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name: "Jonathan Kidd"
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updated: "2026-09-17T03:37:22.678229+00:00"
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# Jonathan Kidd

Writer. Born in Mansfield, Ohio.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Also known as:** Jonathan I. Kidd

## Biography

Jonathan I. Kidd is a television writer and producer. He frequently collaborates with writing partner Sonya Winton-Odamtten. Their credits include episodes of *NCIS: New Orleans* (2014–2015), *Touch* (2012), *Wicked City* (2015) and *Lovecraft Country* (2020), on which Kidd served as teleplay writer and co-executive producer.

Kidd was born in Mansfield, Ohio. He earned a bachelor's degree from the University of Michigan in African American Studies and English, and a PhD from Yale University. Before entering television, he worked as a college professor, playwright and documentarian. He and Winton-Odamtten joined the Warner Bros. Television Writers' Workshop in 2009. In 2019 they signed an overall deal with HBO.

Kidd received a GLAAD Award nomination for an episode of *NCIS: New Orleans* and an Emmy nomination for Outstanding Drama Series as part of the *Lovecraft Country* team.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Lovecraft Country* (2020), Fi1m 74, Teleplay — [page](https://film.one/tv/lovecraft-country.md)

## Also known for

- *NCIS: New Orleans* (2014), Writer, Story
- *Touch* (2012), Story
- *Wicked City* (2015), Writer

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