---
name: "George Meyer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/george-meyer"
fi1m_id: "george-meyer"
imdb_id: "nm0583127"
tmdb_id: 1216631
wikidata_id: "Q3101773"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1956"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-01T20:02:52.375009+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."
---

# George Meyer

## Identity

George Meyer

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/george-meyer
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** george-meyer
- **IMDb ID:** nm0583127
- **TMDB ID:** 1216631
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3101773
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Meyer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3101773, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0583127/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1216631

Writer. Born 1 January 1956 in Pennsylvania.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1956, Pennsylvania
- **Active:** 1989–2007
- **Frequently works with:** [Al Jean](https://film.one/person/al-jean.md), [Dan Castellaneta](https://film.one/person/dan-castellaneta.md), [David Mirkin](https://film.one/person/david-mirkin.md), [David Silverman](https://film.one/person/david-silverman.md), [Hank Azaria](https://film.one/person/hank-azaria.md), [Ian Maxtone-Graham](https://film.one/person/ian-maxtone-graham.md), [James L. Brooks](https://film.one/person/james-l-brooks.md), [John Swartzwelder](https://film.one/person/john-swartzwelder.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 88 (1), 2000s 70 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Meyer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3101773, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0583127/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1216631

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Simpsons*](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) (88), [*The Simpsons Movie*](https://film.one/film/the-simpsons-movie.md) (70)

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

## Biography

George Meyer is an American writer and producer. Born in Pennsylvania in 1956, he grew up in Tucson, Arizona. He graduated from Harvard University in 1978 with a degree in biochemistry, having served as president of the Harvard Lampoon.

After early writing work on series including *Late Night with David Letterman* and *Saturday Night Live*, Meyer joined the staff of *The Simpsons* in 1989. He has been credited as a writer on twelve episodes and as a producer, and co-wrote the screenplay for *The Simpsons Movie* (2007). He has won seven Primetime Emmy Awards.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Simpsons Movie* (2007), Fi1m 70, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/the-simpsons-movie.md)
- *The Simpsons* (1989), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

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

- *The Simpsons Movie* (2007), Screenplay — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-simpsons-movie.md)
- *I ♥ Huckabees* (2004), as Formal Couple
- *Saturday Night Live: The Best of Phil Hartman* (1998), Writer
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, Writer, Producer, Co-Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *Vanishing America* (1985), 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/george-meyer