---
name: "Janis Hirsch"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/janis-hirsch"
fi1m_id: "janis-hirsch"
imdb_id: "nm0386488"
tmdb_id: 1234060
wikidata_id: "Q47382809"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "1 January 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:39:34.792492+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."
---

# Janis Hirsch

## Identity

Janis Hirsch

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/janis-hirsch
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** janis-hirsch
- **IMDb ID:** nm0386488
- **TMDB ID:** 1234060
- **Wikidata ID:** Q47382809
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janis_Hirsch, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47382809, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0386488/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1234060

Producer. Born 1 January 1950 in Trenton.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1950, Trenton
- **Active:** 1993–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 writing, 1 producing
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 88 (1), 2020s 83 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Janis_Hirsch, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47382809, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0386488/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1234060

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Frasier*](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md) (88)

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

## Biography

Janis Hirsch is an American television writer and producer. Born in 1950 in Trenton, New Jersey, she graduated from Rollins College in Florida. She began her career in New York working for the National Lampoon Show and magazine before moving to Los Angeles, where she started writing for television with Square Pegs in the early 1980s.

Hirsch has written episodes of and held producing roles on series including *The Nanny* (1994–1995), *Murphy Brown* (1997–1998), *Frasier* (1998–1999, supervising producer and writer), *Will & Grace* (co-executive producer), *My Wife and Kids*, *8 Simple Rules* and *Hacks* (2021, consulting producer). She received a Primetime Emmy nomination for her work on *Frasier*.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

### Wrote (1)

- *Frasier* (1993), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)

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

- *Hacks* (2021), Fi1m 83, Consulting Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/hacks.md)

## Complete filmography (7)

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

- *Hacks* (2021), series, Consulting Producer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/hacks.md)
- *8 Simple Rules* (2002), series, Writer
- *Will & Grace* (1998), series, Co-Executive Producer, Writer
- *The Nanny* (1993), series, Writer
- *Frasier* (1993), series, Writer, Supervising Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)
- *Stranded* (1986), Writer
- *It's Garry Shandling's Show* (1986), series, Writer, Story

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