Morgan Swank may be young, but she is experienced as any veteran producer in the business. Morgan Swank is the CEO of “Moonscar Productions”. You may have not heard of her but you’ve heard of what she has worked on. She has worked on projects like “Late Night with Jimmy Fallon”, and “Saturday Night Live”. Morgan is also an Emmy-winning television writer and has worked on Broadway Video productions.
Most people see Entrepreneurs as business people, but Morgan breaks that mold. Coming out of college, she joined the entertainment industry working on small projects as an employee. Morgan began to see obvious pay gaps and racial, sexual and religious bias in Hollywood, and decided to begin her own production company that would highlight these issues. Majority of the employees at Moonscar are Women, and LGBTQ+ people. Her films work to highlight racial, gender and sexual biases and highlight the people within these under-represented groups.
Morgan runs a very risky business. What she is doing is extremely different from what any major production company is willing to do. Her plan is not what the status-quo would accept and that means her success is up in the air. She could pick up eyes and gain a lot of traction, or fail horribly and that is one of the issues of the production industry. What gets the money is trends and flashy productions. Going out of the “norm” can be risky but Morgan is willing to risk her success to highlight under-represented groups.
Morgan has created something very special and isn’t trying to go AGAINST major production companies. Instead she is creating something totally new, and has found incredible success through that. She is currently working on 3 music videos, 2 short animations and one feature for Sundance Labs. Through her risk, she found major reward and traction in the industry.
This is a great blog post-Aidan, it really shows the backdoor into the entertainment industry’s flaws. Morgan truly is a brave person, calling out these injustices can be hard especially when you call out the big names. This post shows the bravery needed to be an entrepreneur.