---
name: "Eric Horsted"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/eric-horsted"
fi1m_id: "eric-horsted"
imdb_id: "nm0395489"
tmdb_id: 1215618
wikidata_id: "Q4500198"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "27 March 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:32:08.981905+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."
---

# Eric Horsted

## Identity

Eric Horsted

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/eric-horsted
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** eric-horsted
- **IMDb ID:** nm0395489
- **TMDB ID:** 1215618
- **Wikidata ID:** Q4500198
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Horsted, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4500198, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0395489/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1215618

Writer. Born 27 March 1965 in Houston, Texas, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 27 March 1965, Houston, Texas, USA
- **Active:** 1989–1999
- **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), [Dan Vebber](https://film.one/person/dan-vebber.md), [David X. Cohen](https://film.one/person/david-x-cohen.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:** 84, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 88 (1), 1990s 81 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eric_Horsted, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q4500198, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0395489/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1215618

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Simpsons*](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) (88), [*Futurama*](https://film.one/tv/futurama.md) (81)

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

## Biography

Eric Horsted is an American television writer and producer. Born on 27 March 1965 in Houston, Texas, he is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin.

He has written for live-action series including *Home Improvement*, *Coach*, *Reba* and *black-ish*, and for animated series including *Futurama*, *The Simpsons* and *Disenchantment*. He has also worked as a producer on several of these programmes.

Horsted has received two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Animated Program for his work on *Futurama*.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Futurama* (1999), Fi1m 81, Producer, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/futurama.md)
- *The Simpsons* (1989), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *Disenchantment* (2018), series, Co-Executive Producer, Writer
- *black-ish* (2014), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer
- *Fanboy and Chum Chum* (2009), series, Writer
- *Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder* (2009), Consulting Producer
- *Futurama: Bender's Game* (2008), Story, Screenplay, Co-Executive Producer
- *The Knights of Prosperity* (2007), series, Writer
- *The Boondocks* (2005), series, Consulting Producer
- *The Mullets* (2003), series, Writer
- *Baby Bob* (2002), series, Writer
- *Reba* (2001), series, Writer
- *Futurama* (1999), series, Producer, Writer, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/futurama.md)
- *Home Improvement* (1991), series, Writer
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, Writer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *Coach* (1989), series, Writer

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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/eric-horsted