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

Touched by an Angel ''Touched by an Angel'' is an American 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 by Ma ...

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

Early life

He graduated from

Scarsdale High School Scarsdale High School (SHS) is a four-year public high school in Scarsdale, New York, United States, a coterminous town and village in Westchester County, New York. It is a part of the Scarsdale Union Free School District. The school was founde ...

. He earned a bachelor's degree in economics from the

Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania The Wharton School ( ) is the business school of the University of Pennsylvania, a private Ivy League research university in Philadelphia. Established in 1881 through a donation from Joseph Wharton, a co-founder of Bethlehem Steel, the Wharton ...

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, United States. Its academic roots were established in 1881 as a normal school the ...

(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 television industry. A number of annual Emmy Award ceremonies are held throughout the year, each with their own set of rules and award categor ...

for the drama ''

St. Elsewhere ''St. Elsewhere'' is an American medical drama television series created by Joshua Brand and John Falsey that originally ran on NBC from October 26, 1982, to May 25, 1988. The series stars Ed Flanders, Norman Lloyd, and William Daniels as ...

''. 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 The Brooklyn Bridge is a cable-stayed suspension bridge in New York City, spanning the East River between the boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn. Opened on May 24, 1883, the Brooklyn Bridge was the first fixed crossing of the East River. It w ...

.''

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''. Bry gained acting experience in school plays, community theater productions, and summer st ...

, 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) Writers from Scarsdale, New York Living people Place of birth missing (living people) Screenwriters from New York (state) Wharton School alumni University of California, Los Angeles alumni Writers Guild of America Award winners {{US-tv-producer-stub