Dennis Clontz
Dennis Clontz (April 10, 1951 – June 14, 2004) was an American playwright, journalist, and screenwriter. He was one of the inaugural recipients of the Nicholl Fellowships in Screenwriting in 1986. Clontz was part of a team of Los Angeles Times journalists awarded a 1995 Pulitzer Prize for Breaking News Reporting on the 1994 Northridge earthquake. Clontz earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from University of California, Los Angeles. Plays by Clontz include Generations, Night Breath, Interfusions, Fire/Photograph, American Play, and A Match Made in Heaven. Clontz died of lung cancer. His heirs have announced planned publication of a posthumous collection of his plays and poems. References

External links
Dennis Clontz website

1951 births
2004 deaths
20th-century American dramatists and playwrights
American male journalists
20th-century American journalists
American male screenwriters
American male dramatists and playwrights
20th-century American male writers
20th-century American non-fiction writers
20th-century American screenwriters