--- name: "Jeffrey Bell" canonical: "https://film.one/person/jeffrey-bell" fi1m_id: "jeffrey-bell" imdb_id: "nm0068272" tmdb_id: 1236075 wikidata_id: "Q3176684" roles: ["Writer","Director"] born: "1 January 1953" reviewed_on_fi1m: 3 average_fi1m_score: 74 average_as: "writer" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-23T11:22:52.089744+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." --- # Jeffrey Bell ## Identity Jeffrey Bell - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jeffrey-bell - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** jeffrey-bell - **IMDb ID:** nm0068272 - **TMDB ID:** 1236075 - **Wikidata ID:** Q3176684 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Bell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3176684, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0068272/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1236075 Writer and director. Born 1 January 1953 in Indiana. ## Details - **Work:** Writer, Director - **Born:** 1 January 1953, Indiana - **Active:** 1993–2010 - **Also known as:** Jeffrey Jackson Bell - **Titles on Fi1m:** 3: 1 directing, 2 writing - **Frequently works with:** [Daniel Arkin](https://film.one/person/daniel-arkin.md), [Kevin Hooks](https://film.one/person/kevin-hooks.md), [Thomas J. Wright](https://film.one/person/thomas-j-wright.md), [Tucker Gates](https://film.one/person/tucker-gates.md) - **Average Fi1m score:** 74, as writer, over 2 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 84 (1), 2000s 74 (1), 2010s 63 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Bell, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3176684, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0068272/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1236075 ## Streaming the US now - **Disney+:** [*The X-Files*](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md) (84), [*Alias*](https://film.one/tv/alias.md) (74) - **Apple TV:** [*Spartacus*](https://film.one/tv/spartacus-2010.md) (63) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Jeffrey Bell, also credited as Jeffrey Jackson Bell, is an American television writer and producer. He began his career writing for three seasons of *The X-Files* (1993). Bell joined *Angel* (1999) as a writer, director and producer, serving as showrunner for its final two seasons. He later worked as a writer and producer on series including *Alias* (2001), *Day Break* (2006), *Harper's Island* (2009) and *Spartacus* (2010). From 2013 to 2020 he was co-showrunner and writer on *Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.* (2013). Bell studied at the University of Cincinnati and received an MFA from the UCLA School of Theater, Film and Television in 1990. He is a visiting assistant professor in the UCLA Producers Program. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (3) ### Directed (1) - *Alias* (2001), Fi1m 74, Director, Writer, Co-Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/alias.md) ### Wrote (2) — the average rests on these - *Spartacus* (2010), Fi1m 63, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/spartacus-2010.md) - *The X-Files* (1993), Fi1m 84, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md) ## Complete filmography (10) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Fund the Bat* (2020), Director - *Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.: Slingshot* (2016), series, Executive Producer - *Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.* (2013), series, Writer, Executive Producer - *The Protector* (2011), series, Executive Producer, Creator - *Spartacus* (2010), series, Writer — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/spartacus-2010.md) - *Harper's Island* (2009), series, Writer - *Alias* (2001), series, Co-Executive Producer, Executive Producer, Director, Writer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/alias.md) - *Angel* (1999), series, Writer, Director - *Radio Inside* (1994), Director, Writer - *The X-Files* (1993), series, Writer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-x-files.md) ## Gallery - ![Jeffrey Bell](https://film.one/media/person/62764/gallery-230df6e76fc5.jpg) Jeffrey Bell — Tabercil, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/Jeffrey_Bell_at_PaleyFest_2014.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Jeffrey Bell, Luke Mitchell, Henry Simmons, Elizabeth Henstridge, Ming-Na Wen, Brett Dalton, Chloe Bennet and Clark Gregg speaking at the 2016 WonderCon, for "M](https://film.one/media/person/62764/gallery-af2576915db9.jpg) Jeffrey Bell, Luke Mitchell, Henry Simmons, Elizabeth Henstridge, Ming-Na Wen, Brett Dalton, Chloe Bennet and Clark Gregg speaking at the 2016 WonderCon, for "M — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/25/Effrey_Bell%2C_Luke_Mitchell%2C_Henry_Simmons%2C_Elizabeth_Henstridge%2C_Ming-Na_Wen%2C_Brett_Dalton%2C_Chloe_Bennet_%26_Clark_Gregg.jpg/1280px-Effrey_Bell%2C_Luke_Mitchell%2C_Henry_Simmons%2C_Elizabeth_Henstridge%2C_Ming-Na_Wen%2C_Brett_Dalton%2C_Chloe_Bennet_%26_Clark_Gregg.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Jeffrey Bell speaking at the 2019 WonderCon, for "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to](https://film.one/media/person/62764/gallery-f943dbb3800f.jpg) Jeffrey Bell speaking at the 2019 WonderCon, for "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Jeffrey_Bell_%2840579656383%29.jpg/1280px-Jeffrey_Bell_%2840579656383%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Jeffrey Bell speaking at the 2019 WonderCon, for "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to](https://film.one/media/person/62764/gallery-88bfa3daa575.jpg) Jeffrey Bell speaking at the 2019 WonderCon, for "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Jeffrey_Bell_%2840579656383%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Jeffrey Bell speaking at the 2018 WonderCon, for "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Ski](https://film.one/media/person/62764/gallery-82bcc0d9767d.jpg) Jeffrey Bell speaking at the 2018 WonderCon, for "Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to Gage Ski — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0c/Jeffrey_Bell_%2841067490262%29.jpg/1280px-Jeffrey_Bell_%2841067490262%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Jeffrey Bell speaking at the 2019 WonderCon, for "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to](https://film.one/media/person/62764/gallery-6572bd4b7a53.jpg) Jeffrey Bell speaking at the 2019 WonderCon, for "Marvel's Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.", at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California. Please attribute to — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c9/Jeffrey_Bell_%2847492905122%29.jpg/1280px-Jeffrey_Bell_%2847492905122%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) --- © 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/jeffrey-bell