Edward Kitsis

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Edward Lawrence Kitsis (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. 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, 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 of 2002, it was announced that he was engaged to Jennifer Susman, also a TV/film graduate of University of Texas in 1995.[1] They married on March 29, 2003 in Scottsdale, Arizona.[2]

[edit] Works

• Lost, 2005-2007
• Confessions of an American Bride, 2005
• One Tree Hill, 2004
• Life As We Know It, 2004
• Birds of Prey, 2002
• Popular, 2000
• Felicity, 1998

[edit] Awards

• 2005, Writers Guild of America, Dramatic Series - Television, Lost (co-writer) [3]

[edit] References

• 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