Darin Morgan
| Name: | Darin Morgan |
| Also Known As: | the Flukeman, Eddie van Blundht |
| Occupation: | writer, actor, director |
| Medium: | films, television |
| Works: | The X-Files, MillenniuM, |
| Official Website(s): | |
| Fan Website(s): | |
| On Fanlore: | Related pages |
Darin Morgan (*in Syracuse, New York) is a writer and director for the Carterverse series The X-Files and MillenniuM. He also appeared on two episodes on The X-Files.
He is famous for his black-humored screenplays, which were equally well received by fans and critics alike.
Career
He attended the Loyola Marymount University film seminar and produced a short film there, which helped him to win aa contract with the film company TriStar. In addition to two small appearances on the TV show 21 Jump Street (which his brother Glen Morgan was working as a screenwriter) and The Comish, he got the opportunity to contribute a story for The X-Files for the first time with his story which could become episode three of the second season, Blood. He also worked as a story editor for the series.
Fannish Engagement
Morgan is a fan fave in the Carterverse fandom because of his self deprecating scripts and black humor. He has no social media profiles and usually avoids public appearances.
Together with James Wong and his brother Glen Morgan he attended the The X-Files 20th Anniversary Reunion panel at SDCC 2013 and the Paley Festival in 2008.
Awards and Nominations
In 1996, Morgan received an Emmy Award for Outstanding Individual Achievement in Writing for a Drama Series for his script for the X-Files episode Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose.
The same episode was named #10 of TV Guide's 100 Greatest Episodes of All-Time[1] in 1997.
Trivia
- Darin was named after Bobby Darin, the favorite singer of his parents.
- For his appearance as a Flukeman on The X-Files he had to wear his full body costume for 20 hours straight and had no opportunity for bathroom breaks. Morgan called the experience as "terrible, just horrible".
Links/Further Reading
- post tagged as Darin Morgan at The X Cast blog
- 38 – Interview with “Jose Chung’s From Outer Space” writer Darin Morgan on The X-Files Files podcast
- 28 – Interview with X-Files writer Darin Morgan on The X-Files Files podcast
- Not Just a Fluke: How Darin Morgan Saved The X-Files