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Glen Morgan is a Actor, Director, Scriptwriter, Producer and Second Unit Director American born on 12 july 1961 at El Cajon (USA)
Glen Morgan est un scénariste, producteur et réalisateur américain né le 23 mai 1967 à Syracuse (New York).
Après quelques années passés comme assistants de production, James Wong et lui sont engagés par la compagnie de Stephen J. Cannell et écrivent des scénarios pour les séries télévisées 21 Jump Street et L'As de la crime. Déçus par le tour pris par cette série, ils quittent Cannell en 1993 et rejoignent l'équipe de scénaristes d'une nouvelle série, X-Files.
Morgan et Wong cosignent le scénario de certains des épisodes les plus marquants des deux premières saisons, tels que Compressions, Projet Arctique, Le Message, Le Retour de Tooms, Coma et La Main de l'enfer, leur style exerçant une influence importante sur l'évolution de la série. Ils deviennent les premiers bras droits de Chris Carter et contribuent à étoffer les personnages de Mulder et Scully. Ils quittent X-Files au milieu de la deuxième saison pour créer leur propre série, Space 2063, mais celle-ci est un échec et ne dure qu'une saison. Morgan et Wong reviennent donc sur X-Files pour la quatrième saison de cette série et écrivent notamment les épisodes La Meute, l'un des plus acclamés mais aussi l'un des plus controversés de la série en raison de sa violence, et L'Homme à la cigarette.
Morgan et Wong deviennent ensuite les showrunners de Millennium, une autre série créée par Chris Carter, pour la deuxième saison de celle-ci. Ils donnent à cette série une toute nouvelle direction ainsi qu'une conclusion car son renouvellement est incertain. Finalement, la série est renouvelée pour une dernière saison mais Morgan et Wong la quittent pour se tourner vers le cinéma. Leur premier film, Destination finale (2000), remporte un succès inattendu au box-office et donne ainsi naissance à toute une série de suites, le duo signant d'ailleurs également le troisième volet (2006). Morgan se lance également dans la réalisation, mettant en scène les films d'horreur Willard (2003) et Black Christmas (2006), sur lesquels Wong est producteur. Morgan et Wong décident ensuite de se consacrer chacun de leur côté à leurs propres projets.
Morgan participe ensuite à la création de plusieurs séries mais aucune ne connaît le succès et elles sont toutes annulées au bout d'une saison. En 2016, Morgan revient à la série qui l'a rendu célèbre à l'occasion du retour de X-Files sous la forme de sa 10e saison. Morgan scénarise et réalise le quatrième épisode. Il fait de même pour le 2e épisode de la 11e saison.
Vie privée
Après un premier mariage dont il a eu une fille, Glen Morgan est marié depuis 1998 avec l'actrice Kristen Cloke, qu'il a rencontré sur le plateau de la série Space 2063. Ils ont deux enfants.
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Glen Morgan est né le 23 mai 1967 à Syracuse (New York) avec son frère cadet Darin. Sa famille déménage à San Diego alors qu'il a quatorze ans. Deux ans plus tard, il se lie d'amitié avec James Wong. Il étudie ensuite à l'université Loyola Marymount et en sort diplômé en cinéma en 1983.Après quelques années passés comme assistants de production, James Wong et lui sont engagés par la compagnie de Stephen J. Cannell et écrivent des scénarios pour les séries télévisées 21 Jump Street et L'As de la crime. Déçus par le tour pris par cette série, ils quittent Cannell en 1993 et rejoignent l'équipe de scénaristes d'une nouvelle série, X-Files.
Morgan et Wong cosignent le scénario de certains des épisodes les plus marquants des deux premières saisons, tels que Compressions, Projet Arctique, Le Message, Le Retour de Tooms, Coma et La Main de l'enfer, leur style exerçant une influence importante sur l'évolution de la série. Ils deviennent les premiers bras droits de Chris Carter et contribuent à étoffer les personnages de Mulder et Scully. Ils quittent X-Files au milieu de la deuxième saison pour créer leur propre série, Space 2063, mais celle-ci est un échec et ne dure qu'une saison. Morgan et Wong reviennent donc sur X-Files pour la quatrième saison de cette série et écrivent notamment les épisodes La Meute, l'un des plus acclamés mais aussi l'un des plus controversés de la série en raison de sa violence, et L'Homme à la cigarette.
Morgan et Wong deviennent ensuite les showrunners de Millennium, une autre série créée par Chris Carter, pour la deuxième saison de celle-ci. Ils donnent à cette série une toute nouvelle direction ainsi qu'une conclusion car son renouvellement est incertain. Finalement, la série est renouvelée pour une dernière saison mais Morgan et Wong la quittent pour se tourner vers le cinéma. Leur premier film, Destination finale (2000), remporte un succès inattendu au box-office et donne ainsi naissance à toute une série de suites, le duo signant d'ailleurs également le troisième volet (2006). Morgan se lance également dans la réalisation, mettant en scène les films d'horreur Willard (2003) et Black Christmas (2006), sur lesquels Wong est producteur. Morgan et Wong décident ensuite de se consacrer chacun de leur côté à leurs propres projets.
Morgan participe ensuite à la création de plusieurs séries mais aucune ne connaît le succès et elles sont toutes annulées au bout d'une saison. En 2016, Morgan revient à la série qui l'a rendu célèbre à l'occasion du retour de X-Files sous la forme de sa 10e saison. Morgan scénarise et réalise le quatrième épisode. Il fait de même pour le 2e épisode de la 11e saison.
Vie privée
Après un premier mariage dont il a eu une fille, Glen Morgan est marié depuis 1998 avec l'actrice Kristen Cloke, qu'il a rencontré sur le plateau de la série Space 2063. Ils ont deux enfants.
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Trick or Treat (1986)
, 1h37Directed by Charles Martin Smith
Origin USA
Genres Comedy, Horror, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Ghost films, Musical films
Actors Marc Price, Doug Savant, Gene Simmons, Elaine Joyce, Glen Morgan, Charles Martin Smith
Roles Roger Mockus
Rating58%
High school outcast Eddie Weinbauer (Marc Price) is writing a letter to his hero, heavy metal musician Sammi Curr (Tony Fields). A vulgar and infamous superstar, Sammi is a hometown hero of Eddie's town, and an alumnus of Eddie's own Lakeridge High School. He puts the letter in an envelope and starts doing his chores. Watching the news at the same time, following a report on Sammi's being banned from returning to Lakeridge High to perform at the Halloween dance, Eddie is shocked to hear the worst words to ever reach his ears: Sammi Curr has died in a mysterious hotel fire. Eddie is completely devastated. He goes to his friend "Nuke" (Gene Simmons), a radio DJ who knew Sammi Curr personally. To take Eddie's mind off the death of his idol, Nuke gives Eddie the only copy of Curr's last and as-yet unreleased album, "Songs in the Key of Death", on an acetate disc. Nuke has recorded the disc onto high quality tape and plans to play it in its entirety on-air at midnight on Halloween as a tribute since, according to Nuke, that was always Sammi's plan for the album's debut.
Director
Black Christmas (2006)
, 1h24Directed by Glen Morgan
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Slasher
Themes Films about families, Christmas films, Films about sexuality, Serial killer films
Actors Katie Cassidy Rodgers, Michelle Trachtenberg, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Oliver Hudson, Lacey Chabert, Kristen Cloke
Rating47%
William Edward "Billy" Lenz, a boy born with severe jaundice due to a liver disease, is constantly abused by his hateful mother. After murdering Billy's father and burying his body in the underground crawlspace with the help of her boyfriend, Mrs. Lenz locks Billy in the attic to prevent him from talking. Years later, she attempts to conceive a new baby but realizes that her new man is impotent. She goes up to the attic and rapes 12-year-old Billy. Nine months later, a daughter named Agnes is born and treated like a princess by Mrs. Lenz. When Agnes is eight and Christmas comes around, Billy escapes from the attic and disfigures Agnes by gouging out her eye and taunts his mother, saying "she's my family now." Billy then gruesomely kills his mother and her lover. He is caught by the police eating pieces of his mother's flesh, and sent to a mental asylum.
Willard (2003)
, 1h40Directed by Glen Morgan
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Natural horror films
Actors Crispin Glover, R. Lee Ermey, Laura Harring, Jackie Burroughs, Ashlyn Gere, Ty Olsson
Rating60%
Willard Stiles (Crispin Glover) is a social misfit taking care of his ill and fragile but verbally abusive mother Henrietta (Jackie Burroughs) in a musty old mansion that is also home to a colony of rats. Willard finds himself constantly humiliated in front of his co-workers by his cruel boss, Frank Martin (R. Lee Ermey), a vicious man who assumed control of the company from Willard's father upon his death, and whose professional interest in Willard extends to a personal financial one. A co-worker, Cathryn (Laura Elena Harring), has sympathy for the quirky Willard. Cathryn becomes Willard's friend and love interest.
Scriptwriter
Final Destination 3 (2006)
, 1h30Directed by James Wong
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ryan Merriman, Amanda Crew, Alexz Johnson, Kris Lemche, Crystal Lowe
Rating58%
High school student Wendy Christensen visits an amusement park with her boyfriend Jason Wise, best friend Carrie Dreyer, and Carrie's boyfriend
Black Christmas (2006)
, 1h24Directed by Glen Morgan
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Slasher
Themes Films about families, Christmas films, Films about sexuality, Serial killer films
Actors Katie Cassidy Rodgers, Michelle Trachtenberg, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Oliver Hudson, Lacey Chabert, Kristen Cloke
Roles Auteur
Rating47%
William Edward "Billy" Lenz, a boy born with severe jaundice due to a liver disease, is constantly abused by his hateful mother. After murdering Billy's father and burying his body in the underground crawlspace with the help of her boyfriend, Mrs. Lenz locks Billy in the attic to prevent him from talking. Years later, she attempts to conceive a new baby but realizes that her new man is impotent. She goes up to the attic and rapes 12-year-old Billy. Nine months later, a daughter named Agnes is born and treated like a princess by Mrs. Lenz. When Agnes is eight and Christmas comes around, Billy escapes from the attic and disfigures Agnes by gouging out her eye and taunts his mother, saying "she's my family now." Billy then gruesomely kills his mother and her lover. He is caught by the police eating pieces of his mother's flesh, and sent to a mental asylum.
Willard (2003)
, 1h40Directed by Glen Morgan
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Natural horror films
Actors Crispin Glover, R. Lee Ermey, Laura Harring, Jackie Burroughs, Ashlyn Gere, Ty Olsson
Rating60%
Willard Stiles (Crispin Glover) is a social misfit taking care of his ill and fragile but verbally abusive mother Henrietta (Jackie Burroughs) in a musty old mansion that is also home to a colony of rats. Willard finds himself constantly humiliated in front of his co-workers by his cruel boss, Frank Martin (R. Lee Ermey), a vicious man who assumed control of the company from Willard's father upon his death, and whose professional interest in Willard extends to a personal financial one. A co-worker, Cathryn (Laura Elena Harring), has sympathy for the quirky Willard. Cathryn becomes Willard's friend and love interest.
The One (2001)
, 1h35Directed by James Wong
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Martial arts, Action, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films
Actors Jet Li, Delroy Lindo, Jason Statham, Carla Gugino, James Morrison, Dylan Bruno
Roles Writer
Rating59%
Gabriel Yulaw (Jet Li), once an officer of the "Multiverse Authority" (MVA) that polices interdimensional travel (via detecting wormholes), seeks to hunt down all variations of himself in alternate universes. By killing all 124 of his other selves (becoming the last version) and absorbing their life energies, he believes he will become an immortal godlike being called "The One". Yulaw is briefly captured by MVA agents Rodecker (Delroy Lindo) and Funsch (Jason Statham), only to escape from captivity during the trial sentencing him to life in the Stygian penal colony in the Hades universe.
Final Destination (2000)
, 1h38Directed by James Wong
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Serial killer films
Actors Devon Sawa, Ali Larter, Kerr Smith, Seann William Scott, Tony Todd, Kristen Cloke
Rating66%
High school student Alex Browning boards Volée Airlines Flight 180 with his classmates for their senior trip to Paris, France. Before take-off, Alex has a premonition that the plane will suffer a catastrophic engine failure, causing the plane to explode in mid-air, and killing everyone on board. When the events from his vision begin to repeat themselves in reality, he panics and a fight breaks out between Alex and his rival, Carter Horton. This leads to several passengers being removed from the plane, including Alex; Carter; Alex's best friend, Tod Waggner; Carter's girlfriend, Terry Chaney; teacher Valerie Lewton; and students Billy Hitchcock and Clear Rivers. None of the passengers, except for Clear, believe Alex about his vision until the plane explodes on take-off, killing the remaining passengers on board. Afterwards, the survivors are interrogated by two FBI agents, who believe that Alex had something to do with the explosion.
The Boys Next Door (1986)
, 1h31Directed by Penelope Spheeris
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Action, Horror, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Transport films, LGBT-related films, Serial killer films, Road movies, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors Charlie Sheen, Maxwell Caulfield, Patti D'Arbanville, Christopher McDonald, Vance Colvig, Grant Heslov
Roles Ecrivain
Rating63%
Roy Alston (Maxwell Caulfield) and Bo Richards (Charlie Sheen) are two outcasts of their high school community. Bo receives $200 as a graduation gift from his grandparents. Facing a lifetime of working blue-collar factory jobs, the boys spontaneously decide to use the money to go on a vacation to Los Angeles.
Producer
Final Destination 3 (2006)
, 1h30Directed by James Wong
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ryan Merriman, Amanda Crew, Alexz Johnson, Kris Lemche, Crystal Lowe
Roles Producer
Rating58%
High school student Wendy Christensen visits an amusement park with her boyfriend Jason Wise, best friend Carrie Dreyer, and Carrie's boyfriend
Black Christmas (2006)
, 1h24Directed by Glen Morgan
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror, Slasher
Themes Films about families, Christmas films, Films about sexuality, Serial killer films
Actors Katie Cassidy Rodgers, Michelle Trachtenberg, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Oliver Hudson, Lacey Chabert, Kristen Cloke
Roles Producer
Rating47%
William Edward "Billy" Lenz, a boy born with severe jaundice due to a liver disease, is constantly abused by his hateful mother. After murdering Billy's father and burying his body in the underground crawlspace with the help of her boyfriend, Mrs. Lenz locks Billy in the attic to prevent him from talking. Years later, she attempts to conceive a new baby but realizes that her new man is impotent. She goes up to the attic and rapes 12-year-old Billy. Nine months later, a daughter named Agnes is born and treated like a princess by Mrs. Lenz. When Agnes is eight and Christmas comes around, Billy escapes from the attic and disfigures Agnes by gouging out her eye and taunts his mother, saying "she's my family now." Billy then gruesomely kills his mother and her lover. He is caught by the police eating pieces of his mother's flesh, and sent to a mental asylum.
Willard (2003)
, 1h40Directed by Glen Morgan
Origin Canada
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror
Themes Films about animals, Natural horror films
Actors Crispin Glover, R. Lee Ermey, Laura Harring, Jackie Burroughs, Ashlyn Gere, Ty Olsson
Roles Producer
Rating60%
Willard Stiles (Crispin Glover) is a social misfit taking care of his ill and fragile but verbally abusive mother Henrietta (Jackie Burroughs) in a musty old mansion that is also home to a colony of rats. Willard finds himself constantly humiliated in front of his co-workers by his cruel boss, Frank Martin (R. Lee Ermey), a vicious man who assumed control of the company from Willard's father upon his death, and whose professional interest in Willard extends to a personal financial one. A co-worker, Cathryn (Laura Elena Harring), has sympathy for the quirky Willard. Cathryn becomes Willard's friend and love interest.
The One (2001)
, 1h35Directed by James Wong
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Thriller, Martial arts, Action, Martial arts
Themes Sports films, Martial arts films, Kung fu films
Actors Jet Li, Delroy Lindo, Jason Statham, Carla Gugino, James Morrison, Dylan Bruno
Roles Producer
Rating59%
Gabriel Yulaw (Jet Li), once an officer of the "Multiverse Authority" (MVA) that polices interdimensional travel (via detecting wormholes), seeks to hunt down all variations of himself in alternate universes. By killing all 124 of his other selves (becoming the last version) and absorbing their life energies, he believes he will become an immortal godlike being called "The One". Yulaw is briefly captured by MVA agents Rodecker (Delroy Lindo) and Funsch (Jason Statham), only to escape from captivity during the trial sentencing him to life in the Stygian penal colony in the Hades universe.
Final Destination (2000)
, 1h38Directed by James Wong
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Fantastic, Horror
Themes Transport films, Aviation films, Serial killer films
Actors Devon Sawa, Ali Larter, Kerr Smith, Seann William Scott, Tony Todd, Kristen Cloke
Roles Producer
Rating66%
High school student Alex Browning boards Volée Airlines Flight 180 with his classmates for their senior trip to Paris, France. Before take-off, Alex has a premonition that the plane will suffer a catastrophic engine failure, causing the plane to explode in mid-air, and killing everyone on board. When the events from his vision begin to repeat themselves in reality, he panics and a fight breaks out between Alex and his rival, Carter Horton. This leads to several passengers being removed from the plane, including Alex; Carter; Alex's best friend, Tod Waggner; Carter's girlfriend, Terry Chaney; teacher Valerie Lewton; and students Billy Hitchcock and Clear Rivers. None of the passengers, except for Clear, believe Alex about his vision until the plane explodes on take-off, killing the remaining passengers on board. Afterwards, the survivors are interrogated by two FBI agents, who believe that Alex had something to do with the explosion.
Director
Final Destination 3 (2006)
, 1h30Directed by James Wong
Origin USA
Genres Thriller, Horror
Themes Serial killer films
Actors Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Ryan Merriman, Amanda Crew, Alexz Johnson, Kris Lemche, Crystal Lowe
Roles Second Unit Director
Rating58%
High school student Wendy Christensen visits an amusement park with her boyfriend Jason Wise, best friend Carrie Dreyer, and Carrie's boyfriend