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Wendy Morgan's parents emigrated to Canada from Chile the year she was born. The eldest daughter of six children Wendy began her career directing music videos in Vancouver after graduating with a degree in Art History at McGill University in Montreal.
Within her first couple of years directing music videos, Wendy won seven Much Music video awards and went on to direct videos such as “Going On" for Gnarls Barkley which was named in Time Magazine's list of Top 30 Music Videos of all time. Wendy's "Tightrope" video for Grammy-nominated Janelle Monáe was the number-one video of 2010 for UK music bible NME and received Best Choreography nominations at the MTV VMAs.
In 2015 the Paris Opera debuted their online platform the “3rd Stage” with Wendy’s dance film “etoiles, I see you” shot inside the Paris Opera, Palais Garnier, with American dance legend Lil Buck. Wendy also directs commercials internationally, working for clients such as Lanvin, Volkswagen, IKEA, Cover Girl, and Ford. In 2017 Wendy was named one
of Women in View’s “5 in Focus” a project supporting up and coming female narrative directors in Canada.
On the narrative side, Wendy has directed eight episodes of The Family Channel’s
show Backstage and two episodes of Little Dog on CBC. In 2019-2020, Wendy directed four Music Videos for Belgian / Congolese artist Lous and the Yakuza for Sony Music France. She also shot Underdog for Alicia Keyes which was nominated this year for an MTV VMA. Wendy currently resides between Paris and Toronto, she is also the mother to three children, Giancarlo, Noémie, and Gala.