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

  • CREDITS
  • Film Work
  • Producer, The Substance of Fire, Miramax, 1996
  • Film Appearances
  • Jake Axelrod, Last Summer in the Hamptons, Rainbow Releasing, 1995
  • Mr. Yates, Jr., One Fine Day, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1996
  • Television Executive Producer
  • Pilots
  • New Year, TNT, 2000
  • Television Director
  • Specials
  • Three Hotels, PBS, 1991
  • Television Appearances
  • Movies
  • Man in gallery, Maze, Starz!, 2001
  • WRITINGS
  • Plays
  • 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
  • Dutch Landscape, first produced by Center Theatre Group, Mark Taper Forum, Los Angeles, 1989
  • The Substance of Fire, produced at Playwrights Horizons, New YorkCity, 1991
  • The End of the Day, produced at Playwrights Horizons, 1992
  • Three Hotels, produced at Circle Rep Theatre, New York City, 1993
  • The End of the Day, produced at Playwrights Horizons, 1993
  • A Fair Country, produced at Mitzi E. Newhouse Theater, New York City, 1996
  • 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
  • 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.
  • as Adapter
  • 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
  • Screenplays
  • The Substance of Fire, Miramax, 1996
  • People I Know, Miramax, 2002
  • Also wrote Dodsworth (adapted from the novel by Sinclair Lewis); Jack and Jill; Finale.
  • Film Additional Dialogue
  • By the Sword, Hansen Entertainment, 1991
  • Film Songs
  • "If You Wanna Know How Call the Cow," The Substance of Fire, Miramax, 1996
  • Television Pilots
  • New Year, TNT, 2000
  • Television Specials
  • "Three Hotels," BBC, 1990, then as a segment of American Playhouse, PBS, 1991
  • 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
    • Contemporary Dramatists, St. James Press, 1999
    Periodicals
    • New York Times, July 22, 1988; August 2, 1988