Biography
Bill Oakley is an American television writer and producer. Born on 27 February 1966 in Westminster, Maryland, he attended St Albans School in Washington DC, where he met his longtime writing partner Josh Weinstein, and later Harvard University, where he served as an editor of the Harvard Lampoon.
Oakley and Weinstein joined the writing staff of The Simpsons in 1992. They wrote episodes including "Marge Gets a Job", "Bart vs. Australia" and "Who Shot Mr. Burns?", and served as executive producers and showrunners for seasons seven and eight. Oakley also contributed the "Skinner and the Superintendent" scene, featuring the "steamed hams" sequence, to the 1996 episode "22 Short Films About Springfield".
After leaving The Simpsons, Oakley and Weinstein created the animated series Mission Hill (1999). Oakley has since written for or produced Futurama, Portlandia, Regular Show, Disenchantment and Close Enough.
