Josh Weinstein

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Josh Weinstein
Josh Weinstein in 1994
Born	May 5, 1966 (1966-05-05) (age 43) Maryland, U.S.
Occupation	Television writer
Nationality	American

Josh Weinstein (born May 5, 1966 in Maryland)^[1] is an American television writer, best known for his work on The Simpsons. He attended St. Albans and Stanford University, where he was editor of the Stanford Chaparral.

Along with his writing partner Bill Oakley, Weinstein was Executive Producer and Showrunner for seasons 7 & 8 of The Simpsons. Together, the two wrote such episodes as "Who Shot Mr. Burns?", "Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy", "Sideshow Bob Roberts" and the series' 100th episode "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song". For his work he has won three Emmy Awards and a Peabody Award. After leaving The Simpsons, Weinstein and Oakley created the cult-favorite animated series Mission Hill and also served as consulting producers on Futurama.

He served as an executive producer on the Fox television series Sit Down, Shut Up. ^[2]

Writing credits

The Simpsons episodes

Weinstein has been credited as writing the following episodes of the Simpsons, with Bill Oakley:

• "Marge Gets a Job"
• "Marge in Chains"
• "Treehouse of Horror IV" ("Terror at 5½ Feet" segment)
• "$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)"
• "Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy"
• "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song"
• "Lady Bouvier's Lover"
• "Sideshow Bob Roberts"
• "Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy"
• "Bart vs. Australia"
• "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)"
• "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)"
• "22 Short Films About Springfield"

Mission Hill episodes

Weinstein co-wrote the following episode with Bill Oakley:

• "Pilot"

Television Pilots

• "The Funkhousers"
• "Zooburbia"
• "The Ruling Class"
• "Business Class"
• "22 Birthdays"

References

External links

• Josh Weinstein at the Internet Movie Database

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