---
name: "Jonathan Collier"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jonathan-collier"
fi1m_id: "jonathan-collier"
imdb_id: "nm0171927"
tmdb_id: 1216641
wikidata_id: "Q3080355"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "19 March 1961"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 78
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-23T13:37:15.617452+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."
---

# Jonathan Collier

## Identity

Jonathan Collier

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jonathan-collier
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jonathan-collier
- **IMDb ID:** nm0171927
- **TMDB ID:** 1216641
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3080355
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Collier, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3080355, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0171927/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1216641

Writer. Born 19 March 1961 in Boston, Massachusetts.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 19 March 1961, Boston, Massachusetts
- **Active:** 1989–2005
- **Also known as:** Cracklin' Jack Collier,  Lou 'Boo' Collier , Lou ''Boo Collier , John Collier, Cracklin' Joe Collier
- **Frequently works with:** [Alex Chapple](https://film.one/person/alex-chapple.md), [Brent Forrester](https://film.one/person/brent-forrester.md), [Christopher Ambrose](https://film.one/person/christopher-ambrose.md), [Chuck Sheetz](https://film.one/person/chuck-sheetz.md), [Daniel Sackheim](https://film.one/person/daniel-sackheim.md), [Dan McGrath](https://film.one/person/dan-mcgrath.md), [David Grossman](https://film.one/person/david-grossman.md), [Dominic Polcino](https://film.one/person/dominic-polcino.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 78, as writer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 88 (1), 1990s 77 (2), 2000s 70 (1)
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Animation 2, Comedy 2, Crime 2, Drama 2, Family 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jonathan_Collier, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3080355, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0171927/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1216641

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Simpsons*](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) (88), [*King of the Hill*](https://film.one/tv/king-of-the-hill-1997.md) (82), [*Bones*](https://film.one/tv/bones.md) (70)
- **Hulu:** [*Law & Order*](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md) (72)

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

## Biography

Jonathan Collier is an American television writer and producer. He was born on 19 March 1961 in Boston, Massachusetts, and graduated from Harvard University and New York University Film School.

He worked as a writer and supervising producer on *The Simpsons* from 1993 to 1998, contributing episodes including 'Bart's Girlfriend' and 'Lisa the Iconoclast'. He later wrote for and produced *King of the Hill*, *Monk*, *Bones* and *Law & Order*, and co-founded the animation company Icebox. Collier has received three Primetime Emmy Awards.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Bones* (2005), Fi1m 70, Writer, Teleplay — [page](https://film.one/tv/bones.md)
- *King of the Hill* (1997), Fi1m 82, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/king-of-the-hill-1997.md)
- *Law & Order* (1990), Fi1m 72, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *The Simpsons* (1989), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

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

- *In the Dark* (2019), series, Executive Producer
- *The Good Cop* (2018), series, Consulting Producer, Writer
- *The Goode Family* (2009), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer
- *Queer Duck: The Movie* (2006), Executive Producer
- *Bones* (2005), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer, Executive Producer, Teleplay — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/tv/bones.md)
- *A Scooby-Doo! Christmas* (2002), Writer
- *Monk* (2002), series, Writer
- *Navy Bear* (2000), series, Creator
- *King of the Hill* (1997), series, Writer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/tv/king-of-the-hill-1997.md)
- *Top of the Heap* (1991), series, Writer
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, Writer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, Writer, Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

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