---
name: "Jerry Kupfer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jerry-kupfer"
fi1m_id: "jerry-kupfer"
imdb_id: "nm0475465"
tmdb_id: 1237542
wikidata_id: "Q6183905"
roles: ["Producer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 73
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-10-07T15:06:59.343922+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."
---

# Jerry Kupfer

## Identity

Jerry Kupfer

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jerry-kupfer
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jerry-kupfer
- **IMDb ID:** nm0475465
- **TMDB ID:** 1237542
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6183905
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Kupfer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6183905, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0475465/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1237542

Producer.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Active:** 2006–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Beth McCarthy-Miller](https://film.one/person/beth-mccarthy-miller.md), [Claire Cowperthwaite](https://film.one/person/claire-cowperthwaite.md), [Don Scardino](https://film.one/person/don-scardino.md), [Dylan Morgan](https://film.one/person/dylan-morgan.md), [Gail Mancuso](https://film.one/person/gail-mancuso.md), [Jack Burditt](https://film.one/person/jack-burditt.md), [Jane Krakowski](https://film.one/person/jane-krakowski.md), [Jeff Richmond](https://film.one/person/jeff-richmond.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 73, as producer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 2000s 79 (2), 2010s 76 (1), 2020s 58 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 78 to 76 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 1 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Drama 2, Crime 1, Mystery 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jerry_Kupfer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6183905, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0475465/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1237542

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*30 Rock*](https://film.one/tv/30-rock.md) (86)
- **Netflix:** [*Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt*](https://film.one/tv/unbreakable-kimmy-schmidt.md) (76)
- **Peacock:** [*Long Bright River*](https://film.one/tv/long-bright-river.md) (58)

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

## Biography

Jerry Kupfer is an American television producer. He began his career in the mid-1990s as a producer on the satirical series *TV Nation* (1994).

Kupfer has worked as a producer on numerous comedy series, including *30 Rock* (2006–2013), *Nurse Jackie* (2009), *The Michael J. Fox Show* (2013), *Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt* (2015) and *Great News* (2017). He has received multiple Emmy Awards, including wins for Outstanding Comedy Series for *30 Rock*.

His film credits include the documentaries *Dancemaker* (1998), for which he received an Academy Award nomination for Best Documentary Feature, and *A Decade Under the Influence* (2003).

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Long Bright River* (2025), Fi1m 58, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/long-bright-river.md)
- *Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt* (2015), Fi1m 76, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/unbreakable-kimmy-schmidt.md)
- *Nurse Jackie* (2009), Fi1m 72, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/nurse-jackie.md)
- *30 Rock* (2006), Fi1m 86, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/30-rock.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

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

- *Long Bright River* (2025), series, Producer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/tv/long-bright-river.md)
- *Great News* (2017), series, Producer
- *Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt* (2015), series, Producer — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/unbreakable-kimmy-schmidt.md)
- *The Michael J. Fox Show* (2013), series, Producer
- *Nurse Jackie* (2009), series, Producer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/nurse-jackie.md)
- *30 Rock* (2006), series, Producer — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/tv/30-rock.md)
- *Stella* (2005), series, Producer
- *A Decade Under the Influence* (2003), Producer
- *Boys Will Be Girls* (2003), Producer
- *The Hamptons* (2002), Producer
- *The Firesign Theatre: Weirdly Cool* (2001), Producer
- *Dancemaker* (1998), Producer

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