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Jon Robin Baitz Biography
Birth Place:
Los Angeles, California, United States
Profession
Writer, actor, producer, playwright
Fast Facts
- Lived in and attended schools in California, South Africa and Brazil
- Was playwright-in-residence with the New York Stage and Film Company from 1986 to 1989
- Co-wrote "The Frightening Frammis," a 1993 episode of the Showtime anthology series Fallen Angels that marked the directorial debut of Tom Cruise
- Was a finalist for the 1996 Pulitzer Prize for his semi-autobiographical play A Fair Country
- Has won numerous awards, including a 1987 Theatre Communications Group Playwrights USA Award, a Humanitas Award for the 1991 PBS American Playhouse production of Three Hotels, and a Guggenheim fellowship in 1999
- Was artist-in-residence at the New School for Drama in New York for the 2009-10 academic year
Relationships
- Rick Baitz -- Brother
- Edward Baitz -- Father