---
name: "Jake Bender"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jake-bender"
fi1m_id: "jake-bender"
imdb_id: "nm11520576"
tmdb_id: 2585288
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T00:21:14.576272+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."
---

# Jake Bender

## Identity

Jake Bender

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jake-bender
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jake-bender
- **IMDb ID:** nm11520576
- **TMDB ID:** 2585288
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11520576/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2585288

Writer and producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Active:** 2024–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 writing, 1 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Jonathan Krisel](https://film.one/person/jonathan-krisel.md), [Zach Dunn](https://film.one/person/zach-dunn.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm11520576/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2585288

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*English Teacher*](https://film.one/tv/english-teacher.md) (73)

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

## Biography

Jake Bender is a television writer and producer. He has written episodes of the FX series *What We Do in the Shadows* (2020–2024), *Bless the Harts* (2020–2021) and *English Teacher* (2024–2025). He is also credited as a writer on the series *Adults* (2026).

Bender frequently collaborates with Zach Dunn. The pair received Emmy and Writers Guild of America Award nominations for their work on *What We Do in the Shadows*, including the episode "Pride Parade". Bender has also served as a producer on *What We Do in the Shadows*, *Fallout* (2024) and *English Teacher*.

*Sources: imdb.com, fxnetworks.com, televisionacademy.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Wrote (1) — the average rests on these

- *English Teacher* (2024), Fi1m 73, Executive Producer, Writer, Co-Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/english-teacher.md)

### Produced (1)

- *Fallout* (2024), Fi1m 80, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/fallout.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

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

- *Adults* (2025), series, Writer, Consulting Producer
- *English Teacher* (2024), series, Co-Executive Producer, Writer, Executive Producer — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/tv/english-teacher.md)
- *Fallout* (2024), series, Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/fallout.md)
- *Bless the Harts* (2019), series, Writer
- *What We Do in the Shadows* (2019), series, Writer, Executive Story Editor, Co-Producer, Producer, Staff Writer, Supervising Producer

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