---
name: "Billy Kimball"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/billy-kimball"
fi1m_id: "billy-kimball"
imdb_id: "nm1269014"
tmdb_id: 1216617
wikidata_id: "Q2794120"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "8 July 1959"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 87
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-17T15:41:33.859899+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 Kimball

## Identity

Billy Kimball

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/billy-kimball
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** billy-kimball
- **IMDb ID:** nm1269014
- **TMDB ID:** 1216617
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2794120
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Kimball, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2794120, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1269014/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1216617

Writer. Born 8 July 1959 in Cutchogue, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 8 July 1959, Cutchogue, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1989–2012
- **Frequently works with:** [David Mandel](https://film.one/person/david-mandel.md), [Jennifer Crittenden](https://film.one/person/jennifer-crittenden.md), [Dan O'Keefe](https://film.one/person/dan-okeefe.md), [Greg Daniels](https://film.one/person/greg-daniels.md), [Ian Maxtone-Graham](https://film.one/person/ian-maxtone-graham.md), [Julia Louis-Dreyfus](https://film.one/person/julia-louis-dreyfus.md), [Matt Selman](https://film.one/person/matt-selman.md), [Max Pross](https://film.one/person/max-pross.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 87, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 89 (2), 2010s 82 (1)
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Animation 1, War & Politics 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Kimball, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2794120, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1269014/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1216617

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Seinfeld*](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md) (90)
- **Disney+:** [*The Simpsons*](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) (88)
- **HBO Max:** [*Veep*](https://film.one/tv/veep.md) (82)

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

## Biography

Billy Kimball is an American writer and producer. He was born on 8 July 1959 in Cutchogue, New York, and graduated from Harvard College in 1982, where he contributed to the Harvard Lampoon.

His television writing credits include nine episodes of *The Simpsons* (1989), mostly co-written with Ian Maxtone-Graham between 2007 and 2014, and a story credit on *Seinfeld* (1989) for the 1998 episode 'The Strongbox'. He has also written for *Veep* (2012), for which he received two Primetime Emmy Awards, a Writers Guild of America Award and a Peabody Award as co-executive producer and writer.

Other work includes co-writing the 2010 documentary *Waiting for 'Superman'*, serving as head writer for the 88th and 89th Academy Awards, and producing multiple Independent Spirit Awards.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, simpsonswiki.com, harvardwood.org.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Veep* (2012), Fi1m 82, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/veep.md)
- *Seinfeld* (1989), Fi1m 90, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md)
- *The Simpsons* (1989), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

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

- *Veep* (2012), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer, Supervising Producer, Consulting Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/veep.md)
- *Waiting for "Superman"* (2010), Writer
- *Dumb and Dumber* (1995), series, Writer
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, Writer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *Seinfeld* (1989), series, Writer — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.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-kimball