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Theatre, Film, and Television Biographies
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Klaus Badelt to Christophe Beck
Jon Robin Baitz Biography (1961-)
Born November 4, 1961, in Los Angeles, CA; son of Edward Baitz (a Carnation Company executive); partner of Joe Mantello (an actor), 1990--. Addresses: Agent: William Morris Agency, Inc., 1350 Avenue of the Americas, New York, NY 10019; Creative Artists Agency, 9830 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90212.
- Nationality
- American
- Gender
- Male
- Occupation
- Writer, actor, producer, director
- Birth Details
- November 4, 1961
- Los Angeles, California, United States
Famous Works
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CREDITS
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Film Work
- Producer, The Substance of Fire, Miramax, 1996
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Film Appearances
- Jake Axelrod, Last Summer in the Hamptons, Rainbow Releasing, 1995
- Mr. Yates, Jr., One Fine Day, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1996
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Television Executive Producer
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Pilots
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New Year, TNT, 2000
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Television Director
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Specials
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Three Hotels, PBS, 1991
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Television Appearances
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Movies
- Man in gallery, Maze, Starz!, 2001
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WRITINGS
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Plays
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The Film Society (two-act), produced in Los Angeles, 1987, then London, 1988, later at Second Stage Theater, New York City, 1988, published byTheatre Communications Group, 1987
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Dutch Landscape, first produced by Center Theatre Group, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, 1989
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The Substance of Fire, produced at Playwrights Horizons, New YorkCity, 1991
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The End of the Day, produced at Playwrights Horizons, 1992
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Three Hotels, produced at Circle Rep Theatre, New York City, 1993
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The End of the Day, produced at Playwrights Horizons, 1993
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A Fair Country, produced at Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, New York City, 1996
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Mizlansky/Zilansky, or "Schmucks" (also known as Mizlansky/Zilinsky (or "schmucks"), produced at Manhattan Theatre Club, New York City,1998
- (With Terrence McNally) House, produced at Bay Street Theater, SagHarbor, NY, 1998
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Ten Unknowns, produced at Mitzi E. Newhouse Theatre, 2001
- "Show People," Short Talks on the Universe, produced at Eugene O'Neill Theatre, New York City, 2002
- (With others) Fear: An Issues Project, produced at Greenwich Street Theatre, New York City, 2003
- Also wrote Pollock. Work represented in The Best Plays of 1986-1987, edited by Otis L. Guernsey, Jr., and Jeffrey Sweet, Dodd, 1988, andNew Plays USA Four, edited by James Leverett, Theatre CommunicationsGroup, 1988.
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as Adapter
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Henrik Ibsen's Hedda Gabler, produced at Geffen Playhouse, Los Angeles, 1999, then Bay Street Theater, Long Island, NY, 2000, later AmbassadorTheatre, New York City, 2001-2002, published by Grove Press, 2001
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Screenplays
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The Substance of Fire, Miramax, 1996
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People I Know, Miramax, 2002
- Also wrote Dodsworth (adapted from the novel by Sinclair Lewis); Jack and Jill;
Finale.
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Film Additional Dialogue
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By the Sword, Hansen Entertainment, 1991
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Film Songs
- "If You Wanna Know How Call the Cow," The Substance of Fire, Miramax, 1996
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Television Pilots
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New Year, TNT, 2000
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Television Specials
- "Three Hotels," BBC, 1990, then as a segment of American Playhouse, PBS, 1991
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Television Episodes
- "The Frightening Frammis," Fallen Angels (also known as SydneyPollack's Fallen Angels), Showtime, 1993
- "The Long Goodbye," The West Wing, NBC, 2003
Further Reference
OTHER SOURCES
Books
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Contemporary Dramatists, St. James Press, 1999
Periodicals
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New York Times, July 22, 1988; August 2, 1988
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