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 b ...

'' (1994–2003), ''

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'' (1999–2002) and ''

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'' (2009–2011).

Early life

He graduated from

Scarsdale High School Scarsdale High School (SHS) is a 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 founded in 1917. ...

. 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 university, private Ivy League rese ...

and an MBA from the

University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California St ...

(UCLA).

Awards and nominations

Masius has won two writing

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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 ''

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.''

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 s ...

, 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