---
name: "Dan Vebber"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/dan-vebber"
fi1m_id: "dan-vebber"
imdb_id: "nm0891551"
tmdb_id: 1213081
wikidata_id: "Q5214529"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "7 August 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-24T05:42:10.552553+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 Vebber

## Identity

Dan Vebber

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/dan-vebber
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** dan-vebber
- **IMDb ID:** nm0891551
- **TMDB ID:** 1213081
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5214529
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Vebber, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5214529, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0891551/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1213081

Writer. Born 7 August 1970 in Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 7 August 1970, Whitefish Bay, Wisconsin, USA
- **Active:** 1989–2005
- **Frequently works with:** [Bill Odenkirk](https://film.one/person/bill-odenkirk.md), [Brian Kelley](https://film.one/person/brian-kelley.md), [Carlos Baeza](https://film.one/person/carlos-baeza.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:** 82, as writer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 88 (1), 1990s 81 (3)
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 4, Animation 3, Sci-Fi & Fantasy 2, Drama 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dan_Vebber, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5214529, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0891551/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1213081

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Simpsons*](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) (88), [*Futurama*](https://film.one/tv/futurama.md) (81), [*Buffy the Vampire Slayer*](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md) (80)
- **Paramount+:** [*Daria*](https://film.one/tv/daria.md) (81)

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

## Biography

Dan Vebber is an American television writer. He wrote two episodes of *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* in 1998 and 1999, "Lovers Walk" and "The Zeppo". His other credits include episodes of *Daria*, *Space Ghost Coast to Coast*, *Futurama*, *American Dad!* and *The Simpsons*, where he has also served as co-executive producer.

Vebber graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1992, where he wrote for and contributed cartoons to *The Daily Cardinal*. He later worked as a writer and editor for *The Onion* in the early 1990s. He has won multiple Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Animated Program.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, simpsons.fandom.com, buffy.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Futurama* (1999), Fi1m 81, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/futurama.md)
- *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (1997), Fi1m 80, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md)
- *Daria* (1997), Fi1m 81, Screenplay, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/daria.md)
- *The Simpsons* (1989), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

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
- *Maggie Simpson in "Rogue Not Quite One"* (2023), Producer, Writer
- *The Simpsons in Plusaversary* (2021), Writer
- *Bordertown* (2016), series, Executive Producer, Writer
- *Napoleon Dynamite* (2012), series, Writer
- *American Dad!* (2005), series, Writer, Producer
- *Futurama* (1999), series, as Norwegian seed guard (voice) · Writer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/futurama.md)
- *Buffy the Vampire Slayer* (1997), series, Writer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/buffy-the-vampire-slayer.md)
- *Daria* (1997), series, Writer, Screenplay — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/daria.md)
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, Writer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

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