Al Jean

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Crew Information Gender: Male Job: Writer Birth date: January 9, 1961 (1961-01-09) Status: Active First episode: "There's No Disgrace Like Home" Most recent episode: "Children of a Lesser Clod"

Alfred Ernest "Al" Jean (born January 9, 1961) is an American producer and writer. He is the current showrunner and executive producer of The Simpsons.

Biography

He was born in Farmington Hills, Michigan, where he graduated from Harrison High School. His family owns a hardware store across the street from the high school, called Jean's Hardware. He attended Harvard University, majoring in mathematics. He went on to write for the National Lampoon, The Tonight Show, Johnny Carson, ALF and It's Garry Shandling's Show.

Career

In 1989 he and writing partner Mike Reiss were hired to write for The Simpsons. Jean wrote numerous episodes including "Moaning Lisa" and "The Way We Was". Jean and Reiss served as showrunners for season 3 and season 4. In 1994 they left to create the animated series The Critic. The show caused controversy after its lead character Jay Sherman appeared in the episode "A Star is Burns". It was canceled after 23 produced episodes but was released on DVD and has a cult following. The two next worked for Disney and created the show Teen Angel. They occasionally returned to produce episodes of The Simpsons, such as "Simpson Tide".

He returned to the show as a writer in season 10 before becoming executive producer and showrunner again from season 13. He has remained in this position ever since. He co-wrote and produced The Simpsons Movie in 2007.

Jean is also the creator of the web series Jesus and His brothers on Icebox.com.

He is married to Stephanie Gillis. The two were wed in Enniskerry, Ireland in 2002.

Credits

Co-producer

Episode – "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" Episode – "Bart the Genius" Episode – "Homer's Odyssey" Episode – "There's No Disgrace Like Home" Episode – "Bart the General" Episode – "Moaning Lisa" Episode – "The Call of the Simpsons" Episode – "The Telltale Head" Episode – "Life on the Fast Lane" Episode – "Homer's Night Out" Episode – "The Crepes of Wrath" Episode – "Krusty Gets Busted" Episode – "Some Enchanted Evening"

Written by

• Episode – "There's No Disgrace Like Home"
• Episode – "Moaning Lisa"
• Episode – "The Telltale Head"
• Episode – "The Way We Was"
• Episode – "Stark Raving Dad"
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror II" (as Atrocious Al Jean)
• Episode – "Lisa's Pony"
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror III" (as Awful Al Jean))

Supervising producer

Episode – "Bart Gets an F" Episode – "Simpson and Delilah" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror" Episode – "Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish" Episode – "Dancin' Homer" Episode – "Dead Putting Society" Episode – "Bart vs. Thanksgiving" Episode – "Bart the Daredevil" Episode – "Itchy and Scratchy and Marge" Episode – "Bart Gets Hit by a Car" Episode – "One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish" Episode – "The Way We Was" Episode – "Homer vs. Lisa and the Eighth Commandment" Episode – "Principal Charming" Episode – "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?" Episode – "Bart's Dog Gets an F" Episode – "Old Money" Episode – "Brush with Greatness" Episode – "Lisa's Substitute" Episode – "The War of the Simpsons" Episode – "Three Men and a Comic Book" Episode – "Blood Feud"

Co-executive producer

Episode – "Stark Raving Dad" Episode – "Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington" Episode – "When Flanders Failed" Episode – "Bart the Murderer" Episode – "Homer Defined" Episode – "Like Father, Like Clown" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror II" (as Awful Al Jean) Episode – "Lisa's Pony" Episode – "Saturdays of Thunder" Episode – "Flaming Moe's" Episode – "Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk" Episode – "I Married Marge" Episode – "Radio Bart" Episode – "Lisa the Greek" Episode – "Homer Alone" Episode – "Bart the Lover" Episode – "Homer at the Bat" Episode – "Separate Vocations" Episode – "Dog of Death" Episode – "Colonel Homer" Episode – "Black Widower" Episode – "The Otto Show" Episode – "Bart's Friend Falls in Love" Episode – "Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?"

Executive producer

Episode – "Kamp Krusty" Episode – "A Streetcar Named Marge" Episode – "Homer the Heretic" Episode – "Lisa the Beauty Queen" Episode – "Treehouse of Horror III" (as Awful Al Jean) Episode – "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie" Episode – "Marge Gets a Job" Episode – "New Kid on the Block" Episode – "Mr. Plow" Episode – "Lisa's First Word" Episode – "Homer's Triple Bypass" Episode – "Marge vs. the Monorail" Episode – "Selma's Choice" Episode – "Brother from the Same Planet" Episode – "I Love Lisa" Episode – "Duffless" Episode – "Last Exit to Springfield" Episode – "So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show" Episode – "The Front" Episode – "Whacking Day" Episode – "Marge in Chains" Episode – "Krusty Gets Kancelled" Episode – "Homer's Barbershop Quartet" Episode – "Cape Feare"

Consulting producer

Homer Goes to College (14 October 1993) - consulting producer Rosebud (21 October 1993) - consulting producer Treehouse of Horror IV (28 October 1993) - consulting producer (as Avuncular Al Jean) Marge on the Lam (4 November 1993) - consulting producer Bart's Inner Child (11 November 1993) - consulting producer Boy Scoutz 'n the Hood (18 November 1993) - consulting producer The Last Temptation of Homer (9 December 1993) - consulting producer $pringfield (or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling) (16 December 1993) - consulting producer Homer the Vigilante (6 January 1994) - consulting producer Bart Gets Famous (3 February 1994) - consulting producer Homer and Apu (10 February 1994) - consulting producer Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy (17 February 1994) - consulting producer Deep Space Homer (24 February 1994) - consulting producer Homer Loves Flanders (17 March 1994) - consulting producer Bart Gets an Elephant (31 March 1994) - consulting producer Burns' Heir (14 April 1994) - consulting producer Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song (28 April 1994) - consulting producer The Boy Who Knew Too Much (5 May 1994) - consulting producer Lady Bouvier's Lover (12 May 1994) - consulting producer Secrets of a Successful Marriage (19 May 1994) - consulting producer Bart of Darkness (4 September 1994) - consulting producer Lisa's Rival (11 September 1994) - consulting producer Another Simpsons Clip Show (25 September 1994) - consulting producer Itchy & Scratchy Land (2 October 1994) - consulting producer Sideshow Bob Roberts (9 October 1994) - consulting producer Treehouse of Horror V (30 October 1994) - consulting producer (as Anachronistic Al Jean) Bart's Girlfriend (6 November 1994) - consulting producer Lisa on Ice (13 November 1994) - consulting producer Homer Badman (27 November 1994) - consulting producer Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy (4 December 1994) - consulting producer Fear of Flying (18 December 1994) - consulting producer Homer the Great (8 January 1995) - consulting producer And Maggie Makes Three (22 January 1995) - consulting producer Bart's Comet (5 February 1995) - consulting producer Homie the Clown (12 February 1995) - consulting producer Bart vs. Australia (19 February 1995) - consulting producer Homer vs. Patty and Selma (26 February 1995) - consulting producer A Star Is Burns (5 March 1995) - executive producer Lisa's Wedding (19 March 1995) - consulting producer Two Dozen and One Greyhounds (9 April 1995) - consulting producer The PTA Disbands (16 April 1995) - consulting producer 'Round Springfield (30 April 1995) - executive producer , Writer (story) The Springfield Connection (7 May 1995) - consulting producer Lemon of Troy (14 May 1995) - consulting producer Who Shot Mr. Burns?: Part 1 (21 May 1995) - consulting producer Who Shot Mr. Burns?: Part 2 (17 September 1995) - consulting producer Radioactive Man (24 September 1995) - consulting producer Home Sweet Home-Diddily-Dum-Doodily (1 October 1995) - consulting producer Bart Sells His Soul (8 October 1995) - consulting producer Lisa the Vegetarian (15 October 1995) - consulting producer Treehouse of Horror VI (29 October 1995) - consulting producer (as Mean Al Jean) King Size Homer (5 November 1995) - consulting producer Mother Simpson (19 November 1995) - consulting producer Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming (26 November 1995) - consulting producer The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular (3 December 1995) - consulting producer Marge Be Not Proud (17 December 1995) - consulting producer Team Homer (7 January 1996) - consulting producer Two Bad Neighbors (14 January 1996) - consulting producer Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield (4 February 1996) - consulting producer Bart the Fink (11 February 1996) - consulting producer Lisa the Iconoclast (18 February 1996) - consulting producer Homer the Smithers (25 February 1996) - consulting producer The Day the Violence Died (17 March 1996) - consulting producer A Fish Called Selma (24 March 1996) - consulting producer Bart on the Road (31 March 1996) - consulting producer 22 Short Films About Springfield (14 April 1996) - consulting producer Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in 'The Curse of the Flying Hellfish' (28 April 1996) - consulting producer Much Apu About Nothing (5 May 1996) - consulting producer Summer of 4 Ft. 2 (19 May 1996) - consulting producer Homerpalooza (19 May 1996) - consulting producer You Only Move Twice (3 November 1996) - consulting producer El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Homer (5 January 1997) - consulting producer The Springfield Files (12 January 1997) - executive producer Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala-Annoyed-Grunt-cious (7 February 1997) - executive producer , Writer (written by) , Soundtrack (lyrics: "Minimum Wage Nanny" (uncredited), "Cut Every Corner" (uncredited), "A Boozehound Named Barney" (uncredited), "Happy Just the Way We Are" (uncredited)) Lisa's Sax (19 October 1997) - executive producer , Writer (written by) , Soundtrack (writer: "'WB's Proud to Present' Theme" (uncredited)) (lyrics: "Those Were the Days" (uncredited)) All Singing, All Dancing (4 January 1998) - Soundtrack (writer: "The Monorail Song" (uncredited)) Simpson Tide (29 March 1998) - executive producer Viva Ned Flanders (10 January 1999) - co-executive producer Mom and Pop Art (11 April 1999) - Writer (written by) Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner? (24 October 1999) - Writer (written by) Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder (14 November 1999) - Writer (written by) Pygmoelian (27 February 2000) - executive producer Behind the Laughter (21 May 2000) - executive producer The Computer Wore Menace Shoes (3 December 2000) - executive producer HOMR (7 January 2001) - Writer (written by) Day of the Jackanapes (18 February 2001) - Writer (written by) Children of a Lesser Clod (13 May 2001) - Writer (written by) The Bart Wants What It Wants (17 February 2002) - executive producer Blame It on Lisa (31 March 2002) - executive producer Bart vs. Lisa vs. the Third Grade (17 November 2002) - executive producer Large Marge (24 November 2002) - executive producer Moe Baby Blues (18 May 2003) - executive producer The Bart of War (18 May 2003) - executive producer Simple Simpson (2 May 2004) - executive producer Midnight Rx (16 January 2005) - co-executive producer Mobile Homer (20 March 2005) - executive producer The Seven-Beer Snitch (3 April 2005) - executive producer Thank God It's Doomsday (8 May 2005) - executive producer Home Away from Homer (15 May 2005) - executive producer Simpsons Christmas Stories (18 December 2005) - executive producer The Mook, the Chef, the Wife and Her Homer (10 September 2006) - executive producer Jazzy & The Pussycats (17 September 2006) - executive producer Please Homer Don't Hammer 'em (24 September 2006) - executive producer Treehouse of Horror XVII (5 November 2006) - executive producer GI (Annoyed Grunt) (12 November 2006) - executive producer Next US airings: Mon. Nov. 21 7:00 PM Fox Moe'N'A Lisa (19 November 2006) - executive producer Ice Cream of Margie: With the Light Blue Hair (26 November 2006) - executive producer The Haw-Hawed Couple (10 December 2006) - executive producer The Wife Aquatic (7 January 2007) - executive producer Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Three Times (28 January 2007) - executive producer Little Big Girl (11 February 2007) - executive producer Springfield Up (18 February 2007) - executive producer Rome-old and Juli-eh (11 March 2007) - executive producer Marge Gamer (22 April 2007) - executive producer Stop or My Dog Will Shoot (13 May 2007) - executive producer He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs (23 September 2007) - executive producer Homer of Seville (30 September 2007) - executive producer Midnight Towboy (7 October 2007) - executive producer I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (14 October 2007) - executive producer Treehouse of Horror XVIII (4 November 2007) - executive producer Little Orphan Millie (11 November 2007) - executive producer Husbands and Knives (18 November 2007) - executive producer Funeral for a Fiend (25 November 2007) - executive producer Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind (16 December 2007) - executive producer E Pluribus Wiggum (6 January 2008) - executive producer That 90's Show (27 January 2008) - executive producer Love, Springfieldian Style (17 February 2008) - executive producer The DeBarted (2 March 2008) - executive producer Dial 'N' for Nerder (9 March 2008) - executive producer Smoke on the Daughter (30 March 2008) - executive producer Papa Don't Leech (13 April 2008) - executive producer Apocalypse Cow (27 April 2008) - executive producer Any Given Sundance (4 May 2008) - executive producer Mona Leaves-a (11 May 2008) - executive producer Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes (28 September 2008) - executive producer Lost Verizon (5 October 2008) - executive producer Double, Double, Boy in Trouble (19 October 2008) - executive producer Treehouse of Horror XIX (2 November 2008) - executive producer (as Washington Mutual Jean) Next US airings: Tue. Nov. 22 12:30 AM Fox Dangerous Curves (9 November 2008) - executive producer Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words (16 November 2008) - executive producer Mypods and Boomsticks (30 November 2008) - executive producer The Burns and the Bees (7 December 2008) - executive producer Lisa the Drama Queen (25 January 2009) - executive producer Take My Life, Please (15 February 2009) - executive producer How the Test Was Won (1 March 2009) - executive producer No Loan Again, Naturally (8 March 2009) - executive producer Gone Maggie Gone (15 March 2009) - executive producer Next US airings: Tue. Nov. 22 7:00 PM Fox Wed. Nov. 23 7:00 PM Fox In the Name of the Grandfather (17 March 2009) - executive producer Wedding for Disaster (29 March 2009) - executive producer Next US airings: Wed. Nov. 23 12:30 AM Fox The Good, the Sad and the Drugly (19 April 2009) - executive producer Next US airings: Fri. Nov. 25 12:30 AM Fox Waverly Hills 9-0-2-1-D'oh (3 May 2009) - executive producer Four Great Women and a Manicure (10 May 2009) - executive producer Coming to Homerica (17 May 2009) - executive producer Homer the Whopper (27 September 2009) - executive producer Bart Gets a 'Z' (4 October 2009) - executive producer The Great Wife Hope (11 October 2009) - executive producer Treehouse of Horror XX (18 October 2009) - executive producer (as Al '20 More Years' Jean) The Devil Wears Nada (15 November 2009) - executive producer O Brother, Where Bart Thou? (13 December 2009) - executive producer Treehouse of Horror XXI (7 November 2010) - executive producer (as Al Jazeena)

External links

• Al Jean at the Internet Movie Database
• Al Jean at Wikipedia

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 • Jessica Conrad • Broti Gupta • Brian Kelley • Ryan Koh • Rob LaZebnik • Tim Long • Cesar Mazariegos • 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

Showrunners
James L. Brooks • Matt Groening • Al Jean • George Meyer • David Mirkin • Bill Oakley • Mike Reiss • Mike Scully • Matt Selman • Sam Simon • Josh Weinstein
Co-showrunners
Brian Kelley • Rob LaZebnik • Tim Long • Carolyn Omine • Michael Price