---
name: "Jimmy Simons"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jimmy-simons"
fi1m_id: "jimmy-simons"
imdb_id: "nm0800702"
tmdb_id: 1228688
roles: ["Producer","Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-23T23:02:33.760077+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."
---

# Jimmy Simons

## Identity

Jimmy Simons

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jimmy-simons
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jimmy-simons
- **IMDb ID:** nm0800702
- **TMDB ID:** 1228688
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0800702/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1228688

Producer and director.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer, Director
- **Active:** 2000–present
- **Also known as:** James S. Simons, James Simons
- **Frequently works with:** [Alan J. Higgins](https://film.one/person/alan-j-higgins.md), [Bryan Cranston](https://film.one/person/bryan-cranston.md), [Christopher Masterson](https://film.one/person/christopher-masterson.md), [Gary Murphy](https://film.one/person/gary-murphy.md), [Justin Berfield](https://film.one/person/justin-berfield.md), [Ken Kwapis](https://film.one/person/ken-kwapis.md), [Linwood Boomer](https://film.one/person/linwood-boomer.md), [Matthew Carlson](https://film.one/person/matthew-carlson.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0800702/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1228688

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair*](https://film.one/tv/malcolm-in-the-middle-lifes-still-unfair.md) (71)

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

## Biography

Jimmy Simons is a producer, production manager and director working primarily in television. Credited variously as Jimmy Simons, James Simons and James S. Simons, he served as producer and unit production manager on the original series *Malcolm in the Middle* (2000–2006) and directed six episodes.

He has produced other series including *Santa Clarita Diet* (2017–2019), *Angel from Hell* (2016) and *Sons of Tucson* (2010). Simons received a Primetime Emmy nomination for Outstanding Comedy Series for his work on *Malcolm in the Middle*.

*Sources: imdb.com, televisionacademy.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair* (2026), Fi1m 71, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/malcolm-in-the-middle-lifes-still-unfair.md)

## Complete filmography (17)

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

- *Malcolm in the Middle: Life's Still Unfair* (2026), series, Producer — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/malcolm-in-the-middle-lifes-still-unfair.md)
- *Santa Clarita Diet* (2017), series, Producer
- *Free Agents* (2011), series, Producer
- *Help Me Help You* (2006), series, Producer
- *Malcolm in the Middle* (2000), series, Director, Producer, Unit Production Manager
- *Vengeance Unlimited* (1998), series, Producer
- *Bye Bye Love* (1995), Associate Producer
- *Love Affair* (1994), First Assistant Director
- *Brooklyn Bridge* (1991), series, Producer, Director
- *SpaceCamp* (1986), First Assistant Director
- *The Vegas Strip War* (1984), First Assistant Director
- *Summer Fantasy* (1984), First Assistant Director
- *Amazons* (1984), First Assistant Director
- *Who Will Love My Children?* (1983), First Assistant Director
- *Hysterical* (1982), Second Assistant Director
- *Bare Essence* (1982), series, Second Assistant Director
- *Diary of a Teenage Hitchhiker* (1979), Second Assistant Director

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