---
name: "Jennifer Ventimilia"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jennifer-ventimilia"
fi1m_id: "jennifer-ventimilia"
imdb_id: "nm0893262"
tmdb_id: 97262
wikidata_id: "Q2635912"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "20 May 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 3
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-09-24T03:53:45.602232+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."
---

# Jennifer Ventimilia

## Identity

Jennifer Ventimilia

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jennifer-ventimilia
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jennifer-ventimilia
- **IMDb ID:** nm0893262
- **TMDB ID:** 97262
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2635912
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Ventimilia, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2635912, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0893262/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/97262

Writer. Born 20 May 1966 in Somerville, New Jersey, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 20 May 1966, Somerville, New Jersey, USA
- **Active:** 1988–2011
- **Also known as:** J.R. Ventimilia,  Jeffrey Ventimilia, Jeff Ventimilia
- **Frequently works with:** [Joshua Sternin](https://film.one/person/joshua-sternin.md), [David Sacks](https://film.one/person/david-sacks.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 82 (2), 2010s 70 (1)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Animation 2, Adventure 1, Family 1
- **Screen time:** 2 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $484m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jennifer_Ventimilia, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2635912, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0893262/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/97262

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Simpsons*](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) (88), [*Rio*](https://film.one/film/rio.md) (70)
- **Tubi:** [*Murphy Brown*](https://film.one/tv/murphy-brown.md) (77)

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

## Biography

Jennifer Ventimilia is an American screenwriter and television writer and producer, previously credited as Jeffrey Ventimilia or J.R. Ventimilia. She was born on 20 May 1966 in Somerville, New Jersey.

She worked as a writer and story editor on *The Simpsons*, contributing to episodes including 'A Star Is Burns', ''Round Springfield' (teleplay) and 'Simpson Tide' (with Joshua Sternin). Other early credits include *The Critic*, *Murphy Brown* and *That '70s Show*. With Sternin she created the unaired Fox series *The Grubbs* (2002).

Later work includes screenplays for the films *Surviving Christmas* (2004) and *Tooth Fairy* (2010), and *Rio* (2011). She served as writer and executive producer on the 2012 Nickelodeon reboot of *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles*, and as co-creator and writer on *Robot and Monster* and *The Real O'Neals*.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, simpsonswiki.com, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (3)

- *Rio* (2011), Fi1m 70, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/rio.md)
- *The Simpsons* (1989), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *Murphy Brown* (1988), Fi1m 77, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/murphy-brown.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

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

- *Raising Dion* (2019), series, Writer, Story
- *The Real O'Neals* (2016), series, Teleplay, Creator
- *Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles* (2012), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *Robot and Monster* (2012), series, Writer, Creator
- *Rio* (2011), Screenplay — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/rio.md)
- *Yogi Bear* (2010), Writer
- *Tooth Fairy* (2010), Screenplay
- *Mr. Woodcock* (2007), Writer
- *The Adventures of Big Handsome Guy and His Little Friend* (2005), Writer
- *Kitchen Confidential* (2005), series, Writer
- *Surviving Christmas* (2004), Screenplay
- *The First $20 Million Is Always the Hardest* (2002), Writer
- *Dr. Dolittle 2* (2001), Writer
- *That '70s Show* (1998), series, Writer
- *Jenny* (1997), series, Writer
- *3rd Rock from the Sun* (1996), series, Writer
- *Duckman* (1994), series, Writer
- *The Critic* (1994), series, Writer
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, Writer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *Murphy Brown* (1988), series, Writer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/murphy-brown.md)

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