Biography
Jim Hecht is an American writer and producer. Born on 19 September 1975 in New York City, he began his career writing for television animation, including episodes of The Fairly OddParents.
He received screenplay credit on the animated feature Ice Age: The Meltdown (2006), alongside Peter Gaulke and Gerry Swallow. He later contributed to other Ice Age projects, including Ice Age: The Great Egg-Scapade (2016) and The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild (2022).
Hecht created and wrote the HBO series Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty (2022) and the Apple TV+ miniseries The Big Cigar (2024). He is related to producer Albie Hecht and worked at MTV in the 1990s and early 2000s.
