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name: "Jim Vallely"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jim-vallely"
fi1m_id: "jim-vallely"
imdb_id: "nm0885016"
tmdb_id: 1232384
wikidata_id: "Q6198661"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "30 August 1954"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 71
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-23T11:51:17.148697+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."
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# Jim Vallely

## Identity

Jim Vallely

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jim-vallely
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jim-vallely
- **IMDb ID:** nm0885016
- **TMDB ID:** 1232384
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6198661
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Vallely, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6198661, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0885016/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1232384

Writer. Born 30 August 1954 in East Brunswick.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 30 August 1954, East Brunswick
- **Also known as:** James Vallely
- **Frequently works with:** [Jeff Melman](https://film.one/person/jeff-melman.md), [Robert Berlinger](https://film.one/person/robert-berlinger.md)
- **Primetime Emmy Awards:** 1 Emmy (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 71, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Vallely, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6198661, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0885016/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1232384

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Arrested Development*](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md) (87)
- **Peacock:** [*Two and a Half Men*](https://film.one/tv/two-and-a-half-men.md) (55)

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

## Biography

Jim Vallely is an American television writer and producer. Born James Vallely on 30 August 1954 in East Brunswick, New Jersey, he graduated from East Brunswick High School in 1972 and attended Middlesex County College and New York University before moving to California in 1982.

His writing credits include ten episodes of *The Golden Girls*, his first paid work as a writer, as well as *The John Larroquette Show*, *My Wife and Kids*, *Two and a Half Men* and *Arrested Development* (2003). On the latter he also served as a producer; his work on the series earned him a Primetime Emmy Award and a Writers Guild of America Award. He was executive producer and co-creator of *Running Wilde*.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Arrested Development* (2003), Fi1m 87, Co-Executive Producer, Teleplay, Writer, Consulting Producer, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md)
- *Two and a Half Men* (2003), Fi1m 55, Story, Teleplay — [page](https://film.one/tv/two-and-a-half-men.md)

## Complete filmography (19)

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

- *Out West* (2013), Executive Producer
- *Frostbite* (2005), Executive Producer
- *Arrested Development* (2003), series, Writer, Consulting Producer, Co-Executive Producer, Executive Producer, Teleplay — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md)
- *Two and a Half Men* (2003), series, Story, Teleplay — Fi1m 55, [page](https://film.one/tv/two-and-a-half-men.md)
- *My Wife and Kids* (2001), series, as Jimmy · Writer
- *Action* (1999), series, Writer
- *Mark Twain Prize* (1999), series, Writer
- *Brother's Keeper* (1998), series, Executive Consultant
- *Rude Awakening* (1998), series, Writer
- *Caroline in the City* (1995), series, as Jim
- *Brotherly Love* (1995), series, Executive Producer, Creator
- *The Golden Palace* (1992), series, Writer, Producer
- *That's Adequate* (1989), as Funny Boy
- *Ratboy* (1986), as Party Guest
- *The Rosebud Beach Hotel* (1984), as Dennis
- *Double Trouble* (1984), series, as Charles Kincaid
- *The 7th Annual Young Comedians Show* (1982), Actor
- *The Missing Link* (1980), as Stewie Babcock
- *Happiness Isn't Everything*, series, Executive Producer, Writer

## Awards

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 1 won

- 2005: Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series (won), for *Arrested Development*

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

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