---
name: "Dave Flebotte"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-flebotte"
fi1m_id: "david-flebotte"
imdb_id: "nm0281366"
tmdb_id: 1215069
wikidata_id: "Q115650530"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "12 October 1959"
died: "8 July 2025"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-24T04:31:46.093301+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."
---

# Dave Flebotte

## Identity

Dave Flebotte

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-flebotte
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-flebotte
- **IMDb ID:** nm0281366
- **TMDB ID:** 1215069
- **Wikidata ID:** Q115650530
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115650530, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0281366/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1215069

Writer. Born 12 October 1959 in Hanson, Massachusetts, U.S.. Died 8 July 2025.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 12 October 1959, Hanson, Massachusetts, U.S.
- **Died:** 8 July 2025
- **Active:** 1999–2022
- **Also known as:** David Flebotte
- **Frequently works with:** [Allen Coulter](https://film.one/person/allen-coulter.md), [Terence Winter](https://film.one/person/terence-winter.md), [Alan Taylor](https://film.one/person/alan-taylor.md), [Andrew Schneider](https://film.one/person/andrew-schneider.md), [Bathsheba Doran](https://film.one/person/bathsheba-doran.md), [Dan Attias](https://film.one/person/dan-attias.md), [Diane Frolov](https://film.one/person/diane-frolov.md), [James Hayman](https://film.one/person/james-hayman.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as writer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 94 (1), 2000s 78 (1), 2010s 77 (2)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 83 to 80 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Drama 4, Crime 2, Comedy 1, Mystery 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q115650530, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0281366/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1215069

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Sopranos*](https://film.one/tv/the-sopranos.md) (94), [*Boardwalk Empire*](https://film.one/tv/boardwalk-empire.md) (80)
- **Disney+:** [*Desperate Housewives*](https://film.one/tv/desperate-housewives.md) (78)

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## Biography

David Flebotte was an American television writer and producer. He was born in Hanson, Massachusetts, and studied at Emerson College. He began his career writing for sitcoms in the 1990s, including story editor and writer roles on *The 5 Mrs. Buchanans* and *Ellen*.

Flebotte contributed teleplays and scripts to series including *The Sopranos* (2002), *Will & Grace*, *The Bernie Mac Show*, *8 Simple Rules*, *Desperate Housewives* and *Boardwalk Empire*. He created the series *Sherri* (2009) and co-created *I'm Dying Up Here* (2017). He also wrote the film *Just Before I Go* (2015). Flebotte received a Primetime Emmy nomination for *The PJs* (1999) and Writers Guild of America nominations for *Boardwalk Empire*.

His later credits included writing and producing on *Masters of Sex* and *Tulsa King* (2022–2024). Flebotte died on 8 July 2025 in Missoula, Montana.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, sopranos.fandom.com, tvmaze.com, thewrap.com.*

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Masters of Sex* (2013), Fi1m 74, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/masters-of-sex.md)
- *Boardwalk Empire* (2010), Fi1m 80, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/boardwalk-empire.md)
- *Desperate Housewives* (2004), Fi1m 78, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/desperate-housewives.md)
- *The Sopranos* (1999), Fi1m 94, Teleplay — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sopranos.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

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

- *Tulsa King* (2022), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer
- *I'm Dying Up Here* (2017), series, Creator
- *Just Before I Go* (2015), Writer
- *Masters of Sex* (2013), series, Writer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/masters-of-sex.md)
- *Boardwalk Empire* (2010), series, Writer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/boardwalk-empire.md)
- *Sherri* (2009), series, Writer, Producer
- *Desperate Housewives* (2004), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer, Consulting Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/desperate-housewives.md)
- *8 Simple Rules* (2002), series, Writer
- *The Bernie Mac Show* (2001), series, Writer
- *The Sopranos* (1999), series, Teleplay — Fi1m 94, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-sopranos.md)
- *The PJs* (1999), series, Producer, Writer
- *Will & Grace* (1998), series, Writer
- *Hitz* (1997), series, Writer
- *Suddenly Susan* (1996), series, Writer
- *The 5 Mrs. Buchanans* (1994), series, Writer
- *Ellen* (1994), series, Producer, Writer

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