---
name: "Jeff Westbrook"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jeff-westbrook"
fi1m_id: "jeff-westbrook"
imdb_id: "nm1399560"
tmdb_id: 1216636
wikidata_id: "Q6175252"
roles: ["Writer","Director"]
born: "1 January 1950"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-22T03:14:15.924092+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."
---

# Jeff Westbrook

## Identity

Jeff Westbrook

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jeff-westbrook
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jeff-westbrook
- **IMDb ID:** nm1399560
- **TMDB ID:** 1216636
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6175252
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Westbrook, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6175252, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1399560/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1216636

Writer and director. Born 1 January 1950.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1950
- **Active:** 1989–present
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 directing, 1 writing
- **Frequently works with:** [Al Jean](https://film.one/person/al-jean.md), [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 Castellaneta](https://film.one/person/dan-castellaneta.md), [Dan Vebber](https://film.one/person/dan-vebber.md), [David Silverman](https://film.one/person/david-silverman.md), [David X. Cohen](https://film.one/person/david-x-cohen.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 88 (1), 1990s 81 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_Westbrook, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6175252, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1399560/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1216636

## 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

Jeff Westbrook is an American television writer. Before entering television, he studied physics and the history of science at Harvard University and earned a PhD in computer science from Princeton University in 1989. He held academic and research positions, including at Yale University and AT&T Laboratories, before transitioning to writing for animation.

Westbrook wrote for *Futurama* (1999) and joined the staff of *The Simpsons* in 2005, where he has contributed numerous episodes as writer, teleplay writer and story writer. He has also written for series including *Life on a Stick* (2005) and *Tripping the Rift* (2004). He is a three-time winner of the Writers Guild of America Award for Animation.

He has received production credits on *The Simpsons* and served as executive producer on *Spitting Image* (2020).

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, paw.princeton.edu, simpsonswiki.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Directed (1)

- *Futurama* (1999), Fi1m 81, Writer, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/futurama.md)

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

- *The Simpsons* (1989), Fi1m 88, Story, Teleplay, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

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

- *Yellow Mirror* (2026), Co-Executive Producer
- *Simpsley* (2026), Co-Executive Producer
- *Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition* (2026), Co-Executive Producer
- *The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful* (2024), Co-Executive Producer
- *May the 12th Be with You* (2024), Writer
- *Maggie Simpson in "Rogue Not Quite One"* (2023), Writer
- *The Good, the Bart, and the Loki* (2021), Writer
- *Spitting Image* (2020), series, Executive Producer
- *Life on a Stick* (2005), series, Writer
- *Tripping the Rift* (2004), series, Writer
- *Futurama* (1999), series, Writer, Director — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/futurama.md)
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, Writer, Producer, Teleplay, Story — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

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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/jeff-westbrook