Donald A. Morgan

Donald A. Morgan is an American cinematographer. He has won 10 Emmy Awards, including seven for Home Improvement and three for The Ranch. In 2022, he was inducted into the Television Hall of Fame. As of 2021, he held the record for the most awarded Black person at the Emmys.

Early life Morgan was born in Philadelphia to American jazz musician Al Morgan and his wife, though the family moved to Los Angeles when his mother took a job as a pathologist at the University of California, Los Angeles.

After graduating from Alexander Hamilton High School, Morgan attended Los Angeles Trade–Technical College, where he studied graphic art and architecture. During the 1970s, he worked in Norman Lear productions such as All in the Family, The Jeffersons, and One Day at a Time. as well as the Career Achievement in Television Award from the American Society of Cinematographers.

Awards and honors In 2020, Morgan received the American Society of Cinematographers Career Achievement in Television Award, and in 2022, the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences inducted him into the Television Hall of Fame. He is the first director of photography to earn the latter honor. Co–executive producer

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