Kit Steinkellner
{{short description|American playwright and screenwriter (born 1986)}}
{{Infobox writer
| name = Kit Steinkellner
| image = Kit Steinkellner at the premier of Sorry for Your Loss at the Toronto International Film Festival - Edited.png
| imagesize =
| caption = Kit Steinkellner at the premier of Sorry for Your Loss at TIFF
| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1986}}
| birth_place = United States
| occupation = Playwright, Screenwriter
| notableworks = Play Quince (2014)
TV series Z: The Beginning of Everything (2015)
TV series Sorry for Your Loss (2018)
| years_active = 2015–present
}}
Kit Steinkellner (born 1986) is an American playwright and screenwriter. She is best known for the 2018 Facebook Watch series Sorry for Your Loss and her award-winning comic Quince.{{cite web |title=Facebook Orders Dramedy Series Starring Elizabeth Olsen |url=https://deadline.com/2018/02/facebook-dramedy-series-starring-elizabeth-olsen-1202282859/ |website=Deadline}}{{cite web |title=YOUR TV GUIDE to Creating Original IP: Kit Steinkellner and Quince |url=https://www.scriptmag.com/features/columns/tv-guide/tv-guide-creating-original-ip-kit-steinkellner-quince |website=ScriptMag}} She previously wrote on the Amazon Studios period drama Z: The Beginning of Everything, and was nominated for the Dwayne McDuffie Award for Diversity in Comics in 2018.{{cite web |title="Leon: Protector of the Playground" Wins The 2018 Dwayne McDuffie Award for Diversity |url=http://www.multiversitycomics.com/news/leon-dwayne-mcduffie-award/ |website=MultiversityComics}}
Background and education
Steinkellner, raised in Santa Barbara, California,{{cite web |title=Giddy for 'Your Loss' Hometown Girl Kit Steinkellner Creates, Writes New Facebook Watch Series |url=https://www.independent.com/2018/10/02/giddy-your-loss/ |publisher=The Santa Barbara Independent}} graduated in 2004 from Dos Pueblos High School. She received her BFA in theatre from Westmont College in 2008, and her MFA from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television.{{cite web |title=Shabby Armor |url=http://dailybruin.com/2008/10/27/broker-knight-shabby-armor/ |publisher=Daily Bruin}}
Career
While at University of California, Los Angeles, Steinkellner began writing plays, culminating in the 2008 production of Quixotic by The Los Angeles Theatre Ensemble. Her plays Adeline's Play and The Good Prisoner were also produced by the prestigious troupe.{{cite web |title=The War Within Us |url=https://www.laweekly.com/arts/the-war-within-us-2166594 |website=LA Weekly}}{{cite web |title=Blank Theatre Announces Young Playwrights Festival Winners |url=https://www.broadwayworld.com/los-angeles/article/Blank-Theatre-Announces-2014-Young-Playwrights-Festival-Winners-20140430 |website=Broadwayworld}}
In 2015, she was hired as a staff writer on the Amazon Studios TV series Z: The Beginning of Everything.{{cite web |title=Z: The Beginning of Everything Cast and Crew Credits |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4878612/fullcredits/?ref_=tt_ov_st_sm |website=IMDB}} In 2016, she sold a pilot entitled Widow to Showtime. That pilot eventually became Sorry for Your Loss, which Facebook ordered to series on February 9, 2018, and premiere on their Facebook Watch platform on September 18, 2018.{{cite news |last1=Zeitchik |first1=Steven |title=Facebook is getting into the high-end streaming game — with a show about a grieving widow |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/09/11/facebook-is-debuting-its-new-streaming-service-with-show-about-grieving-widow/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |accessdate=December 19, 2018 |date=September 11, 2018}}{{cite web |last1=Otterson |first1=Joe |title='The Last Jedi' Star Kelly Marie Tran Joins Elizabeth Olsen Facebook Series (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/star-wars-the-last-jedi-kelly-marie-tran-facebook-elizabeth-olsen-series-1202714821/ |website=Variety |accessdate=March 2, 2018|date=March 1, 2018}}{{cite web|last1=Nemetz|first1=Dave|title=Star Wars Breakout Kelly Marie Tran to Star in Elizabeth Olsen Facebook Series |url=http://tvline.com/2018/03/01/kelly-marie-tran-cast-sorry-for-your-loss-elizabeth-olsen-facebook-series/ |website=TVLine |accessdate=March 2, 2018 |date=March 1, 2018}}{{cite web |last1=Friedlander |first1=Whitney |title=Fall 2018 TV Preview: Your Complete Guide to the Season's Premieres |url=https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a22609652/2018-fall-tv-schedule-lineup/ |website=Esquire |accessdate=August 7, 2018 |date=August 3, 2018}}
On December 13, 2018, it was announced that Sorry for Your Loss had been renewed for a second season, with Steinkellner remaining as the show runner.{{cite web |last1=Chmielewski |first1=Dawn C. |title=Facebook Renews 'Sorry For Your Loss,' 'Five Points,' 'Huda Boss,' 'Sacred Lies' |url=https://deadline.com/2018/12/facebook-watch-renews-four-original-series-kerry-washington-five-points-elizabeth-olsen-sorry-for-your-loss-for-second-season-1202519007/ |website=Deadline Hollywood |accessdate=December 13, 2018 |date=December 13, 2018}}
References
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External links
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Category:American women dramatists and playwrights
Category:American women screenwriters
Category:Writers from Santa Barbara, California
Category:Screenwriters from California
Category:University of California, Los Angeles alumni
Category:Westmont College alumni
Category:21st-century American dramatists and playwrights