---
name: "John Frink"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/john-frink"
fi1m_id: "john-frink"
imdb_id: "nm0295791"
tmdb_id: 165901
wikidata_id: "Q2741850"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "5 May 1959"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-22T03:14:16.165047+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."
---

# John Frink

## Identity

John Frink

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/john-frink
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** john-frink
- **IMDb ID:** nm0295791
- **TMDB ID:** 165901
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2741850
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Frink, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2741850, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0295791/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/165901

Writer. Born 5 May 1959 in Whitesboro, New York, U.S..

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 5 May 1959, Whitesboro, New York, U.S.
- **Active:** 1989–present
- **Frequently works with:** [Al Jean](https://film.one/person/al-jean.md), [Bill Freiberger](https://film.one/person/bill-freiberger.md), [Brian K. Roberts](https://film.one/person/brian-k-roberts.md), [Dan Castellaneta](https://film.one/person/dan-castellaneta.md), [David Silverman](https://film.one/person/david-silverman.md), [Don Payne](https://film.one/person/don-payne.md), [Elisabeth Kiernan Averick](https://film.one/person/elisabeth-kiernan-averick.md), [James L. Brooks](https://film.one/person/james-l-brooks.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/John_Frink, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2741850, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0295791/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/165901

## 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

John Frink is an American television writer and producer. He graduated from Emerson College in Boston with a degree in creative writing.

Frink began his career writing for the sitcom *Hope & Gloria* (1995–1996) alongside Don Payne. The pair joined the writing staff of *The Simpsons* in 1999, contributing from its eleventh season onward; Frink has remained with the series as a writer and, since 2009, executive producer. He has co-written numerous episodes with Payne and written others independently.

Frink has received multiple Primetime Emmy Awards for his work on *The Simpsons*. The show's recurring character Professor Frink was named after him.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.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 (15)

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

- *Yellow Mirror* (2026), Executive Producer
- *Simpsley* (2026), Executive Producer
- *Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition* (2026), Executive Producer
- *The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful* (2024), Executive Producer
- *The Good, the Bart, and the Loki* (2021), Writer, Producer
- *Extinct* (2021), Producer, Writer
- *Clash-A-Rama* (2016), series, Creator
- *The Angry Birds Movie* (2016), Creative Consultant
- *The Simpsons Movie* (2007), Story Consultant — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-simpsons-movie.md)
- *The Brian Benben Show* (1998), series, Writer
- *Men Behaving Badly* (1996), series, Writer
- *Pride & Joy* (1995), series, Writer
- *Hope and Gloria* (1995), series, Writer
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, Writer, Producer, Teleplay — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *Obie and the Specter*, Executive Producer

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