Jason Katims

Jason Katims born November 30 1960 is an American television writer producer and playwright He is best known as the creator of several television series including Relativity 1996 Roswell 19992002 Friday Night Lights 20062011 Parenthood 20102015 About a Boy 20142015 and Rise 2018 Jason Katims was born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn New York City New York and raised first in Crown Heights and later in Midwood His father was an actor and a salesman his mother an English and philosophy major did some teachings His parents were very politically active very leftleaning He has an older brother and sister Before studying theater at Queens College in Queens New York City he graduated from Edward R Murrow High School He married his high school sweetheart they have two children Phoebe and Sawyer Katims