---
name: "Brett Baer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/brett-baer"
fi1m_id: "brett-baer"
imdb_id: "nm0046329"
tmdb_id: 1222786
wikidata_id: "Q500817"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 5
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-22T01:36:25.980752+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."
---

# Brett Baer

## Identity

Brett Baer

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/brett-baer
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** brett-baer
- **IMDb ID:** nm0046329
- **TMDB ID:** 1222786
- **Wikidata ID:** Q500817
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Baer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q500817, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0046329/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1222786

Writer and producer. Born in Deerfield, Illinois.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Active:** 1983–present
- **Also known as:** Bret Baer
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 5: 1 acting, 4 writing
- **Frequently works with:** [Dave Finkel](https://film.one/person/dave-finkel.md), [Alex Cuthbertson](https://film.one/person/alex-cuthbertson.md), [Erin O'Malley](https://film.one/person/erin-omalley.md), [Jason Winer](https://film.one/person/jason-winer.md), [Kay Cannon](https://film.one/person/kay-cannon.md), [Matt Fusfeld](https://film.one/person/matt-fusfeld.md), [Nina Pedrad](https://film.one/person/nina-pedrad.md), [Trent O'Donnell](https://film.one/person/trent-odonnell.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as writer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 81 (1), 2000s 86 (1), 2010s 80 (1), 2020s 62 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 73 to 69 across 4 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Crime 1, Drama 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brett_Baer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q500817, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0046329/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1222786

## Streaming the US now

- **Apple TV:** [*Bad Sisters*](https://film.one/tv/bad-sisters.md) (78), [*Brothers*](https://film.one/tv/brothers.md) (47)
- **Hulu:** [*30 Rock*](https://film.one/tv/30-rock.md) (86)
- **Disney+:** [*New Girl*](https://film.one/tv/new-girl.md) (80)

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

## Biography

Brett Baer is an American television writer and producer. He has frequently collaborated with writing partner Dave Finkel. Baer grew up in Deerfield, Illinois, and studied at the USC School of Cinematic Arts.

His credits include writing episodes of *30 Rock* (2006), *New Girl* (2011–2018), *United States of Tara* (2009), *Just Shoot Me!* (1997) and *Bad Sisters* (2022). He has also worked as a producer on several of these series and contributed to animated programmes such as *Pinky and the Brain* (1995) and *Duckman* (1994).

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

## On Fi1m (5)

### Performed in (1)

- *Risky Business* (1983), Fi1m 81, as Howie Rifkin — [page](https://film.one/film/risky-business.md)

### Wrote (4) — the average rests on these

- *Brothers* (2026), Fi1m 47, Writer, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/brothers.md)
- *Bad Sisters* (2022), Fi1m 78, Executive Producer, Teleplay, Creator — [page](https://film.one/tv/bad-sisters.md)
- *New Girl* (2011), Fi1m 80, Story, Teleplay, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/new-girl.md)
- *30 Rock* (2006), Fi1m 86, Writer, Co-Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/30-rock.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *Bad Sisters* (2022), series, Teleplay, Executive Producer, Creator — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/bad-sisters.md)
- *New Girl* (2011), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Teleplay, Story — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/new-girl.md)
- *United States of Tara* (2009), series, Writer
- *30 Rock* (2006), series, as Guy at Bar · Writer, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/30-rock.md)
- *Center of the Universe* (2004), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer
- *Joey* (2004), series, Co-Executive Producer
- *George Lopez* (2002), series, Producer
- *Just Shoot Me!* (1997), series, Teleplay, Writer
- *Pinky and the Brain* (1995), series, Writer
- *Duckman* (1994), series, Writer
- *Risky Business* (1983), as Howie Rifkin — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/risky-business.md)

## Gallery

- ![Brett Baer](https://film.one/media/person/101675/gallery-87b3a851ce59.jpg) Brett Baer — Genevieve719, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Brett_Baer_at_Paleyfest_2012.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Dave Finkel, Brett Baer, Elizabeth Meriwether, Zooey Deschanel, Jake Johnson, Max Greenfield, Lamorne Morris, Hannah Simone, Jake Kasdan, Katherine Pope (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/101675/gallery-0e10375c3559.jpg) Dave Finkel, Brett Baer, Elizabeth Meriwether, Zooey Deschanel, Jake Johnson, Max Greenfield, Lamorne Morris, Hannah Simone, Jake Kasdan, Katherine Pope (2012) — Genevieve, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8d/Flickr_-_Genevieve719_-_Dave_Finkel%2C_Brett_Baer%2C_Elizabeth_Meriwether%2C_Zooey_Deschanel%2C_Jake_Johnson%2C_Max_Greenfield%2C_Lamorne_Morris%2C_Hannah_Simone%2C_Jake_Kasdan%2C_Katherine_Pope.jpg/1280px-thumbnail.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![The cast is fascinated by the big screen. (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/101675/gallery-2cab7f4e4a22.jpg) The cast is fascinated by the big screen. (2012) — Genevieve, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/57/Flickr_-_Genevieve719_-_Dave_Finkel%2C_Brett_Baer%2C_Elizabeth_Meriwether%2C_Zooey_Deschanel%2C_Jake_Johnson%2C_Max_Greenfield%2C_Lamorne_Morris.jpg/1280px-Flickr_-_Genevieve719_-_Dave_Finkel%2C_Brett_Baer%2C_Elizabeth_Meriwether%2C_Zooey_Deschanel%2C_Jake_Johnson%2C_Max_Greenfield%2C_Lamorne_Morris.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Dave Finkel, Brett Baer, Elizabeth Meriwether, Zooey Deschanel, Jake Johnson, Max Greenfield (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/101675/gallery-4440ebf1f709.jpg) Dave Finkel, Brett Baer, Elizabeth Meriwether, Zooey Deschanel, Jake Johnson, Max Greenfield (2012) — Genevieve, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/54/Flickr_-_Genevieve719_-_Dave_Finkel%2C_Brett_Baer%2C_Elizabeth_Meriwether%2C_Zooey_Deschanel%2C_Jake_Johnson%2C_Max_Greenfield.jpg/1280px-Flickr_-_Genevieve719_-_Dave_Finkel%2C_Brett_Baer%2C_Elizabeth_Meriwether%2C_Zooey_Deschanel%2C_Jake_Johnson%2C_Max_Greenfield.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Dave Finkel, Brett Baer, Elizabeth Meriwether, Zooey Deschanel (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/101675/gallery-977039a45965.jpg) Dave Finkel, Brett Baer, Elizabeth Meriwether, Zooey Deschanel (2012) — Genevieve, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2a/Flickr_-_Genevieve719_-_Dave_Finkel%2C_Brett_Baer%2C_Elizabeth_Meriwether%2C_Zooey_Deschanel.jpg/1280px-Flickr_-_Genevieve719_-_Dave_Finkel%2C_Brett_Baer%2C_Elizabeth_Meriwether%2C_Zooey_Deschanel.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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