About me
Rebecca Murga is a Chicago-born, Puerto Rican writer and former military officer. Currently, Rebecca is a writer on the ABC TV series WILL TRENT, has previously written on Apple TV+’s SWAGGER, and has written features for A&E/Lifetime and New Line Cinema. Currently she is developing a military television series with Steven Soderbergh’s production company and recently sold a coming-of-age ROTC drama series to Amazon with Spike Lee attached to produce and direct. Her diverse portfolio includes feature films, commercials, and documentaries for clients like ABC, CBS, HBO, and ESPN. Rebecca started her career as a sports producer for professional hockey, football, and basketball and joined the military after 9/11, serving as a Public Affairs Officer deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan. After the military she worked as a Spanish news producer, covering stories from deported veterans to US Special Forces battling the cartel in Mexico and Central America. Rebecca is an alumni of the Disney/ABC Directing Program, the AFI Directing Workshop for Women, and the Ryan Murphy Directing Program. She mentors underrepresented artists through the nonprofit Veterans in Media & Entertainment and holds an MFA in Writing and Producing for Television from Loyola Marymount University. She also has a ridiculous collection of Jordans.