2025-03-20.
  10. ^ Mason, Heather (2019-04-15). "#WGAStaffingBoost creator LaToya Morgan talks the importance of supporting writers". SYFY WIRE. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  11. ^ Gardner, Chris (2020-11-13). "Screenwriter LaToya Morgan to be Honored at Film2Future Benefit". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  12. ^ "Inside LaToya Morgan's Sherman Oaks House". www.msn.com. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  13. ^ "AFI CONSERVATORY CELEBRATES 50TH ANNIVERSARY WITH STELLAR ALUMNI TURNOUT AT GREYSTONE MANSION". American Film Institute. 2019-09-19. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  14. ^ Waxler, Caroline. ""Turn" Writer LaToya Morgan On Why Soap Operas Should Be Getting More Love". www.refinery29.com. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  15. ^ "NAACP | NAACP Image Award Nominations Announced". NAACP. 2016-12-13. Archived from the original on 2019-04-30. Retrieved 2021-02-07.
  16. ^ Horne, Karama (7 September 2021). "Indie Comics Spotlight: LaToya Morgan's 'Dark Blood' explores the Jim Crow South with superpowers". Syfy. Retrieved 23 February 2022.
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