---
name: "Jeffrey Richman"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jeffrey-richman"
fi1m_id: "jeffrey-richman"
imdb_id: "nm0725037"
tmdb_id: 1215780
wikidata_id: "Q6176234"
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 81
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-23T11:09:47.225607+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 Richman

## Identity

Jeffrey Richman

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jeffrey-richman
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jeffrey-richman
- **IMDb ID:** nm0725037
- **TMDB ID:** 1215780
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6176234
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Richman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6176234, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0725037/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1215780

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 1993–2009
- **Frequently works with:** [Jeff Melman](https://film.one/person/jeff-melman.md), [Scott Ellis](https://film.one/person/scott-ellis.md), [Anne Flett-Giordano](https://film.one/person/anne-flett-giordano.md), [Bob Daily](https://film.one/person/bob-daily.md), [Christopher Lloyd](https://film.one/person/christopher-lloyd-1205496.md), [Chuck Ranberg](https://film.one/person/chuck-ranberg.md), [Dan O'Shannon](https://film.one/person/dan-oshannon.md), [Jack Burditt](https://film.one/person/jack-burditt.md)
- **Primetime Emmy Awards:** 1 Emmy (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 81, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 88 (1), 2000s 78 (2)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Drama 1, Family 1, Mystery 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeffrey_Richman, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6176234, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0725037/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1215780

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Desperate Housewives*](https://film.one/tv/desperate-housewives.md) (78), [*Modern Family*](https://film.one/tv/modern-family.md) (77)
- **Hulu:** [*Frasier*](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md) (88)

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

## Biography

Jeffrey Richman is an American television writer and producer. He wrote episodes of *Frasier* (1993) and served as supervising producer and executive producer on the series.

His other credits include writing and producing on *Wings* (1990), *Modern Family* (2009), for which he received multiple Primetime Emmy Awards as writer and producer, and co-creating *Uncoupled* (2022). He also created the series *Charlie Lawrence* (2003).

*Sources: imdb.com, tvmaze.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Modern Family* (2009), Fi1m 77, Writer, Teleplay — [page](https://film.one/tv/modern-family.md)
- *Desperate Housewives* (2004), Fi1m 78, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/desperate-housewives.md)
- *Frasier* (1993), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *Uncoupled* (2022), series, Writer, Teleplay, Story, Creator
- *Patti LuPone: Live From the West Side* (2020), Writer
- *Modern Family* (2009), series, as Vincent · Writer, Executive Producer, Co-Executive Producer, Teleplay — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/modern-family.md)
- *Back to You* (2007), series, Writer, Teleplay
- *Rules of Engagement* (2007), series, Writer
- *Stacked* (2005), series, Writer
- *Desperate Housewives* (2004), series, Writer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/desperate-housewives.md)
- *Charlie Lawrence* (2003), series, Writer
- *Stark Raving Mad* (1999), series, Writer
- *Frasier* (1993), series, Writer, Supervising Producer, Executive Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)
- *Wings* (1990), series, Writer
- *Cheers* (1982), series, as Lee Bradken — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/cheers.md)
- *Paper Dolls* (1982), as Conrad
- *The Seduction* (1982), as Technical Director
- *Pray TV* (1980), as Jesus
- *The Comedy Company* (1978), as Batter
- *The Jeffersons* (1975), series, Writer

## Awards

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 1 won

- 2011: Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series (won), for *Modern Family*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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