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This article is about the crew member. For the character, see Bill Oakley (character).

Bill Oakley

Crew Information Gender: Male ♂ Job: Writer Story editor Producer Showrunner Birth date: February 27, 1966 (1966-02-27) (age 58) Status: Inactive Number of episodes: 144 Seasons active: Seasons 3 - 10 First episode: "Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?" Most recent episode: "When You Dish Upon a Star" First album: Songs in the Key of Springfield Latest album: Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons

Bill Oakley (born February 27, 1966) is an American TV writer, best known for his work on The Simpsons. Along with his writing partner Josh Weinstein, Oakley was the executive producer and showrunner during the seventh and eighth seasons. Before serving as the show's executive producers, the pair were hired onto the writing staff during the fourth season. Together, the two wrote episodes such as "Who Shot Mr. Burns?". After leaving The Simpsons, Oakley and Weinstein created Mission Hill, The Mullets, and served as consulting producers on Futurama. He was born and raised in Union Bridge, Maryland, and attended St. Albans School, where he and Weinstein created cartoons for the school newspaper. He later attended Harvard University, where he was an editor of the Harvard Lampoon.

He is married to Rachel Pulido.

Credits

Story editor

Written by

Supervising producer

Executive producer

Consulting producer

Showrunner

For The Simpsons

• Album – Songs in the Key of Springfield
• Album – Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons

External links

• Bill Oakley at the Internet Movie Database
• Bill Oakley at Wikipedia