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Edward Kitsis
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| Date of Birth | Unknown |
| Origin | Unknown |
| Job(s) | Writer Supervising Producer Co-Executive Producer |
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Edward "Eddy" Kitsis is one of the writers and co-executive producers (previously supervising producer) for Lost.
Edward Lawrence Kitsis (also sometimes credited as Eddy Kitsis) is an American screenwriter and television producer, best known for his work on 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, and have been writing together as a duo ever since.
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 1999. They married on March 29, 2003 in Scottsdale, Arizona.
After graduating with a bachelor's degree in radio, television, and film, Kitsis traveled 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 canceled after 13 episodes, but they went on to write for both Felicity and Popular, before joining Lost halfway into the first season.
Carlton Cuse hired them for Lost in the second half of Season 1 and they worked as writers and producers from "Numbers" onwards. They became supervising producers for the second season and continued to contribute episodes. They became co-executive producers from the third season onwards.
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Appearances
- Kitsis appears with Adam Horowitz in the Season 2 DVD extra entitled Dave.
- Kitsis co-hosts the Official Lost Podcast on March 30, 2007, with Adam Horowitz
- Kitsis appears in the DVD extra "Lost in a Day" on the Lost: The Complete Third Season (DVD), at the "4:39 pm Los Angeles" segment.
- Eddie and Adam both answer questions from the editor in the beginning segment of Lost: The Official Magazine.
Episodes Written
With Adam Horowitz
- "Born to Run"
- "Everybody Hates Hugo"
- "Fire + Water"
- "Dave"
- "Three Minutes"
- "Every Man for Himself"
- "Tricia Tanaka Is Dead"
- "Exposé"
- "D.O.C."
- "Greatest Hits"
- "The Economist"
- "Ji Yeon"
- "Something Nice Back Home"
The two also co-wrote the mobisode "The Adventures of Hurley and Frogurt".
Background
- Kitsis attended the University of Wisconsin, Madison, where he met Adam Horowitz. After graduating, they traveled to Los Angeles, and worked together on Fantasy Island, Felicity, and Popular, before joining the Lost team halfway through the first season.
External links
- Variety - Lost scribes ink overall deal - article on Kitsis' and Horowitz's deal with ABC
- Questions for Eddy on thefuselage.com
- BuddyTV - September 27, 2007 - Interview
- UGO TV - Dec 11, 2007 interview with Jon Lachonis
Categories: Crew | Writers | Producers


