---
name: "Brian Kelley"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/brian-kelley"
fi1m_id: "brian-kelley"
imdb_id: "nm0445877"
tmdb_id: 1216620
wikidata_id: "Q2739702"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "18 April 1972"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-15T04:03:20.480039+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."
---

# Brian Kelley

## Identity

Brian Kelley

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/brian-kelley
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** brian-kelley
- **IMDb ID:** nm0445877
- **TMDB ID:** 1216620
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2739702
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Kelley_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2739702, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0445877/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1216620

Writer. Born 18 April 1972 in Connecticut, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 18 April 1972, Connecticut, USA
- **Active:** 1989–1999
- **Frequently works with:** [Bill Odenkirk](https://film.one/person/bill-odenkirk.md), [Carlos Baeza](https://film.one/person/carlos-baeza.md), [Dan Vebber](https://film.one/person/dan-vebber.md), [David X. Cohen](https://film.one/person/david-x-cohen.md), [Eric Horsted](https://film.one/person/eric-horsted.md), [Eric Kaplan](https://film.one/person/eric-kaplan.md), [Gregg Vanzo](https://film.one/person/gregg-vanzo.md), [Jeffrey Lynch](https://film.one/person/jeffrey-lynch.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 88 (1), 1990s 81 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brian_Kelley_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2739702, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0445877/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1216620

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Simpsons*](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) (88), [*Futurama*](https://film.one/tv/futurama.md) (81)

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

## Biography

Brian Kelley is an American television writer and producer, born on 18 April 1972 in Connecticut. He graduated with honours from Darien High School and attended Harvard University.

Kelley began his career writing for *Saturday Night Live* and *NewsRadio* in the mid-1990s. He has also written for *Futurama*, *Clerks: The Animated Series* and *Joey*. Since 2001 he has written more than twenty episodes of *The Simpsons* and worked in various producing roles on the series, including co-executive producer.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Futurama* (1999), Fi1m 81, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/futurama.md)
- *The Simpsons* (1989), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *Yellow Mirror* (2026), Co-Executive Producer
- *Simpsley* (2026), Co-Executive Producer
- *Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition* (2026), Co-Executive Producer
- *The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful* (2024), Co-Executive Producer
- *The Angry Birds Movie* (2016), Creative Consultant
- *Joey* (2004), series, Writer
- *The Michael Richards Show* (2000), series, Writer, Supervising Producer
- *Clerks* (2000), series, Writer
- *Futurama* (1999), series, Writer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/futurama.md)
- *NewsRadio* (1995), series, Writer
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, Writer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.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/brian-kelley