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name: "Ian Maxtone-Graham"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/ian-maxtone-graham"
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imdb_id: "nm0561631"
tmdb_id: 1216632
wikidata_id: "Q3106628"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "3 July 1959"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-01T20:02:52.367785+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."
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# Ian Maxtone-Graham

## Identity

Ian Maxtone-Graham

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ian-maxtone-graham
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** ian-maxtone-graham
- **IMDb ID:** nm0561631
- **TMDB ID:** 1216632
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3106628
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Maxtone-Graham, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3106628, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0561631/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1216632

Writer. Born 3 July 1959 in New York City, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 3 July 1959, New York City, New York, USA
- **Active:** 1989–2012
- **Frequently works with:** [Al Jean](https://film.one/person/al-jean.md), [Billy Kimball](https://film.one/person/billy-kimball.md), [Dan Castellaneta](https://film.one/person/dan-castellaneta.md), [David Mandel](https://film.one/person/david-mandel.md), [David Mirkin](https://film.one/person/david-mirkin.md), [David Silverman](https://film.one/person/david-silverman.md), [George Meyer](https://film.one/person/george-meyer.md), [Hank Azaria](https://film.one/person/hank-azaria.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 80, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 88 (1), 2000s 70 (1), 2010s 82 (1)
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 1 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Animation 2, Family 1, War & Politics 1
- **Screen time:** 1 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $527m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Maxtone-Graham, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3106628, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0561631/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1216632

## 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)
- **HBO Max:** [*Veep*](https://film.one/tv/veep.md) (82)

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

## Biography

Ian Maxtone-Graham is an American television writer and producer. Born on 3 July 1959 in New York City, he is the son of maritime historian John Maxtone-Graham and great-nephew of writer Jan Struther. He attended Trinity School and Brown University.

He wrote for *Saturday Night Live* from 1992 to 1995, co-writing sketches including Adam Sandler's "The Chanukah Song". Maxtone-Graham joined *The Simpsons* in 1995 as a writer and producer, later serving as co-executive producer and consulting producer through the twenty-fourth season. He wrote or co-wrote numerous episodes, including the 200th episode "Trash of the Titans", and co-wrote the screenplay for *The Simpsons Movie* (2007). He has also written for *Veep* and contributed to *Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe* (2022).

Maxtone-Graham has received multiple Primetime Emmy Awards for his work on *The Simpsons*.

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

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Veep* (2012), Fi1m 82, Co-Executive Producer, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/veep.md)
- *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 (9)

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

- *Outcome* (2026), Thanks
- *Dad's Journal* (2023), Associate Producer
- *Beavis and Butt-Head Do the Universe* (2022), Story
- *Veep* (2012), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/veep.md)
- *The Cleveland Show* (2009), series, Director
- *The Simpsons Movie* (2007), Screenplay — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-simpsons-movie.md)
- *The Hot Chick* (2002), Co-Producer
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, Writer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *Obie and the Specter*, Executive Producer

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