---
name: "Joel H. Cohen"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joel-h-cohen"
fi1m_id: "joel-h-cohen"
imdb_id: "nm1121389"
tmdb_id: 165880
wikidata_id: "Q2169969"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 2000"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-22T03:19:50.927224+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."
---

# Joel H. Cohen

## Identity

Joel H. Cohen

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joel-h-cohen
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joel-h-cohen
- **IMDb ID:** nm1121389
- **TMDB ID:** 165880
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2169969
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_H._Cohen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2169969, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1121389/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/165880

Writer. Born 1 January 2000 in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 2000, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
- **Active:** 1989–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Al Jean](https://film.one/person/al-jean.md), [Christine Nangle](https://film.one/person/christine-nangle.md), [David Silverman](https://film.one/person/david-silverman.md), [James L. Brooks](https://film.one/person/james-l-brooks.md), [J. Stewart Burns](https://film.one/person/j-stewart-burns.md), [Loni Steele Sosthand](https://film.one/person/loni-steele-sosthand.md), [Matt Groening](https://film.one/person/matt-groening.md), [Nancy Cartwright](https://film.one/person/nancy-cartwright.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 88 (1), 2000s 70 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joel_H._Cohen, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2169969, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1121389/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/165880

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Simpsons*](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) (88)

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

## Biography

Joel H. Cohen is a Canadian writer and producer. He has worked on *The Simpsons* since 2001 as a writer, story editor, producer and co-executive producer, contributing to numerous episodes and shorts including *Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare"* (2012), *The Simpsons in Plusaversary* (2021) and *May the 12th Be with You* (2024). He also served as a script consultant on *The Simpsons Movie* (2007).

Born in Calgary, Alberta, Cohen received a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Alberta in 1988 and an MBA from the Schulich School of Business in 1992. Earlier in his career he wrote for *Saturday Night Live* and *Suddenly Susan*. He is the younger brother of writer Robert Cohen, who wrote the *Simpsons* episode "Flaming Moe's". Cohen is the author of the 2017 non-fiction book *How to Lose a Marathon*.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Simpsons Movie* (2007), Fi1m 70, Story Consultant — [page](https://film.one/film/the-simpsons-movie.md)
- *The Simpsons* (1989), Fi1m 88, Writer, Teleplay — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

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

- *Yellow Mirror* (2026), Co-Executive Producer
- *Estate of Mind* (2026), series, Executive Producer
- *Simpsley* (2026), Co-Executive Producer
- *Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition* (2026), Co-Executive Producer
- *Super Team Canada* (2025), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful* (2024), Co-Executive Producer
- *May the 12th Be with You* (2024), Writer
- *Welcome to the Club* (2022), Writer, Producer
- *The Simpsons in Plusaversary* (2021), Producer, Writer
- *The Simpsons | Balenciaga* (2021), Writer
- *Maggie Simpson in "The Force Awakens from Its Nap"* (2021), Writer
- *Extinct* (2021), Producer, Writer
- *Clash-A-Rama* (2016), series, Creator
- *The Angry Birds Movie* (2016), Creative Consultant
- *Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare"* (2012), Writer
- *Crash Canyon* (2011), series, Writer, Creator
- *The Simpsons Movie* (2007), Story Consultant — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-simpsons-movie.md)
- *Suddenly Susan* (1996), series, Writer
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, as Old Joel (voice) · Writer, Producer, Teleplay — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *Perdita*, Executive Producer

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