---
name: "Joe Keenan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joe-keenan"
fi1m_id: "joe-keenan"
imdb_id: "nm0444653"
tmdb_id: 70039
wikidata_id: "Q1567034"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "14 July 1958"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 3
updated: "2026-10-01T19:01:02.552022+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."
---

# Joe Keenan

## Identity

Joe Keenan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joe-keenan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joe-keenan
- **IMDb ID:** nm0444653
- **TMDB ID:** 70039
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1567034
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Keenan_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1567034, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0444653/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70039

Writer. Born 14 July 1958 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 14 July 1958, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA
- **Active:** 1993–2009
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 3 writing, 1 producing
- **Frequently works with:** [Anne Flett-Giordano](https://film.one/person/anne-flett-giordano.md), [Bob Daily](https://film.one/person/bob-daily.md), [Christopher Lloyd](https://film.one/person/christopher-lloyd-1205496.md), [Chuck Ranberg](https://film.one/person/chuck-ranberg.md), [Jeff Melman](https://film.one/person/jeff-melman.md), [Jeffrey Richman](https://film.one/person/jeffrey-richman.md), [Lori Kirkland Baker](https://film.one/person/lori-kirkland-baker.md), [Scott Ellis](https://film.one/person/scott-ellis.md)
- **Primetime Emmy Awards:** 1 Emmy (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as writer, over 3 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 88 (1), 2000s 70 (3)
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 3, Family 2, Adventure 1, Animation 1, Drama 1, Mystery 1
- **Screen time:** 1 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $178m across 1 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Keenan_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1567034, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0444653/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/70039

## Streaming the US now

- **Hulu:** [*Frasier*](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md) (88)
- **Disney+:** [*Desperate Housewives*](https://film.one/tv/desperate-housewives.md) (78)
- **Netflix:** [*Flushed Away*](https://film.one/film/flushed-away.md) (64)

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

## Biography

Joe Keenan is an American screenwriter, television producer and novelist. Born on 14 July 1958 in Cambridge, Massachusetts, he attended Boston College High School and Columbia University. His early novels, including *Blue Heaven* (1988), led to work in television after the creators of *Cheers* read his writing.

Keenan joined the staff of the sitcom *Frasier* in 1994 as an executive story editor. He advanced to executive producer by the series' final season in 2004, co-wrote the finale "Goodnight, Seattle" and contributed numerous episodes. His work on the show earned him five Primetime Emmy Awards and two Writers Guild of America Awards. He later served as a writer and producer on *Desperate Housewives* and co-wrote the screenplay for the animated film *Flushed Away* (2006).

Keenan has also written three comic novels forming a trilogy: *Blue Heaven*, *Putting on the Ritz* (1991) and *My Lucky Star* (2006). He received the Richard Rodgers Award and the Edward Kleban Award for his musical *The Times*.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

### Wrote (3) — the average rests on these

- *Flushed Away* (2006), Fi1m 64, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/flushed-away.md)
- *Desperate Housewives* (2004), Fi1m 78, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/desperate-housewives.md)
- *Frasier* (1993), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)

### Produced (1)

- *Glee* (2009), Fi1m 68, Consulting Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/glee.md)

## Complete filmography (10)

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

- *Why Women Kill* (2019), series, Writer
- *The Odd Couple* (2015), series, Teleplay, Writer, Creator
- *Glee* (2009), series, Consulting Producer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/tv/glee.md)
- *Flushed Away* (2006), Screenplay — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/flushed-away.md)
- *Out of Practice* (2005), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Desperate Housewives* (2004), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer, Executive Producer, Consulting Producer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/desperate-housewives.md)
- *Bram & Alice* (2002), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Blue Valley Songbird* (1999), as Rev. Joseph Taft
- *Sleep with Me* (1994), Writer
- *Frasier* (1993), series, Writer, Co-Producer, Supervising Producer, Co-Executive Producer, Executive Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)

## Awards

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 1 won

- 1996: Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series (won), for *Moon Dance*

### Other awards — 2 won

- Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Comedy 2000: Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Comedy (won), for *Something Borrowed, Someone Blue*
- Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Comedy 1996: Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Episodic Comedy (won), for *The Matchmaker*

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

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