Josh Morgan

Josh Morgan teaches interactive animation at the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television where he serves at the Animation Program Supervisor. He specializes in educational software development and has programmed applications and games for the web and mobile devices. He was the lead programmer of Looney Tunes ClickN READ Phonics, which taught children to read and featured classic Warner Bros. characters. He has also developed enterprise desktop, mobile and touchscreen kiosk apps for corporate clients. He is an expert in interactive animation, game design, mobile application development, and video games.

Morgan has worked on two animated features: As a technical coordinator and assistant editor on fellow UCLA TFT alumnus Shane Acker’s 9 (2009), and as an editorial coordinator on the blockbuster hit Despicable Me (2010).

A native to Southern California, Morgan received his bachelor of arts degree in communications studies from UCLA and his master degree in animation from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television. 

In addition to working at UCLA TFT, Morgan teaches game development at Loyola Marymount University, where he served for over a decade as the LMU Animation Technical Services Engineer. He has also taught game prototyping and game programming at the Art Institute of Los Angeles.