---
name: "Jon Baird"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jon-baird"
fi1m_id: "jon-baird"
tmdb_id: 4307583
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 52
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-24T11:45:56.062785+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jon Baird

## Identity

Jon Baird

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jon-baird
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jon-baird
- **TMDB ID:** 4307583
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4307583

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Frequently works with:** [Abbey Lee](https://film.one/person/abbey-lee.md), [Howard Kaplan](https://film.one/person/howard-kaplan.md), [Kevin Costner](https://film.one/person/kevin-costner.md), [Mark Gillard](https://film.one/person/mark-gillard.md), [Sam Worthington](https://film.one/person/sam-worthington.md), [Sienna Miller](https://film.one/person/sienna-miller.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 52, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4307583

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1*](https://film.one/film/horizon-an-american-saga-chapter-1.md) (55)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Jon Baird is a writer and producer. He co-wrote the screenplay for the epic Western *Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 1* (2024) with Kevin Costner, from a story by Baird, Costner and Mark Kasdan. He also received a writing credit on *Horizon: An American Saga – Chapter 2* (2024).

Baird is the author of the novels *Day Job* and *Songs from Nowhere Near the Heart*. He co-authored the illustrated novel *The Explorers Guild, Volume One* with Kevin Costner. He has worked as an executive producer on the television series *National Parks* (2022).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, irvingchamber.com, bookreporter.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1* (2024), Fi1m 55, Story, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/horizon-an-american-saga-chapter-1.md)
- *Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2* (2024), Fi1m 48, Story, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/horizon-an-american-saga-chapter-2.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 2* (2024), Story, Screenplay — Fi1m 48, [page](https://film.one/film/horizon-an-american-saga-chapter-2.md)
- *Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 1* (2024), Screenplay, Story — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/horizon-an-american-saga-chapter-1.md)
- *Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 3*, Story, Screenplay
- *Horizon: An American Saga - Chapter 4*, Story, Screenplay

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/jon-baird