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Jon Baitz

  • Birthplace: Los Angeles, California
  • Birthday: November 4, 1961

Acknowledged as one of the most promising playwrights in contemporary American theater, the openly gay Jon Robin Baitz has begun to branch out into films and television. His plays have generally been described as classically structured meditations on morality and they not only challenge and please audiences but also earn critical encomiums.

The son of an executive of Carnation Company, Baitz had a peripatetic childhood, living with his family in Brazil, South Africa and California. After graduating from Beverly Hills High School, he worked at…more

Credits

Director
Producer
Writer

Career Milestones

  • 2006

    Created the ABC family drama, Brothers and Sisters ; served as producer and writer

  • 2002

    Wrote the screenplay for the feature film People I Know

  • 2001

    Ten Unknowns , about an aging painter and a scientist who becomes involved with him, opened Off-Broadway starring Donald Sutherland and Juliana Margulies

  • 1999

    Adapted Ibsen s Hedda Gabler ; produced at L.A. s Geffen Playhouse with Annette Bening in the lead; restaged in summer 2000 at Long Island s Bay Street Theater starring Kate Burton; later played at Boston s Huntington Theatre

  • 1998

    A revision of an earlier work, Mizlansky/Zilinsky, or Schmucks opened Off-Broadway; Nathan Lane co-starred; staged by Joe Mantello

Awards

  • 1991

    Humanitas Prize: PBS/cable

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