---
name: "Jim Brandon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jim-brandon"
fi1m_id: "jim-brandon"
imdb_id: "nm3014378"
tmdb_id: 2377754
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:41:03.376935+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."
---

# Jim Brandon

## Identity

Jim Brandon

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jim-brandon
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jim-brandon
- **IMDb ID:** nm3014378
- **TMDB ID:** 2377754
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3014378/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2377754

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3014378/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/2377754

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Arrested Development*](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md) (87)

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

## Biography

Jim Brandon is a television writer and producer. He graduated from UCLA in 2007, where he met his frequent writing partner Brian Singleton through the Spring Sing comedy troupe.

Brandon and Singleton created the web series *Dorm Life* (2008–2009), which led to their first professional writing jobs. Their credits include story editor and writer roles on the 2013 revival of *Arrested Development*, as well as episodes of *Dr. Ken* (2015–2017), *Black Monday* (2019), *mixed-ish* (2019–2021) and *Animal Control* (2023–). Brandon has also worked as a producer on several of these series.

*Sources: imdb.com, alumni.ucla.edu.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Arrested Development* (2003), Fi1m 87, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md)

## Complete filmography (5)

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

- *Animal Control* (2023), series, Consulting Producer
- *mixed-ish* (2019), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer
- *Black Monday* (2019), series, Writer
- *Dr. Ken* (2015), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer
- *Arrested Development* (2003), series, Writer — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md)

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