Michael Elias

Michael Elias was born in upstate New York. He was an actor in The Living Theatre and the Judson Poets Theatre. Moving to Hollywood, he worked as a screenwriter whose credits include The Jerk, The Frisco Kid, Young Doctors in Love, and Lush Life. With Rich Eustis, he created the sitcom Head of the Class, and his play The Catskill Sonata topped the list of the Los Angeles Weekly’s Ten Best Plays of 2007.