The prolific and productive writing-producing team of Glen Morgan and James Wong played a major part in helping Fox-TV's "The X-Files" attain first cult status and eventual mass acceptance and acclaim. As staff writers and co-executive producers, they were responsible for crafting some of the series' most memorable stories and characters. Dour FBI man Assistant Director Skinner, creepy-crawly mutant Eugene Tooms and a delightfully paranoid trio of conspiracy theorists called The Lone Gunmen all sprung from their keyboard. Furthermore Morgan and Wong scripted a number of key episodes that provided crucial background and motivation for the show's two protagonists.Friends since high school, the pair studied film together at Loyola Marymount University before landing jobs as production assistants for producer Sandy Howard. They began writing screenplays together and had one produced--"The Boys Next Door" (1985), a chilling account of suburban anomie turned deadly, starring Charlie Sheen and Maxwell Caulfield directed by Penelope Spheeris--before hitting a prolonged dry spell.
Morgan and Wong segued to TV and landed jobs as writers and story editors for "Knightwatch" (ABC, 1988), a short-lived crime drama. They honed their skills under the auspices of Stephen J. Cannell Productions working variously as writers, story editors and producers on "21 Jump Street", "Booker" (both Fox, 1989-90), "Wiseguy" (CBS, 1990-91) and "The Commish" (ABC, 1991-93). Morgan and Wong truly blossomed on "The X-Files" (Fox, 1993-95) where they enhanced their reputation for emphasizing character as their primary story-engine. In addition, they demonstrated their skill at delicately balance emotion and humor within their scenes.
Morgan and Wong followed up by venturing out on their own as the creators and executive producers of "Space: Above and Beyond" (Fox, 1995-96), a military sci-fi adventure series inspired by the sensibility of WWII movies. Of course, they also took on a considerable chunk of the writing chores.
Profession(s):
producer, writer, TV story editor, production assistant
Sometimes Credited As:
2006 Wrote, produced and directed the thriller, "Final Destination 3"
2001 Co-scripted the Jet Li vehicle "The One"; also directed
2000 Feature film directorial debut, "Final Destination"; also scripted with Morgan
2000 With Morgan, served as producer of the NBC series "The Others"
1997 With Morgan, assumed producing duties on "Millennium" (Fox)
1996 With Morgan, returned to "The X-Files" as screenwriters and producers
1996 Signed four year, $8 million deal with 20th Century Fox Television (in partnership with Morgan) to write and produce TV series
1995 Scripted (with Morgan) "Die Hand Die Verletzt", a creepy semi-comic farewell to "The X-Files" as writers and co-executive producers
1994 Scripted (with series creator/executive producer Chris Carter) "Little Green Men", the second season opener of "The X-Files"
1991 Created and executive produced (with Morgan) the short-lived fantasy adventure series, "Disney Presents the 100 Lives of Black Jack Savage"
1989 Went to work for Stephen J. Cannell Productions with Morgan
1985 First produced screenplay, "The Boys Next Door" (written with Morgan), starring Charlie Sheen and Maxwell Caulfield directed by Penelope Spheeris
Raised in San Diego, California; met future partner Glen Morgan in high school
With Morgan, went to work as production assistants for producer Sandy Howard after graduating from college
Began writing screenplays with Morgan
First TV work, served (with Morgan) as story editors and writers on "Knightwatch", a short-lived ABC crime drama
Simultaneously served as story editors (sometimes executive story editors) and staff writers on the Cannell shows "21 Jump Street" (for its final network season) and its spin-off, "Booker"
Served as supervising producers for the fourth season of Cannell's acclaimed cop drama "Wiseguy"
Served as supervising producers on the first two seasons of Cannell's "The Commish"
Co-executive produced and served as staff writers (with Morgan) for "The X-Files", Fox's acclaimed paranormal drama series
With Morgan, created, executive produced, wrote the pilot and some subsequent episodes of "Space: Above and Beyond", a Fox sci-fi military adventure series
