John Masius (born July 30, 1950) is an American screenwriter. He is a credited for creating the series ''

Touched by an Angel ''Touched by an Angel'' is an American fantasy drama television series that premiered on CBS on September 21, 1994, and ran for 211 episodes over nine seasons until its conclusion on April 27, 2003. Created by John Masius and executive produced ...

'' (1994–2003), '' Providence'' (1999–2002) and '' Hawthorne'' (2009–2011).

Early life

He graduated from Scarsdale High School. He earned a bachelor's degree in economics from the

Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania The Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania ( ; also known as Wharton Business School, the Wharton School, Penn Wharton, and Wharton) is the business school of the University of Pennsylvania, a private Ivy League research university in P ...

and an MBA from the

University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a Normal school, teachers colle ...

(UCLA).

Awards and nominations

Masius has won two writing

Emmy Awards The Emmy Awards, or Emmys, are an extensive range of awards for artistic and technical merit for the American and international television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the calendar year, each with the ...

for the drama '' St. Elsewhere''. He also received a Writers Guild award and the Humanitas Prize for his writing on ''St. Elsewhere''. Masius also received The Humanitas Prize for the series '' Brooklyn Bridge.''

Personal

Masius was married to actress

Ellen Bry Ellen Bry is an American actress. She is best known for her portrayal of nurse-turned-vigilante Shirley Daniels on the hospital drama ''St. Elsewhere ''St. Elsewhere'' was an American medical drama television series created by Joshua Br ...

, who was a series regular on ''St. Elsewhere''. They divorced in 1999. They have three children: son Max, daughter Hannah and son Sam.

Filmography

Film

Television

Awards and nominations

References

1950 births American television writers American male television writers Television producers from New York (state) People from Scarsdale, New York Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Screenwriters from New York (state) Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania alumni University of California, Los Angeles alumni {{US-tv-producer-stub