Rolin Jones
| Rolin Jones | |
|---|---|
| Born | c. 1972/1973 (age 40–41)[1] |
| Occupation | playwright, television writer |
Rolin Jones (born c. 1972/1973)[1] is a playwright and television writer. His plays include The Intelligent Design of Jenny Chow, for which he was a 2006 Pulitzer Prize finalist,[2] and Sovereignty.[3] He has worked on Showtime's Weeds and the NBC drama Friday Night Lights.[4]
Jones joined the crew of Friday Night Lights as a writer and supervising producer for the series fourth season in 2009 and wrote the episodes "The Son" and "Laboring". He was nominated for the Writers Guild of America (WGA) Award for Best Drama Series at the February 2010 ceremony for his work on the fourth season.[5] He received a 2010 Emmy Award nomination for Friday Night Lights episode "The Son".[6]
Jones grew up in the Woodland Hills area of Los Angeles, California,[1] and graduated from El Camino Real High School in 1990.[6] He studied filmmaking and English at Cal State Northridge[7] and graduated from the Yale School of Drama in 2004.[1][8]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Schillinger, Liesl (September 18, 2005). "The Accidental Design of Rolin Jones's Career". New York Times.
- ↑ "Drama: Past Winners and Finalists". The Pulitzer Prizes accessdate = January 22, 2012.
- ↑ Rolin Jones - complete guide to the Playwright and Plays
- ↑ Rolin Jones at the Internet Movie Database
- ↑ Gregg Mitchell & Sherry Goldman (2009). "2010 Writers Guild Awards Television, Radio, News, Promotional Writing, and Graphic Animation Nominees Announced". Writers Guild of America. Archived from the original on 2012-05-25. Retrieved April 30, 2010.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 Lowman, Rob (October 20, 2011). "Playwright Rolin Jones finds inspiration in San Fernando Valley life". Los Angeles Daily News.
- ↑ Boehm, Mike (May 4, 2003). "A fanciful slice-of-life story". Los Angeles Times.
- ↑ "Yale Rep's next offering is a 'techno-comedy' by an alumnus". Yale Bulletin & Calendar. Yale University. October 15, 2004.