---
name: "Dan O'Keefe"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dan-okeefe"
fi1m_id: "dan-okeefe"
imdb_id: "nm0641451"
tmdb_id: 1223846
wikidata_id: "Q16200635"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1968"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 85
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-24T09:12:57.894709+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."
---

# Dan O'Keefe

## Identity

Dan O'Keefe

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dan-okeefe
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dan-okeefe
- **IMDb ID:** nm0641451
- **TMDB ID:** 1223846
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16200635
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_O%27Keefe_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16200635, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0641451/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1223846

Writer. Born 1 January 1968.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1968
- **Active:** 1989–2014
- **Also known as:** Dan O'Keeffe, Daniel O'Keefe
- **Frequently works with:** [Alec Berg](https://film.one/person/alec-berg.md), [Billy Kimball](https://film.one/person/billy-kimball.md), [David Mandel](https://film.one/person/david-mandel.md), [Jeff Schaffer](https://film.one/person/jeff-schaffer.md), [Jennifer Crittenden](https://film.one/person/jennifer-crittenden.md), [Julia Louis-Dreyfus](https://film.one/person/julia-louis-dreyfus.md), [Lewis Morton](https://film.one/person/lew-morton.md), [Steve Koren](https://film.one/person/steve-koren.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 85, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 90 (1), 2010s 82 (2)
- **Score spread:** 3 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, War & Politics 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_O%27Keefe_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16200635, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0641451/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1223846

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Silicon Valley*](https://film.one/tv/silicon-valley.md) (82), [*Veep*](https://film.one/tv/veep.md) (82)
- **Netflix:** [*Seinfeld*](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md) (90)

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

## Biography

Dan O'Keefe is an American television writer and producer. He graduated from Harvard University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1990 and began his career as a staff writer on *The Tonight Show with Jay Leno*.

He joined the writing staff of *Seinfeld* for its eighth and ninth seasons (1997–1998). Among his contributions was co-writing the story for the 1997 episode 'The Strike', which popularised the holiday Festivus; the tradition had been created by his father.

O'Keefe has written for *The Drew Carey Show* (1998–2004), *The League* (2009–2015), *Silicon Valley* (2014–2017) and *Veep* (2019). He also wrote for *Kickin' It* and *Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head*, and published the book *The Real Festivus* in 2005. He is the brother of composer Laurence O'Keefe.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Silicon Valley* (2014), Fi1m 82, Writer, Co-Executive Producer, Consulting Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/silicon-valley.md)
- *Veep* (2012), Fi1m 82, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/veep.md)
- *Seinfeld* (1989), Fi1m 90, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md)

## Complete filmography (9)

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

- *Mike Judge's Beavis and Butt-Head* (2022), series, Writer
- *Space Force* (2020), series, Consulting Producer
- *Brews Brothers* (2020), series, Consulting Producer
- *Silicon Valley* (2014), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer, Consulting Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/silicon-valley.md)
- *Veep* (2012), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/veep.md)
- *Kickin' It* (2011), series, Writer
- *The League* (2009), series, Writer
- *Listen Up!* (2004), series, Consulting Producer
- *Seinfeld* (1989), series, Writer — Fi1m 90, [page](https://film.one/tv/seinfeld.md)

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