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''David X. Cohen''' (born '''David Samuel Cohen''') is a  writer for ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and head writer and executive producer of ''[[Futurama]]''.  Born and known pre-''Futurama'' as '''David S. Cohen''', he changed his name after joining the [[Writer's Guild of America]] as there was already another David S. Cohen (The writers guild does not allow members to have the same name). He chose X because it sounded "[[sci-fi]]-ish", though has jokingly said that the X would make him "the David Cohen people would remember". He works with [[Matt Groening]] on many projects.
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:''This article is about the crew member. For the character, see [[David Cohen (character)]].''
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{{Crew
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|name= David X. Cohen
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|image= [[File:David X. Cohen.jpg|200px]]
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|gender= {{Male cast}}
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|job= Editor<br>Producer<br>Writer
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|birthdate= {{birthdate|1966|7|13}}
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|status= Inactive
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|episodes= 123
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|seasons= [[Season 5|Seasons 5]] - [[Season 10|10]], [[Season 26|26]], [[Season 32|32]]
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|first episode= "[[Homer Goes to College]]"
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|latest episode= "[[Podcast News]]"
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|first album= ''[[Songs in the Key of Springfield]]''
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|latest album= ''[[Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons]]''
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}}
  
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==Writing credits==
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'''David Samuel Cohen''' (born July 13, 1966), credited as '''David S. Cohen''' and currently better known as '''David X. Cohen''', is an American television writer and producer. He served as a storyeditor, producer and writer for ''[[The Simpsons]]''.
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Cohen is credited with writing or co-writing the following episodes:
 
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*'''''Futurama'':''' "[[Space Pilot 3000]]", "[[Xmas Story]]", "[[Anthology of Interest I]]", "[[Anthology of Interest II]]" and "[[The Why Of Fry]]".  
 
  
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*'''''The Simpsons'':''' "[[Treehouse of Horror V]]", "[[Lisa the Vegetarian]]", "[[Treehouse of Horror VI]]", "[[22 Short Films About Springfield]]", "[[Much Apu About Nothing]]", "[[Treehouse of Horror VII]]", "[[The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show]]", "[[The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase]]", "[[Treehouse of Horror VIII]]", "[[Lisa the Skeptic]]", "[[Das Bus]]", "[[Bart the Mother]]" and "[[Treehouse of Horror IX]]".  
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Known pre-''[[Futurama]]'' as David S. Cohen, he changed his name after joining the Writer's Guild of America as there was already another David S. Cohen (the writers guild does not allow members to have the same name). He chose X because it sounded more "sci-fi-ish", though has jokingly said that the X would make him "the David Cohen people would remember".
  
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*'''''Beavis and Butthead'':''' "Couch Fishing" and "Plate Frisbee".  
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== Awards ==
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{{Table|width=50%|align=left|
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{{THT|Award}}
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{{TH|Year}}
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{{TH|Episode}}
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{{TH|Result}}
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{{TRsT|{{W|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program}}|4}}
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{{TB|[[1996]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1996/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1996"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Treehouse of Horror VI]]"}}
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{{TB|Nominated}}
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{{TBT|[[1997]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1997/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less.) – 1997"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Homer's Phobia]]"}}
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{{TRs|'''Won'''|2}}
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{{TBT|[[1998]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1998/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1998"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Trash of the Titans]]"}}
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{{TBT|[[1999]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1999/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1999"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Viva Ned Flanders]]"}}
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{{TB|Nominated}}
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}}
  
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*Is co-credited for the story of ''Futurama''<nowiki>'</nowiki>s "[[The Day the Earth Stood Stupid]]".
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== Credits ==
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=== Written by ===
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{{Scroll|
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{{TO}}
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{{Season6A
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|E6=yes
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|E6n=as David Cohen's Severed Hand
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}}
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{{Season7A
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|E5=yes
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|E6=yes
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|E6n=as √David S. Cohen
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|E21=yes
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|E23=yes
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}}
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{{Season8A
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|E1=yes
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|E14=yes
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|E24=yes
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}}
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{{Season9A
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|E4=yes
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|E8=yes
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|E14=yes
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}}
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{{Season10A
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|E3=yes
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|E4=yes
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|E4n=as David S. Coffin
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}}
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{{Season32A
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|E6=yes
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}}
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{{TC}}
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}}
  
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*Is credited with inventing the word '[[List of neologisms on The Simpsons#Cromulent|cromulent]]', meaning 'valid' or 'acceptable', which has entered wide use following its usage in ''The Simpsons''.
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=== Staff writer ===
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{{Scroll|
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{{TO}}
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{{Season5A
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|E3=yes
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|E4=yes
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|E5=yes
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|E5n=as Discurteous David Cohen
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|E6=yes
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|E7=yes
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|E8=yes
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|E9=yes
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|E10=yes
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|E11=yes
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|E12=yes
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|E13=yes
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|E14=yes
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|E15=yes
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|E16=yes
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|E17=yes
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|E18=yes
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|E19=yes
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|E20=yes
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|E21=yes
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|E22=yes
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}}
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{{Season6A
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|E1=yes
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|E2=yes
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}}
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{{TC}}
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}}
  
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=== Story editor ===
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{{Scroll|
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{{TO}}
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{{Season6A
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|E3=yes
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|E4=yes
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|E5=yes
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|E6=yes
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|E6n=as David H.B. "Mothra" Cohen
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|E7=yes
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|E8=yes
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|E9=yes
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|E10=yes
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|E11=yes
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|E12=yes
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|E13=yes
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|E14=yes
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|E15=yes
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|E16=yes
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|E17=yes
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|E18=yes
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|E19=yes
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|E20=yes
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|E21=yes
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|E22=yes
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|E23=yes
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|E24=yes
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|E25=yes
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}}
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{{Season7A
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|E1=yes
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|E2=yes
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}}
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{{TC}}
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}}
  
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=== Co-producer ===
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{{Scroll|
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{{TO}}
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{{Season7A
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|E3=yes
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|E4=yes
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|E5=yes
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|E6=yes
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|E6n=as David<sup>2</sup> + S:<sup>2</sup> = Cohen<sup>2</sup>
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|E7=yes
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|E8=yes
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|E9=yes
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|E10=yes
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|E11=yes
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|E12=yes
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|E13=yes
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|E14=yes
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|E15=yes
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|E16=yes
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|E17=yes
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|E18=yes
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|E19=yes
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|E20=yes
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|E21=yes
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|E22=yes
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|E23=yes
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|E25=yes
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|E24=yes
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}}
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{{Season8A
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|E2=yes
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|E9=yes
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|E10=yes
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|E13=yes
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}}
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{{Season9A
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|E3=yes
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|E19=yes
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}}
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{{TC}}
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}}
  
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==Trivia==
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=== Producer ===
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* Cohen graduated from [[Harvard University]] with a Bachelor's degree in physics and from the [[University of California, Berkeley]] with a Master's degree in computer science.
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{{TO}}
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{{Season8A
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|E1=yes
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|E1n=as Day of the Cohen
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|E3=yes
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|E4=yes
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|E5=yes
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|E6=yes
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|E7=yes
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|E8=yes
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|E11=yes
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|E12=yes
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}}
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{{TC}}
  
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* Cohen was classmates in the Harvard physics department with ''[[Cats & Dogs]]'' and ''[[Antz]]'' director [[Lawrence Guterman]]. Both studied under physicist [[Sidney Coleman]] and Nobel Prize winner [[Norman F. Ramsey]], as well as under [[Fields Medal]] winner [[David Mumford]].
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=== Supervising producer ===
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{{Scroll|
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{{TO}}
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{{Season8A
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|E14=yes
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|E15=yes
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|E16=yes
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|E17=yes
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|E18=yes
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|E19=yes
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|E20=yes
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|E21=yes
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|E22=yes
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|E23=yes
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|E24=yes
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|E25=yes
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}}
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{{Season9A
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|E1=yes
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|E2=yes
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|E17=yes
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}}
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{{TC}}
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}}
  
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* His favorite movie is ''[[Dr. Strangelove or: How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Bomb|Dr. Strangelove]]''.
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=== Co-executive producer ===
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{{Scroll|
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{{TO}}
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{{Season9A
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|E4=yes
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|E4n=as David ;^( Cohen
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|E5=yes
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|E6=yes
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|E7=yes
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|E8=yes
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|E9=yes
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|E10=yes
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|E12=yes
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|E14=yes
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|E15=yes
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|E16=yes
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|E18=yes
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|E20=yes
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|E21=yes
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|E22=yes
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|E23=yes
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|E24=yes
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|E25=yes
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}}
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{{Season10A
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|E1=yes
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|E2=yes
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|E3=yes
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|E5=yes
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}}
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{{TC}}
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}}
  
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* He is a fan of ''[[Star Trek: Deep Space Nine]]''.
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=== Consulting producer ===
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{{TO}}
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{{Season9A
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|E11=yes
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|E13=yes
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}}
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{{TC}}
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=== Executive producer ===
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{{TO}}
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{{Season10A
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|E4=yes
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|E4n=as David "Watch Futurama" Cohen
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|E6=yes
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|E7=yes
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|E8=yes
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|E9=yes
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|E10=yes
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|E11=yes
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|E12=yes
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|E13=yes
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}}
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{{TC}}
  
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* Both his parents were [[biologist|biologists]].
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=== Special thanks ===
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*{{ep|Simpsorama}}
  
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* He wrote for the [[Harvard Lampoon]].
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=== For The Simpsons ===
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*{{alb|Songs in the Key of Springfield}}
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*{{alb|Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons}}
  
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==External links==
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== See also ==
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*[http://www.frontwheeldrive.com/david_x_cohen.html David X Cohen Interview]
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*{{Written by|David X. Cohen}}
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*[http://dvd.ign.com/articles/432/432838p1.html IGN Interview With Cohen]
 
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*[http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/PersonDetail/personid-18927/ TV Tome Profile]
 
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*[http://www.smh.com.au/news/tv--radio/off-the-planet/2005/12/10/1134086846734.html Interview with David X Cohen about the return of futurama]
 
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*[http://www.mathsci.appstate.edu/~sjg/futurama/dxcinterview.html An Interview About Math in futurama, With David X Cohen, Dr Sarah Greenweld and Matt Groening]
 
  
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[[Category:Former writers]]
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== References ==
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{{Reflist}}
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== External links ==
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*{{IMDb|name/nm0169326/}}
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*{{Wikipedialink}}
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*{{Infosphere|David X. Cohen}}
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{{Writers|former=yes|staff=yes}}
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{{Executive producers|former=yes|former co=yes}}
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{{Consulting producers|former=yes}}
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{{Supervising producers|former=yes}}
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{{Producers|former=yes|former co=yes}}
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{{Story editors|episodes=yes}}
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Cohen, David X.}}
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[[Category:Primetime Emmy Award winning crew]]
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[[Category:Special thanks]]
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[[Category:Songs in the Key of Springfield crew]]
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[[Category:Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons crew]]

Latest revision as of 10:18, May 4, 2024

This article is about the crew member. For the character, see David Cohen (character).
David X. Cohen
David X. Cohen.jpg
Crew Information
Gender:
Male ♂
Job: Editor
Producer
Writer
Birth date: July 13, 1966 (1966-07-13) (age 58)
Status:
Inactive
Number of episodes: 123
Seasons active: Seasons 5 - 10, 26, 32
First episode: "Homer Goes to College"
Most recent episode: "Podcast News"
First album: Songs in the Key of Springfield
Latest album: Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons


David Samuel Cohen (born July 13, 1966), credited as David S. Cohen and currently better known as David X. Cohen, is an American television writer and producer. He served as a storyeditor, producer and writer for The Simpsons.

Known pre-Futurama as David S. Cohen, he changed his name after joining the Writer's Guild of America as there was already another David S. Cohen (the writers guild does not allow members to have the same name). He chose X because it sounded more "sci-fi-ish", though has jokingly said that the X would make him "the David Cohen people would remember".

Awards[edit]

Award Year Episode Result
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program 1996[1] "Treehouse of Horror VI" Nominated
1997[2] "Homer's Phobia" Won
1998[3] "Trash of the Titans"
1999[4] "Viva Ned Flanders" Nominated

Credits[edit]

Written by[edit]

Staff writer[edit]

Story editor[edit]

Co-producer[edit]

Producer[edit]

Supervising producer[edit]

Co-executive producer[edit]

Consulting producer[edit]

Executive producer[edit]

Special thanks[edit]

For The Simpsons[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1996"
  2. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less.) – 1997"
  3. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1998"
  4. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1999"


External links[edit]


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