Jon Robin Baitz Biography

Fast Facts

• Nominated for a 1994 CableACE Award for "Fallen Angels․"
• Won a Humanitas Prize in 1991 for his work on "Three Hotels․"
• Nominated for a Banff Rockie Award in 2007 for "Brothers & Sisters․"
• Began his career writing for the stage with his first play "Mizlansky/Zilinsky․"
• His television writing career began with the 1991 public television production "Three Hotels," which would be adapted into a play of the same name
• Best known as a playwright and screenwriter who created the TV series "Brothers & Sisters․"
• His plays include "The Film Society," "The End of the Day," "The Substance of Fire" and "Ten Unknowns․"
• Is a founding member of the Naked Angels theater company and is on the MFA faculty at The New School for Drama and Stony Brook Southampton
• Named the Artist-in-Residence at The New School for Drama from 2009 to 2010