Jeff Westbrook

This article is about the crew member. For the character, see Jeff Westbrook (character).

Jeff Westbrook

Crew Information Gender: Male Job: Writer Producer Status: Active First episode: The Wettest Stories Ever Told

Jeff Westbrook is a writer for The Simpsons. He has also written for Futurama.

Prior to becoming a TV writer, Westbrook was a successful algorithms researcher. After majoring in physics and history of science at Harvard University, he studied computer science with Robert Tarjan at Princeton University, receiving his Ph.D. in 1989 with a thesis entitled Algorithms and Data Structures for Dynamic Graph Algorithms. He then took a faculty position at Yale University, later becoming a researcher for AT&T Laboratories before leaving research for Hollywood. Westbrook's Erdős number is three due to his research collaborations with Tarjan and others.

Episodes written

• Episode – "On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister"
• Episode – "The Wettest Stories Ever Told"
• Episode – "Kill Gil: Vols. 1 & 2" Won WGA Award in the Animation category.
• Episode – "Apocalypse Cow" Won 2008 WGA Award in the Animation category
• Episode – "No Loan Again, Naturally"
• Episode – "Pranks and Greens"

External links

• Jeff Westbrook at the Internet Movie Database
• Jeff Westbrook at Wikipedia
• Jeff Westbrook at the Infosphere

Executive producers and Co-executive producers

Current executive producers James L. Brooks • John Frink • Matt Groening • Al Jean • Matt Selman • Sam Simon* Former executive producers David X. Cohen • Tim Long • Ian Maxtone-Graham • George Meyer • David Mirkin • Bill Oakley • Carolyn Omine • Mike Reiss • Mike Scully • Josh Weinstein Other executive producers Scot Amos • Nick Bliobenes • Fritz Bronner • Dominic Buttimore • Steve Callaghan • Jeremy Chilnick • Charlie Dixon • Nandish Domlur • Jay Fukuto • Rick Giolito • Greg Goodrich • Seth Green • Dan Harmon • John Harvatine IV • Mark Hentemann • Clare Hollywood • Larry Jones • Foo Katan • Richard Kay • Leigh Kelly • Scott Krager • Brad Lewis • David Lipman • Jake Myrick • Jim Myrick • Rob Pratt • Kent Rice • Justin Roiland • Tom Root • Carl Rosendahl • Matthew Senreich • Eric Shanks • Denise Sirkot • Danny Smith • Gabe Spitzer • Morgan Spurlock • Chris Takami • Fumiaki Tanaka • Eric Towner • Kara Vallow • Nikki Vanzo • Michael Webb Current co-executive producers J. Stewart Burns • Dan Castellaneta • Joel H. Cohen • Brian Kelley • Ryan Koh • Rob LaZebnik • Tim Long • Christine Nangle • Michael Price • Dan Vebber • Jeff Westbrook Former co-executive producers Richard Appel • Elisabeth Kiernan Averick • Donick Cary • Daniel Chun • David X. Cohen • Kevin Curran • Greg Daniels • John Frink • Dana Gould • Dan Greaney • Ron Hauge • Al Jean • Josh Lieb • Ian Maxtone-Graham • George Meyer • Frank Mula • Bill Odenkirk • Carolyn Omine • Don Payne • Mike Reiss • Jace Richdale • Mike Scully • Matt Selman • Julie Thacker • Steve Tompkins • Matt Warburton • Marc Wilmore Other co-executive producers Cherry Chevapravatdumrong • Keith Crofford • Tom Devanney • Mike Lazzo • Patrick Meighan • Brian Scully • John Viener