---
name: "David M. Stern"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-m-stern"
fi1m_id: "david-m-stern"
imdb_id: "nm0827671"
tmdb_id: 1216624
wikidata_id: "Q2325344"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "13 December 1958"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 85
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:31:58.329258+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 M. Stern

## Identity

David M. Stern

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-m-stern
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-m-stern
- **IMDb ID:** nm0827671
- **TMDB ID:** 1216624
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2325344
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_M._Stern, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2325344, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0827671/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1216624

Writer. Born 13 December 1958 in United States.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 13 December 1958, United States
- **Active:** 1988–1989
- **Frequently works with:** [David Chambers](https://film.one/person/david-chambers-1223651.md), [Max Pross](https://film.one/person/max-pross.md), [Tom Gammill](https://film.one/person/tom-gammill.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 85, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_M._Stern, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2325344, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0827671/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1216624

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Simpsons*](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) (88), [*The Wonder Years*](https://film.one/tv/the-wonder-years.md) (82)

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

## Biography

David M. Stern is an American television screenwriter. He is the younger brother of actor Daniel Stern.

His early television work included writing episodes of *The Wonder Years* in the late 1980s, where he served as executive story consultant. He later joined the writing staff of *The Simpsons*, contributing episodes such as "Bart Gets an F" (1990), "Homer Alone" (1992) and "Selma's Choice" (1993), and worked as a producer and creative consultant on the series. His final writing credit for the show was the 2017 episode "Kamp Krustier". In 2010, he developed the animated series *Ugly Americans*.

Stern has also written for *Monk* and *Oliver Beene*, and received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for his work on *The Wonder Years* and *The Simpsons*.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Simpsons* (1989), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *The Wonder Years* (1988), Fi1m 82, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-wonder-years.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

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

- *Ugly Americans* (2010), series, Producer, Writer, Creator
- *Oliver Beene* (2003), series, Writer
- *Monk* (2002), series, Writer, Producer
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, Writer, Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *The Wonder Years* (1988), series, Writer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-wonder-years.md)

## Gallery

- ![David M. Stern](https://film.one/media/person/61941/gallery-d6672021954f.jpg) David M. Stern — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/David_M._Stern_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-David_M._Stern_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![The Simpsons writing staff photo, c. 1992. (L to R) (back row) Mike Mendel, Colin ABV Lewis (partial), Jeff Goldstein, Al Jean (partial), Conan O'Brien, Bill Oa](https://film.one/media/person/61941/gallery-4d66aae5019d.jpg) The Simpsons writing staff photo, c. 1992. (L to R) (back row) Mike Mendel, Colin ABV Lewis (partial), Jeff Goldstein, Al Jean (partial), Conan O'Brien, Bill Oa — Bill Oakley, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/24/Simpsons_writers2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![David M. Stern visiting with friends in Ithaca, New York in Feb. 2016](https://film.one/media/person/61941/gallery-1f6e49bf68ad.jpg) David M. Stern visiting with friends in Ithaca, New York in Feb. 2016 — Jheiland111, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/47/Stern_in_Ithaca%2C_New_York_in_Feb._2016.jpg/1280px-Stern_in_Ithaca%2C_New_York_in_Feb._2016.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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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/david-m-stern