---
name: "Billy Frolick"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/billy-frolick"
fi1m_id: "billy-frolick"
imdb_id: "nm1129905"
tmdb_id: 1176124
wikidata_id: "Q4912574"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "12 February 1959"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T03:47:11.102624+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."
---

# Billy Frolick

## Identity

Billy Frolick

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/billy-frolick
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** billy-frolick
- **IMDb ID:** nm1129905
- **TMDB ID:** 1176124
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4912574
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Frolick, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4912574, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1129905/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1176124

Writer. Born 12 February 1959 in Long Island, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 12 February 1959, Long Island, New York, USA
- **Also known as:** 比利·弗罗利克
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Frolick, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4912574, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1129905/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1176124

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*Madagascar*](https://film.one/film/madagascar.md) (60)

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

## Biography

Billy Frolick is an American screenwriter and director. Born on 12 February 1959 in Long Island, New York, he graduated from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts.

He received a story credit on the DreamWorks Animation film *Madagascar* (2005). His other screenwriting credits include *PAW Patrol: The Movie* (2021), *The Big Trip* (2019) and *Monster Island* (2017). He also directed the independent feature *It Is What It Is* (2001).

Frolick has written several books, including the memoir *What I Really Want to Do Is Direct* (1996) and the parody *Downtrodden Abbey* (2013). Earlier in his career he worked as a journalist, contributing to *Premiere*, *The New Yorker* and other publications.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Madagascar* (2005), Fi1m 60, Writer — [page](https://film.one/film/madagascar.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *PAW Patrol: The Movie* (2021), Story, Screenplay
- *The Big Trip* (2019), Screenplay
- *Monster Island* (2017), Screenplay
- *The Jungle Book: The Movie* (2013), Screenplay
- *Kikoriki: Team Invincible* (2011), Writer
- *Madagascar* (2005), Writer — Fi1m 60, [page](https://film.one/film/madagascar.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/billy-frolick