Chris Morgan (filmmaker)

{{Short description|American screenwriter}}

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| name = Chris Morgan

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| occupation = Screenwriter, Producer

| known_for = Fast & Furious franchise

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Chris Morgan is an American screenwriter and producer. His writing credits include multiple screenplays in the Fast & Furious franchise, Wanted, and the Fox crime drama Gang Related.Gabrenya, Frank (2008) "[https://archive.today/20120729104326/http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/life/stories/2008/06/27/1A_WANTED.ART_ART_06-27-08_D1_DUAILCA.html?sid=101 MOVIE REVIEW | WANTED: These bullets get their swerve on]", Columbus Dispatch, June 27, 2008, retrieved 2011-07-11Palladino, D.J. (2009) "[http://www.independent.com/news/2009/apr/09/diesel-returns-reenergizes-fast-furious-franchise/ Diesel Returns, Reenergizes Fast & Furious Franchise]", Santa Barbara Independent, April 9, 2009, retrieved 2011-07-11 Morgan's production company, Chris Morgan Productions, signed a first-look deal with Universal in 2011.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2011/04/fast-five-writer-gets-uni-production-deal-123938/|title='Fast Five' Writer Gets Uni Production Deal|first1=Nikki|last1=Finke|date=April 19, 2011|work=Deadline Hollywood}} In 2013, Morgan launched a TV production company with a first-look deal at Fox.{{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2013/04/chris-morgan-launches-tv-company-signs-pod-deal-with-20th-century-fox-television-481153/|title=Chris Morgan Launches TV Company, Signs Pod Deal With 20th Century Fox Television|first1=Nellie|last1=Andreeva|date=April 22, 2013|work=Deadline Hollywood}} He was spoofed in a video in The Onion in which he was played by a five-year-old.[https://entertainment.theonion.com/today-now-interviews-the-5-year-old-screenwriter-of-f-1819595006 "Interview with Chris Morgan"] at The Onion

Filmography

= Film =

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Year

!Title

!width=65|Writer

!width=65|Producer

!Director(s)

2004

|Cellular

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|David R. Ellis

2006

|The Fast and the Furious: Tokyo Drift

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|Justin Lin

2008

|Wanted

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|Timur Bekmambetov

2009

|Fast & Furious

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

| rowspan="3"|Justin Lin

2011

|Fast Five

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

rowspan="2"|2013

|Fast & Furious 6

|{{yes}}

|{{Partial|Executive}}

47 Ronin

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|Carl Rinsch

rowspan="2"|2015

|Furious 7

|{{yes}}

|{{Partial|Executive}}

|James Wan

The Vatican Tapes

|{{Partial|Story}}

|{{yes}}

|Mark Neveldine

rowspan="2"|2017

|The Fate of the Furious

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|F. Gary Gray

The Mummy

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|Alex Kurtzman

2018

|Bird Box

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|Susanne Bier

rowspan="2"|2019

|Fast & Furious Presents: Hobbs & Shaw

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|David Leitch

Witches in the Woods

|{{no}}

|{{Partial|Executive}}

|Jordan Barker

2022

|A ciegas

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|David Pastor
Àlex Pastor

rowspan="3"|2023

|Shazam! Fury of the Gods

|{{yes}}

|{{no}}

|David F. Sandberg

Fast X{{cite web | url=https://www.universalpictures.com/movies/fast-x | title=Fast X }}

|{{no}}

|{{Partial|Executive}}

|Louis Leterrier

Bird Box Barcelona

|{{no}}

|{{yes}}

|David Pastor
Álex Pastor

2024

|Red One

|{{yes}}

|{{yes}}

|Jake Kasdan

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|+Other credits

!Year

!Title

!Role

2001

|Lloyd

|Electric swingman

2003

|S.W.A.T.

|Script revisions

= Television =

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Year(s)

! Title

!width=65| Creator

!width=65| Executive
producer

!width=65| Writer

! Notes

2009−2013

| The Troop

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

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2013

| Big Thunder

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

| TV movie

2014

| Gang Related

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| {{yes}}

| Wrote 2 episodes

2019−2021

| Fast & Furious Spy Racers

| {{no}}

| {{yes}}

| {{no}}

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References

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