From Rebecca’s Official Website
Rebecca Murga (she/her) is a Chicago-born, Latinx, WGA writer specializing in telling stories of her Puerto Rican roots and military experience while also creating communities for artists. She is currently a writer on the ABC TV series WILL TRENT, an American police procedural crime drama television series based on Karin Slaughter’s Will Trent series of novels. She has also written on SWAGGER, an Apple TV+ series executive produced by Kevin Durant, and is currently a writer and executive producer on a coming-of-age ROTC drama series at Amazon Studios — Spike Lee set to direct and executive produce the project.
She continues to produce and directs films, commercials, documentaries and branded content. Her past client list include ABC, CBS, CBS Sports, Mundo FOX, NHL, MLB, NBA, Comcast, ESPN, HBO, AT&T, Walgreens, Evan Williams, Ad Council and A&E Networks. Her creative work explores the intersectionality of her unique identity: as a woman, a military veteran, and as a daughter of Latino immigrants. She does so in a way that expresses both humor and heart — two things needed to survive growing up in a poor in an urban Chicago neighborhood and surviving combat in two wars.
Rebecca started her career as a sports producer and joined the military shortly after 9/11, serving as a Public Affairs Officer in the US Army – deployed to Iraq, Kuwait and Afghanistan. Awarded a Bronze Star for her deployment as one of the first women attached to Navy SEALS and Special Forces, she returned to the states to work as a Spanish news producer covering a variety of stories including US Special Forces battling the cartel in Mexico and Central America.
After getting out of the military Rebecca completed some incredible artists programs including the Disney / ABC Directing Program, the Ryan Murphy Half Director Program, and the Dan Lin / Rideback Television pilot incubator supported by MRC. She was also a director for the ABC / DISNEY TALENT SHOWCASE held at the EL Portal Theatre.
When not busy creating her own work, Rebecca is committed to mentoring and giving back to others. Rebecca is particularly passionate about advocating for LGBTQ+ and BIPOC artists, working to make all the organizations she runs radically inclusive.
She was the Director of AFI Conservatory Directing Workshop for Women as well as an alumni. She currently runs a non-profit called Veterans in Media & Entertainment who’s mission is dedicated to providing classes, mentorships, and jobs to military veterans transitioning into the industry, and also teaches BIPOC artists at the Sundance Collab.
Rebecca has been the recipient of several grants including the National Association of Latino Independent Producers (NALIP) grant sponsored by the Time Warner Foundation and National Endowment of the Arts. She has also been the recipient of the Panavision New Filmmakers Grant, The Nancy Malone Directing Award, Indiegogo New Filmmakers Grant, and a grant from the Disabled American Veterans.
Rebecca is a passionate advocate for veterans and women’s issues with articles published in The New York Times, The Global Journal, The Morning Call, and San Jose Mercury News. She has appeared on ABC’s “Good Morning America,” “The View” and featured on NPR as the director of a short film “War Ink” which tells veteran’s war stories through their tattoos. Most recently she appeared on CBS and ABC for her work advocating for Afghan Refugee resettlement.
A native of Chicago, Illinois (Go Cubs!) Rebecca earned a BS in Electronic Media from Kutztown University of Pennsylvania and earning an MFA in Writing and Producing for Television from Loyola Marymount University in California.
