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 Kitsis at the 2008 Screenwriting Expo |
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Edward Lawrence Kitsis (born February 4, 1971),[1] also sometimes credited as Eddy Kitsis, is an American screenwriter and television producer, best known for his work on the popular American television series, Lost.
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Life and career
Kitsis was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for Best Dramatic Series at the February 2009 ceremony for his work on the fourth season of Lost.[2]
Many of his episodes have been co-written with Adam Horowitz. He and Horowitz are both alumni of the University of Wisconsin–Madison, and met in their "Introduction to Film" class. After graduating with a bachelor's degree in radio, television, and film in 1993, Kitsis travelled with Horowitz to Los Angeles. They initially working as assistants and messengers until landing a job writing scripts for the remake of Fantasy Island. It was cancelled after 13 episodes, but they went on to write for both Felicity and Popular, before joining Lost halfway into the first season.
Kitsis was born to Tybe and Arlen Kitsis of Minneapolis. In May 2002, it was announced that he was engaged to Jennifer Susman, a TV/film graduate of University of Texas in 1999.[3] They married on March 29, 2003 in Scottsdale, Arizona.[4]
Edward also wrote Tron Legacy the sequel to the movie Tron with his partner Adam[5] and wrote with the same the book for Universal Pictures future project "Ouija Board".[6]
Works
- Lost, 2005-present
- Episode 1.22 "Born to Run" teleplay with Adam Horowitz, story by Javier Grillo-Marxuach
- Episode 2.04 "Everybody Hates Hugo" with Adam Horowitz
- Episode 2.12 "Fire and Water" with Adam Horowitz
- Episode 2.18 "Dave" with Adam Horowitz
- Episode 2.22 "Three Minutes" with Adam Horowitz
- Episode 3.04 "Every Man for Himself" with Adam Horowitz
- Episode 3.10 "Tricia Tanaka Is Dead" with Adam Horowitz
- Episode 3.14 "Exposé" with Adam Horowitz
- Episode 3.18 "D.O.C." with Adam Horowitz
- Episode 3.21 "Greatest Hits" with Adam Horowitz
- Episode 4.03 "The Economist" with Adam Horowitz
- Episode 4.07 "Ji Yeon" with Adam Horowitz
- Episode 4.10 "Something Nice Back Home" with Adam Horowitz
- Episode 5.02 "The Lie" with Adam Horowitz
- Episode 5.10 "He's Our You" with Adam Horowitz
- Episode 5.14 "The Variable" with Adam Horowitz
- Confessions of an American Bride, 2005
- One Tree Hill, 2004
- Life As We Know It, 2004
- Birds of Prey, 2002
- Popular, 2000
- Felicity, 1998
Awards
- 2005, Writers Guild of America, Dramatic Series - Television, Lost (co-writer)[7]
References
- ^ Minnesota Department of Health. Minnesota Birth Index, 1935-2002 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.
- ^ "2009 Writers Guild Awards Television, Radio, News, Promotional Writing, and Graphic Animation Nominees Announced". WGA. 2008. http://wga.org/content/default.aspx?id=3410. Retrieved 2008-12-12.
- ^ "Engaments". Jewish News of Greater Phoenix. 2002-05-31. http://www.jewishaz.com/jewishnews/020531/engage.shtml. Retrieved 2008-08-15.
- ^ "Wedding Announcements". Jewish News of Greater Phoenix. 2003-08-29. http://www.jewishaz.com/jewishnews/030829/wed.shtml. Retrieved 2008-08-15.
- ^ "Tron 2". slashfilm.com. 2008-07-31. http://www.slashfilm.com/2008/07/31/tron-2-the-story-behind-the-comic-con-teaser-trailer/. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
- ^ Universal's Ouija Points to Writers
- ^ http://www.altfg.com/Awards2005/writers.htm
External links
- Edward Kitsis at the Internet Movie Database
- "Lost writers found in Madison", March 7, 2006, interview with Kitsis and Horowitz at the Hillel Foundation at the University of Wisconsin
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