Oren Safdie is a Canadian playwright and screenwriter. His plays include Jews & Jesus, Fiddler Sub-Terrain, Hyper-Allergenic, Broken Places, Laughing Dogs, La Compagnie, and Private Jokes, Public Places. His play The Last Word had its debut Off Broadway in 2007. La Compagnie was later turned into Fashion Avenue, a pilot for CBS. Safdie also wrote the 1998 film You Can Thank Me Later, based on his play Hyper-Allergenic. He co-wrote the 2007 Israeli film Fresh Wrinkle. Safdie's latest play is The Bilbao Effect. He is married to actress/playwright M.J. Kang.