---
name: "Brad Copeland"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/brad-copeland"
fi1m_id: "brad-copeland"
imdb_id: "nm0178589"
tmdb_id: 68574
wikidata_id: "Q4953855"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "12 September 1975"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-07T14:19:13.710731+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."
---

# Brad Copeland

## Identity

Brad Copeland

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/brad-copeland
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** brad-copeland
- **IMDb ID:** nm0178589
- **TMDB ID:** 68574
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4953855
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Copeland, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4953855, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0178589/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/68574

Writer. Born 12 September 1975 in Orlando.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 12 September 1975, Orlando
- **Active:** 2003–2005
- **Frequently works with:** [Barbie Adler](https://film.one/person/barbie-adler.md), [Lev L. Spiro](https://film.one/person/lev-l-spiro.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Copeland, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4953855, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0178589/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/68574

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Arrested Development*](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md) (87)
- **Disney+:** [*My Name Is Earl*](https://film.one/tv/my-name-is-earl.md) (77)

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## Biography

Brad Copeland is an American television writer, producer and film director. He began his career in television with production staff work on *NewsRadio* in the late 1990s and writing for *Grounded for Life* (2001).

Copeland wrote episodes of and served as producer on *Arrested Development* (2003). He later wrote for *My Name Is Earl* (2005) and developed the American version of *The Inbetweeners* for MTV (2012), also working as writer and executive producer on *Life in Pieces* (2015). He received two Primetime Emmy nominations for his work on *Arrested Development*.

His feature screenwriting credits include *Wild Hogs* (2007), *Yogi Bear* (2010), *Ferdinand* (2017), *Spies in Disguise* (2019), *Flora & Ulysses* (2021) and *Jerry & Marge Go Large* (2022). He also wrote and directed the 2013 film *Coffee Town*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, variety.com, orlandosentinel.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *My Name Is Earl* (2005), Fi1m 77, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/my-name-is-earl.md)
- *Arrested Development* (2003), Fi1m 87, Writer, Producer, Co-Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *Jerry & Marge Go Large* (2022), Screenplay
- *Flora & Ulysses* (2021), Screenplay
- *Spies in Disguise* (2019), Screenplay
- *Ferdinand* (2017), Screenplay
- *Life in Pieces* (2015), series, Writer
- *Coffee Town* (2013), Director, Writer
- *The Inbetweeners* (2012), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *Yogi Bear* (2010), Writer
- *Wild Hogs* (2007), Screenplay
- *My Name Is Earl* (2005), series, Writer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/my-name-is-earl.md)
- *Arrested Development* (2003), series, Writer, Co-Producer, Producer — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md)
- *Grounded for Life* (2001), series, Writer
- *Flight of the Navigator*, Screenplay
- *Miss Nelson Is Missing*, Writer

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