Early life

Paris is from Cincinnati, Ohio

Ohio

Ohio is a Midwestern state in the United States. The 34th largest state by area in the U.S.,it is the 7th‑most populous with over 11.5 million residents, containing several major American cities and seven metropolitan areas with populations of 500,000 or more.The state's capital is Columbus...

, where he graduated from The Seven Hills School

Seven Hills School (Cincinnati, Ohio)

The Seven Hills School is a private, non-denominational school in Cincinnati, Ohio. It consists of Doherty and Lotspeich , Seven Hills Middle School and Seven Hills Upper School . The Seven Hills School is the largest independent, non-church-affiliated school in Ohio...

 in 1989.

Career

Paris and other members of the Tectonic Theater Project

Tectonic Theater Project

With Moisés Kaufman at the helm, the Tectonic Theater Project explores the ways in which experimentation with form and structure can inform theme in contemporary drama....

 wrote The Laramie Project

The Laramie Project

The Laramie Project is a play by Moisés Kaufman and members of the Tectonic Theater Project about the reaction to the 1998 murder of University of Wyoming gay student Matthew Shepard in Laramie,...

 (both the play and the screenplay). Along with the other writers of the screenplay, he was nominated for an Emmy in 2002 for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special. Additionally, he played the part of Stephen Belber

Stephen Belber

Stephen Belber is an American playwright , screenwriter and film director.-Early life:Belber was born in Washington, D.C.. He studied philosophy as an undergraduate at Trinity College in Hartford, CT, and moved to New York at the age of 25. There he unwittingly moved in with a roommate with AIDS,...

 in The Laramie Project. He also played a small role in "Crimebusters", the thirteenth episode of the nineteenth season of Law & Order

Law & Order

Law & Order is an American police procedural and legal drama television series, created by Dick Wolf and part of the Law & Order franchise. It aired on NBC, and in syndication on various cable networks. Law & Order premiered on September 13, 1990, and completed its 20th and final season on May 24,...

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