---
name: "Jon Robin Baitz"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jon-robin-baitz"
fi1m_id: "jon-robin-baitz"
imdb_id: "nm0047976"
tmdb_id: 69697
wikidata_id: "Q3183230"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "4 November 1961"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-20T09:13:29.127106+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."
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# Jon Robin Baitz

## Identity

Jon Robin Baitz

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jon-robin-baitz
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jon-robin-baitz
- **IMDb ID:** nm0047976
- **TMDB ID:** 69697
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3183230
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Robin_Baitz, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3183230, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0047976/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/69697

Writer. Born 4 November 1961 in Los Angeles.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 4 November 1961, Los Angeles
- **Active:** 1993–2001
- **Also known as:** ジョン ロビン ベイツ
- **Frequently works with:** [Ken Olin](https://film.one/person/ken-olin.md), [Max Mayer](https://film.one/person/max-mayer.md), [Michael Lehmann](https://film.one/person/michael-lehmann.md), [Nelson McCormick](https://film.one/person/nelson-mccormick.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 79 (2), 2000s 74 (1)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 3, Action & Adventure 1, Crime 1, Mystery 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jon_Robin_Baitz, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3183230, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0047976/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/69697

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The West Wing*](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md) (86)
- **Disney+:** [*Alias*](https://film.one/tv/alias.md) (74)

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## Biography

Jon Robin Baitz is an American playwright, screenwriter and television producer. Born in Los Angeles in 1961, he grew up partly in Brazil and South Africa before returning to California, where he attended Beverly Hills High School. After leaving school he worked as a bookstore clerk and assistant to producers, experiences that informed his first play.

Baitz is known for stage works including *The Film Society*, *The Substance of Fire*, *A Fair Country* and *Other Desert Cities*. He wrote the *The West Wing* episode 'The Long Goodbye' (2003) and an episode of *Alias* (2005), then created and produced the ABC series *Brothers & Sisters* (2006–2011). Later credits include writing for *Feud* (2017), *Grotesquerie* (2024) and *Doctor Odyssey* (2024), and creating *All's Fair* (2025). He is a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist and a Guggenheim Fellow.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Alias* (2001), Fi1m 74, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/alias.md)
- *The West Wing* (1999), Fi1m 86, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md)
- *Fallen Angels* (1993), Fi1m 72, Writer, Teleplay — [page](https://film.one/tv/fallen-angels-1993.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

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

- *All's Fair* (2025), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Doctor Odyssey* (2024), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *Grotesquerie* (2024), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *American Horror Stories* (2021), series, Writer, Executive Producer
- *Brothers and sisters* (2017), series, Creator
- *FEUD* (2017), series, Writer, Executive Producer
- *Stonewall* (2015), Screenplay
- *The Slap* (2015), series, Teleplay, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Smash* (2012), series, as Jon Robin Baitz
- *Brothers & Sisters: Family Album* (2007), Executive Producer
- *Hollywood Dreams* (2007), as Jonathan Harrington
- *Brothers and Sisters* (2006), series, Producer, Writer, Creator
- *People I Know* (2002), Screenplay
- *Maze* (2001), as Man in Gallery
- *Alias* (2001), series, Writer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/alias.md)
- *Sam the Man* (2001), as Man #1 in Restaurant
- *The West Wing* (1999), series, Writer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-west-wing.md)
- *One Fine Day* (1996), as Mr. Yates, Jr.
- *The Substance of Fire* (1996), Producer, Screenplay, Original Film Writer
- *Last Summer in the Hamptons* (1995), as Jake Axelrod
- *Fallen Angels* (1993), series, Writer, Teleplay — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/fallen-angels-1993.md)
- *American Playhouse* (1982), series, Writer, Director

## Awards

### Other awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- Tony Award for Best Play 2012: Tony Award for Best Play (nominated), for *Other Desert Cities*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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