13 Facts About Warren Leight

Warren Donald Leight is an American playwright, screenwriter, film director and television producer.

Warren Leight's play Side Man was a finalist for the 1999 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Warren Leight was born to jazz trumpeter Don Leight, and his wife, Timmy, the second of two children.

Warren Leight was raised in the Sunnyside section of the borough of Queens and the Upper West Side of Manhattan.

Warren Leight wrote the screenplay for the 1996 Greg Kinnear comedy Dear God.

Warren Leight received a 1986 Drama Desk Award nomination for Outstanding Book.

Warren Leight contributed works to The 24 Hour Plays, a unique theatrical event in which several short plays are written, rehearsed, directed, and performed within 24 hours, in 2003,2004,2005,2007 and 2009.

The play was inspired by Warren Leight's experiences teaching English in Guangdong, China.

Warren Leight received a nomination for the 2006 Drama Desk Award, Play, for the Off-Broadway production.

Warren Leight ventured into television as a freelance writer for 100 Centre Street in 2002.

Warren Leight's colleagues included a reference to Leight's play Side Man; in a third-season episode, "Shrink-Wrapped"; a bickering couple argues about the motivations of the married couple in the play.

In July 2009, it was announced that Warren Leight had joined FX's new drama Lights Out.

In May 2016, Warren Leight left as SVU showrunner to develop new television ideas for Sony.