Jon Lazar is a Los Angeles-based writer from NY. He was a Zamboni driver before obtaining his MFA in writing from Columbia University where he was a Faculty Selects Winner for both his thesis TV Pilot and feature film scripts. He is a 2024 Fox Writing Incubator Fellow and was selected for the 2024 Sundance Episodic Intensive Fellow, 2024 Almanack Episodic Lab, and 2023 Circle of Confusion Discovery Fellowship. In his spare time, he volunteers with the Freedom To Choose Project where he assists in the transformation of the lives of California DOC Inmates through compassionate experiential education with the aim to reduce prison violence and recidivism.
 

Jon is one of four siblings, a middle child surrounded by three sisters. His work tends to focus on character-driven crime dramas and mysteries exploring morally gray characters and themes. Currently, he is in his second season working in a writer’s room for a Showtime show.