---
name: "Alan Zweibel"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/alan-zweibel"
fi1m_id: "alan-zweibel"
imdb_id: "nm0958993"
tmdb_id: 62055
wikidata_id: "Q2830623"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "20 May 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-04T20:10:47.615110+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Alan Zweibel

## Identity

Alan Zweibel

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/alan-zweibel
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** alan-zweibel
- **IMDb ID:** nm0958993
- **TMDB ID:** 62055
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2830623
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Zweibel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2830623, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0958993/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/62055

Writer. Born 20 May 1950 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 20 May 1950, New York City, New York, USA
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 writing, 1 other
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 55 (1), 2020s 58 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alan_Zweibel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2830623, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0958993/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/62055

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Dragnet*](https://film.one/film/dragnet.md) (55)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Alan Zweibel is an American writer, producer and playwright. Born on 20 May 1950 in New York City, he graduated from the University at Buffalo in 1972 and began his career writing for stand-up comedians before joining the original writing staff of *Saturday Night Live* from 1975 to 1980.

He co-created and produced the television series *It's Garry Shandling's Show* (1986–1990) and has written episodes of *Monk* and *Curb Your Enthusiasm*. His film screenplays include *Dragnet* (1987), *North* (1994) and *The Story of Us* (1999); he later co-wrote *Here Today* (2021) with Billy Crystal. Zweibel has also written books, including the memoir *Bunny Bunny: Gilda Radner – A Sort of Love Story*, and collaborated with Crystal on the Tony Award-winning stage production *700 Sundays* (2004). He has received multiple Emmy and Writers Guild of America awards.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, ibdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Wrote (1) — the average rests on these

- *Dragnet* (1987), Fi1m 55, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/dragnet.md)

### Also credited (1) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Lorne* (2026), Fi1m 58, as Self — [page](https://film.one/film/lorne.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Here Today* (2021), Writer, Author, Producer
- *Still Happy* (2019), Writer
- *Love, Gilda* (2018), Executive Producer
- *Billy Crystal: 700 Sundays* (2014), Writer
- *Monk* (2002), series, Writer
- *Curb Your Enthusiasm* (2000), series, as Duckstein — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/curb-your-enthusiasm.md)
- *The Story of Us* (1999), Producer, Writer
- *North* (1994), Coach, Screenplay, Novel, Producer
- *The Please Watch the Jon Lovitz Special, Live!* (1992), Writer
- *Good Sports* (1991), series, Writer
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Doorman, Mark Burns — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Dragnet* (1987), Screenplay — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/film/dragnet.md)
- *It's Garry Shandling's Show* (1986), series, Writer, Producer, Creator
- *Steve Martin's Best Show Ever* (1981), Writer
- *Gilda Live* (1980), Writer
- *The Paul Simon Special* (1977), Writer
- *The Beach Boys: It's OK* (1976), Writer
- *The Beach Boys: It's OK* (1976), Writer

## Gallery

- ![Alan Zweibel](https://film.one/media/person/1289371/gallery-220d875b56ea.jpg) Alan Zweibel — Ribz99, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/80/Alan%27s_Headshot_2017.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Alan Zweibel head shot (2019)](https://film.one/media/person/1289371/gallery-ff2c9541c585.jpg) Alan Zweibel head shot (2019) — AR9396, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/18/AlanZweibelHS.jpg/1280px-AlanZweibelHS.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Alan Zweibel receiving an honrary degree at the 2009 University at Buffalo commencement ceremony.](https://film.one/media/person/1289371/gallery-971ec4146a76.jpg) Alan Zweibel receiving an honrary degree at the 2009 University at Buffalo commencement ceremony. — Dave Pape, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/b2/Alan_Zweibel_1_-_UB_2009.jpg/1280px-Alan_Zweibel_1_-_UB_2009.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Alan Zweibel in 2012](https://film.one/media/person/1289371/gallery-88c62b05f7ff.jpg) Alan Zweibel in 2012 — Louise Palanker, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1b/Alan_Zweibel_2012.jpg/1280px-Alan_Zweibel_2012.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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