---
name: "David Isaacs"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-isaacs"
fi1m_id: "david-isaacs"
imdb_id: "nm0410539"
tmdb_id: 1213771
wikidata_id: "Q3018136"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "26 October 1949"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 87
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-17T14:45:29.012669+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."
---

# David Isaacs

## Identity

David Isaacs

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-isaacs
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-isaacs
- **IMDb ID:** nm0410539
- **TMDB ID:** 1213771
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3018136
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Isaacs_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3018136, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0410539/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1213771

Writer. Born 26 October 1949 in New York City.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 26 October 1949, New York City
- **Active:** 1972–1993
- **Frequently works with:** [Ken Levine](https://film.one/person/ken-levine.md), [David Pollock](https://film.one/person/david-pollock.md), [Elias Davis](https://film.one/person/elias-davis.md), [Andy Ackerman](https://film.one/person/andy-ackerman.md), [Brian Pollack](https://film.one/person/brian-pollack.md), [Chris Cluess](https://film.one/person/chris-cluess.md), [Dan O'Shannon](https://film.one/person/dan-oshannon.md), [David Angell](https://film.one/person/david-angell.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 87, as writer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1970s 85 (1), 1980s 88 (2), 1990s 88 (1)
- **Score spread:** 4 at 80+, 0 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 4, Animation 1, Drama 1, Family 1, War & Politics 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Isaacs_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3018136, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0410539/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1213771

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Simpsons*](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) (88), [*M*A*S*H*](https://film.one/tv/m-a-s-h-1972.md) (85)
- **Hulu:** [*Frasier*](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md) (88)
- **Apple TV:** [*Cheers*](https://film.one/tv/cheers.md) (88)

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

## Biography

David Isaacs is an American screenwriter and television producer. He has written for numerous sitcoms, often in collaboration with Ken Levine.

His credits include episodes of *M*A*S*H* (1970s), *Cheers* (1980s–1990s), its spin-off *Frasier* (from 1993), and two early episodes of *The Simpsons* (1990–1991). He later served as a consulting producer and writer on *Mad Men* for its second season, for which he shared a Writers Guild of America Award for Best Dramatic Series in 2009. Isaacs has received Emmy nominations and one win for his work on *Cheers*.

He is a professor and chair of the writing division at the University of Southern California, where he teaches comedy and screenwriting.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Frasier* (1993), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)
- *The Simpsons* (1989), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *Cheers* (1982), Fi1m 88, Writer, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/cheers.md)
- *M*A*S*H* (1972), Fi1m 85, Teleplay, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/m-a-s-h-1972.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *It's All Relative* (2003), series, Writer
- *Bram & Alice* (2002), series, Writer
- *Becker* (1998), series, Writer
- *UFC 10: The Tournament* (1996), Executive Producer
- *Almost Perfect* (1995), series, Producer, Writer, Creator
- *Frasier* (1993), series, Writer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)
- *Big Wave Dave's* (1993), series, Writer, Creator
- *Mannequin Two: On the Move* (1991), Writer
- *Wings* (1990), series, Writer
- *The Marshall Chronicles* (1990), series, Writer
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, Writer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *Mary* (1985), series, Writer, Creator
- *Volunteers* (1985), Screenplay
- *AfterMASH* (1983), series, Writer
- *Cheers* (1982), series, Writer, Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/cheers.md)
- *Open All Night* (1981), series, Writer
- *The Tony Randall Show* (1976), series, Writer
- *The Jeffersons* (1975), series, Writer
- *M*A*S*H* (1972), series, Writer, Teleplay — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/tv/m-a-s-h-1972.md)

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