Jon Robin Baitz

Career overview

Jon Robin Baitz is an American playwright, screenwriter, television producer, and occasional actor who was born on November 4, 1961. He grew up in Los Angeles, Brazil, and South Africa. Professionally, Baitz has been recognized as a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist. He is also a Guggenheim Fellow, an American Academy of Arts and Letters Fellow, and a National Endowment for the Arts Fellow. In addition to his writing and production work, he serves as a professor at Stony Brook Southampton and at The New School, where he holds the position of Artistic Director of the BFA theatre program.

As a writer and creator, Baitz has amassed numerous known credits across television and film. His work includes contributions to American Horror Stories, Alias, The West Wing, Grotesquerie, FEUD, Brothers and Sisters, People I Know, and Stonewall. His career encompasses roles as a writer, executive producer, actor, creator, screenplay writer, teleplay writer, director, producer, and original film writer. Additionally, his theatrical work includes the play Ten Unknowns, which was produced by the Huntington Theater Company and featured performances by actress Kathryn Hahn.