- Born
- Birth nameMorgan Charles Muscat
- Nicknames
- Morganism
- Morg
- Morgie
- Height5′ 9″ (1.75 m)
- Morgan Muscat was born in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Raised in the populated municipality of Mississauga, Morgan spent a great portion of his life attending school and working at numerous jobs there. He grew up with a keen interest in filmmaking and graduated from Our Lady of Mount Carmel Secondary School in 1998. The following year, he was accepted into the Faculty of Arts program at York University, a comprehensive university located in Toronto, and while there majored in English Media. Following a three-year hiatus, Morgan returned to further his education by enrolling at Sheridan College, Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning, in Oakville, Ontario, where he opted to study something nearer to his heart: filmmaking, within a grueling three-year program in Media Arts. While there, he was instructed by many well-known Canadian talents within the film and television industry.
Morgan began showing interest in filmmaking at a very young age when he started writing stories and scripts for classroom assignments. In the mid-to-late 90s, he joined the local drama club and accepted small acting roles in stage productions such as "The Outsiders", "The Crucible" before landing two vital roles: Willy Loman in "Death of a Salesman", and Michael in "7 Stories". In January 2000, he joined the final season of The Gathering Place, a popular American cooking show, as a production assistant. In 2005, Morgan made the leap into producing short films and also founded Moonlit Road Entertainment. Some of the credits to his name include a slew of short films (Duel, Title Match), mini documentaries (Hurricane Hazel: A Tribute to Hazel McCallion), and work as a production assistant in both film and television, landing opportunities on the popular TV shows "Departures" (2008-2009) and "So You Think You Can Dance Canada" (2010) as well as on independent features such as Six Reasons Why (2008), Black Eve (2010), Burning Daylight (2010), Reviving Ophelia (2010) and There is No Undo (2011). More recently, he is completing work on his new short film as screenwriter and producer, the science fiction drama Severance (2010), as well as a producing gig on the upcoming horror short The Devil Walks Among You (2010).
In 2009, Morgan was awarded the Speak Up! Film Festival SFX Award and became a finalist in the Emerging Media Arts category at the Marty Awards in Mississauga, Ontario. In 2010, Morgan brought home the MARTY Award for Emerging Media Arts, celebrating the talent within the city of Mississauga, as well as purchased the 'dollar baby' rights to adapt the Stephen King short story "Suffer the Little Children".
While still fairly fresh to his surroundings, it is quite obvious that Morgan is a rising talent and his willingness and determination will surely become a great asset in a thriving film and TV career.
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- SpouseCaitlin McBride(July 8, 2011 - present)
- Shaves his head
- Usually casts the same actors in key and/or supporting roles in his films
- Attended York University in Toronto, Ontario, between 1999 and 2002, where he majored in English Literature in the Bachelor of Arts program. Between 2005 and 2008, he attended Sheridan College in Oakville, Ontario, where he studied Media Arts.
- Has an older brother, James, born in 1973.
- Formed his own independent production company in 2005 called Moonlit Road Entertainment.
- Wrote, produced, and co-directed the short film Title Match, which was nominated for 4 Media Arts Awards in 2008. The nominations were for Best Editing, Best Sound, Best Production Management and People's Choice.
- Produced the action short film Duel. An original cut (which premiered in 2007) was panned by Sheridan College professors for its grim subject matter and violence, who claimed the film would never find an audience amongst independent moviegoers. Less than a year later, the film became an official selection at two prominent 2008 film festivals in Canada and the United States: the Mississauga Independent Film Festival and the Queens International Film Festival, and garnered several glowing reviews.
- To me, screen writing is a love that I cherish and would never want to give up; creating a world of situations and characters is such a thrilling experience for me, especially so when you're on set seeing your vision fully realized by a director. The same can be said about producing. If I had the chance, I would write and produce all my films because I prefer that combo. That's me in a nutshell.
- I personally financed [Severance] myself which was a huge learning experience for me. You think a lot differently when you're making a film with your own money as opposed to grant money, but I'm glad to have experienced that because I know I'm a better filmmaker because of it.
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