Nathan Morlando

{{short description|Canadian screenwriter and film director}}

Nathan Morlando is a Canadian screenwriter and film director."Boyd Gang: The Hollywood robber gets his close-up". Toronto Star, April 2, 2011. He is best known for his feature film debut Citizen Gangster, which won the Toronto International Film Festival Award for Best Canadian First Feature Film at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival."Lesser-known films win at TIFF". Windsor Star, September 19, 2011.

A graduate of the University of Toronto, Morlando debuted at the 2002 Toronto International Film Festival with his short film Countdown."Film Festival '02". Toronto Star, September 1, 2002. He had already written the script for Citizen Gangster, which was slated to be directed by Denis Villeneuve in 2000."Canadian producers gang up for Boyd flick". Toronto Star, September 13, 2000. The film was not made at that time, however, and Morlando became its director by the time it finally moved forward in the 2010s."Notorious Boyd Gang leader gets his Hollywood moment". Toronto Star, February 11, 2011.

He directed an episode of the television series Copper in 2013.

His second feature film, Mean Dreams, was released in 2016.[http://playbackonline.ca/2015/10/30/nathan-morlandos-next-feature-goes-to-camera/ "Nathan Morlando’s next feature goes to camera"]. Playback, October 30, 2015.