---
name: "Lori Kirkland Baker"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lori-kirkland-baker"
fi1m_id: "lori-kirkland-baker"
imdb_id: "nm0456657"
tmdb_id: 1214535
wikidata_id: "Q6681087"
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 83
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-23T11:09:47.003177+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."
---

# Lori Kirkland Baker

## Identity

Lori Kirkland Baker

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lori-kirkland-baker
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lori-kirkland-baker
- **IMDb ID:** nm0456657
- **TMDB ID:** 1214535
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6681087
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lori_Kirkland_Baker, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6681087, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0456657/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1214535

Writer.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Active:** 1993–2004
- **Frequently works with:** [Anne Flett-Giordano](https://film.one/person/anne-flett-giordano.md), [Bob Daily](https://film.one/person/bob-daily.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), [Joe Keenan](https://film.one/person/joe-keenan.md), [Scott Ellis](https://film.one/person/scott-ellis.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 83, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 88 (1), 2000s 78 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lori_Kirkland_Baker, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6681087, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0456657/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1214535

## Streaming the US now

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

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

## Biography

Lori Kirkland Baker is an American television writer and producer. She began her career as a writer's assistant on *Perfect Strangers* and later wrote episodes of *Jenny* (1997) and *Wings* (1996–1997).

She served as a writer and producer on *Frasier* from 1998 to 2004, contributing to 18 episodes and holding roles including executive producer. She also wrote for and produced *Desperate Housewives* (2007–2009), *Freddie* (2005–2006) and *Instant Mom* (2013–2014).

Baker won a Primetime Emmy Award and a Writers Guild of America Award for her work on *Frasier*. She has taught comedy writing and production as an adjunct professor at the University of California, Los Angeles.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *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)

## Complete filmography (5)

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

- *Instant Mom* (2013), series, Writer, Teleplay
- *Freddie* (2005), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer
- *Desperate Housewives* (2004), series, Writer — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/tv/desperate-housewives.md)
- *Jenny* (1997), series, Producer
- *Frasier* (1993), series, Writer, Co-Producer, Producer, Supervising Producer, Co-Executive Producer, Executive Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/frasier.md)

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