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Morgan speaking at the 2013 San Diego Comic Con International
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Born | Syracuse, New York, U.S. |
Occupation | Writer, director, producer |
Notable work | The X-Files, Final Destination |
Spouse(s) | Cindy Morgan (divorced; 1 child) Kristen Cloke (1998–present) |
Glen Morgan is an American television producer, writer and director.
Morgan was born in Syracuse, New York, and moved to El Cajon, California at the age of 14.
While attending El Cajon Valley High School, he met James Wong, who would become his friend and professional partner. Both enrolled at Loyola Marymount University, graduating from the School of Film and Television in 1983, and afterward, wrote many scripts together.
Morgan did not want to work on television at first, but wound up accepting a job on 21 Jump Street, which would later earn he and Wong a steady job at Stephen J. Cannell Productions. As Morgan was about to leave the company following scripts for The Commish in 1992, his former boss at Cannell, Peter Roth, invited him to work on a show being developed at 20th Television, The X-Files.
Morgan and Wong's work on the series lead them to create Space: Above and Beyond, and be showrunners for Millennium. Both would eventually jump to film, making the Final Destination series, The One, the 2003 remake of Willard, and the 2006 remake of Black Christmas, part of the Black Christmas (franchise). Afterwards both developed different interests and started working separately.