--- name: "Ken Keeler" canonical: "https://film.one/person/ken-keeler" fi1m_id: "ken-keeler" imdb_id: "nm0444517" tmdb_id: 1216644 wikidata_id: "Q1339527" roles: ["Writer"] born: "2 December 1961" reviewed_on_fi1m: 2 average_fi1m_score: 84 average_as: "writer" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-09-17T17:30:11.790954+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." --- # Ken Keeler ## Identity Ken Keeler - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ken-keeler - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** ken-keeler - **IMDb ID:** nm0444517 - **TMDB ID:** 1216644 - **Wikidata ID:** Q1339527 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Keeler, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1339527, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0444517/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1216644 Writer. Born 2 December 1961 in United States. ## Details - **Work:** Writer - **Born:** 2 December 1961, United States - **Active:** 1989–1999 - **Also known as:** Nona di Spargement - **Frequently works with:** [Bill Odenkirk](https://film.one/person/bill-odenkirk.md), [Brian Kelley](https://film.one/person/brian-kelley.md), [Carlos Baeza](https://film.one/person/carlos-baeza.md), [Dan Vebber](https://film.one/person/dan-vebber.md), [David X. Cohen](https://film.one/person/david-x-cohen.md), [Eric Horsted](https://film.one/person/eric-horsted.md), [Eric Kaplan](https://film.one/person/eric-kaplan.md), [Gregg Vanzo](https://film.one/person/gregg-vanzo.md) - **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as writer, over 2 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 88 (1), 1990s 81 (1) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ken_Keeler, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1339527, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0444517/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1216644 ## Streaming the US now - **Disney+:** [*The Simpsons*](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) (88), [*Futurama*](https://film.one/tv/futurama.md) (81) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Ken Keeler is an American television writer and producer. He has written for *The Simpsons* (1989), serving as a writer and producer on episodes including "A Star Is Burns" (1995) and "The Principal and the Pauper" (1997). He has also contributed under the pseudonym Nona di Spargement to later episodes of the series. Keeler studied applied mathematics at Harvard University, graduating summa cum laude in 1983, and earned a master's degree in electrical engineering from Stanford University and a PhD from Harvard in 1990. He worked at AT&T Bell Laboratories before beginning a writing career that included work for David Letterman and series such as *Wings* (1990) and *The Critic* (1994). He was instrumental in the creation of *Futurama* (1999), serving as co-executive producer for its first three seasons and executive producer for the fourth, and wrote numerous episodes including the original series finale "The Devil's Hands Are Idle Playthings" (2003) and the Writers Guild of America Award-winning "Godfellas" (2002) and "The Prisoner of Benda" (2010). He also wrote for *Disenchantment* (2018) and the *Futurama* direct-to-DVD films *Bender's Big Score* (2007) and *Into the Wild Green Yonder* (2009). *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, theinfosphere.org.* ## On Fi1m (2) - *Futurama* (1999), Fi1m 81, Writer, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/futurama.md) - *The Simpsons* (1989), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) ## Complete filmography (9) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Disenchantment* (2018), series, Writer - *Futurama: Into the Wild Green Yonder* (2009), Screenplay - *Futurama: Bender's Big Score* (2007), Story, Teleplay - *Futurama* (1999), series, Writer, Producer, Executive Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/futurama.md) - *The PJs* (1999), series, Writer - *The Naked Truth* (1995), series, Writer - *The Critic* (1994), series, Writer - *Wings* (1990), series, Writer - *The Simpsons* (1989), series, Writer, Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) ## Gallery - ![2010 Comic Con panel for Futurama. Pictured are Claudia Katz, Patric M. Verrone, and Ken Keeler.](https://film.one/media/person/61950/gallery-e87028966d58.jpg) 2010 Comic Con panel for Futurama. Pictured are Claudia Katz, Patric M. Verrone, and Ken Keeler. — Ewen Roberts, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/02/Futurama_Panel_%282010%29.jpg/1280px-Futurama_Panel_%282010%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Ken Keeler](https://film.one/media/person/61950/gallery-6ac886e7759a.jpg) Ken Keeler — Ewen Roberts, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Ken_Keeler.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled) - ![Ken Keeler on the Futurama panel at the 2010 San Diego Comic Con in San Diego, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.](https://film.one/media/person/61950/gallery-429485e8d825.jpg) Ken Keeler on the Futurama panel at the 2010 San Diego Comic Con in San Diego, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere. — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/35/Ken_Keeler_%284842250311%29.jpg/1280px-Ken_Keeler_%284842250311%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![w:en:Ken Keeler at the 2010 Comic Con in San Diego](https://film.one/media/person/61950/gallery-7f34a44d433c.jpg) w:en:Ken Keeler at the 2010 Comic Con in San Diego — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/09/Ken_Keeler_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-Ken_Keeler_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) --- © Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/ken-keeler