Morgan, Glen 1961–

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MORGAN, Glen 1961

(Bill Bludworth, a joint pseudonym)

PERSONAL

Born 1961, in El Cajon, CA; raised in Syracuse, NY; son of Wayne Morgan (in insurance sales); brother of Darin Morgan (a writer); married Cindy (divorced); married Kristen Cloke (an actress), June 13, 1998; children: three, including (first marriage) Chelsea; (second marriage) Winslow. Education: Attended Loyola Marymount University.

Addresses: Agent Richard Weitz, Endeavor, 9701 Wilshire Blvd., 10th Floor, Beverly Hills, CA 90212. Manager Marty Adelstein, Original Film Management, 2045 South Barrington Ave., Los Angeles, CA 90025.

Career: Writer, producer, and director. Hard Eight Pictures, partner with James Wong. Sandy Howard Productions, worked as production assistant; Stephen J. Cannell Productions, story editor and writer, beginning 1989.

Awards, Honors: Apex Award nomination, outstanding screenplay in action, mystery, or thriller genre (with James Wong), 1985, for The Boys Next Door; Universe Reader's Choice Award, best writing for a genre television series (with Wong), SciFi Universe, 1995, for "Die Hand, Die Verletzt," The XFiles; Digital Hollywood Award, best writing (with Wong), 1995, for "One Breath," The XFiles; Digital Hollywood Award, best writing, and award nomination, best writing, New York Film Festival for Television Programming and Promotion, both (with Wong) 1995, for "Beyond the Sea," The XFiles; Golden Globe Awards, outstanding drama series, 1995 and 1996, Emmy Award nominations, outstanding drama series, 1995 and 1997, Saturn Award, outstanding television series, Academy of Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Horror Films, 1995, and Television Critics Association Award nomination, best drama series, 1995, all (with others) for The XFiles; Universe Reader's Choice Award, best writing for a genre television series (with Wong), 1996, for "Who Monitors the Birds?," Space: Above and Beyond; Saturn Award nomination, best genre network series (with others), 1997, for Millennium; Apex Award nominations, outstanding producer and outstanding screenplay (with Wong), both fantasy, science fiction, or horror genre, 2000, and Saturn Award, best horror film (with Wong), 2001, all for Final Destination.

CREDITS

Television Work; Series:

Story editor, Knightwatch, ABC, 1988.

Story editor, Booker (also known as Booker, P.I. ), ABC, 1989.

Story editor, 21 Jump Street, ABC, 19891990.

Supervising producer (with James Wong), Wiseguy, CBS, 19901991.

Creator (with Wong) and producer, Disney Presents the 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage (also known as Black Jack Savage ), NBC, 1991.

Producer, The Commish, ABC, 19911993.

Coexecutive producer, The XFiles, Fox, 19931994.

Creator and executive producer (with Wong), Space: Above and Beyond, Fox, 19951996.

Consulting producer (with Wong), The XFiles, Fox, 19961997.

Consulting producer (with Wong), Millennium, Fox, 19961997.

Executive producer (with Wong), Millennium, Fox, 19971998.

Executive producer (with Wong), The Others, NBC, 2000.

Television Work; Other:

Story editor, Child of Darkness, Child of Light (movie), USA Network, 1991.

Executive producer, The Wonder Cabinet (pilot), Fox, 1999.

Film Producer:

Final Destination, New Line Cinema, 2000.

(With James Wong) The One, Columbia, 2001.

(And director) Willard, New Line Cinema, 2003.

Film Appearances:

Roger Mockus, Trick or Treat, De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, 1986.

RECORDINGS

Documentary Videos:

The Perfect Souffle: Testing "Final Destination, " New Line Home Video, 2000.

Jet Li Is "The One, " Columbia TriStar Home Video, 2002.

Multiverses Create "The One, " Columbia TriStar Home Video, 2002.

About Face, Columbia TriStar Home Video, 2002.

The Year of the Rat, New Line Home Video, 2003.

WRITINGS

Television Series; with James Wong:

21 Jump Street (also based on story by Morgan), Fox, multiple episodes, 19891990.

The XFiles, Fox, multiple episodes (including "Die Hand, Die Verletz,""One Breath," and "Beyond the Sea"), 19931997.

Space: Above and Beyond, Fox, multiple episodes (including "Who Monitors the Birds?"), 19951996.

Millennium, Fox, multiple episodes, 19961998.

The Others, NBC, multiple episodes, 20002001.

Also writer for the series The Commish, ABC.

Television Pilots; with James Wong:

Space: Above and Beyond, Fox, 1995.

Television Episodes; with James Wong:

"Cementhead," Booker (also known as Booker, P.I. ), Fox, 1989.

(As Bill Bludworth) Wiseguy, CBS, 1991.

Screenplays; with James Wong:

The Boys Next Door (also known as Big Shots ), New World, 1986.

Trick or Treat, De Laurentiis Entertainment Group, 1986.

Final Destination, New Line Cinema, 2000.

The One, Columbia, 2001.

Willard, New Line Cinema, 2003.

ADAPTATIONS

The series The Lone Gunmen, broadcast by Fox in 2001, was based on characters from The XFiles created by Morgan and James Wong.

OTHER SOURCES

Periodicals:

Cinefantastique, October, 1995, p. 62.

Starlog, January, 1995; November, 1995; April, 1998.

Electronic:

11th Hour, http://www.the11thhour.com, June, 1999.

Morgan and Wong Online, http://www.morganandwongonline.com, January 26, 2004.

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