---
name: "Matt Warburton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/matt-warburton"
fi1m_id: "matt-warburton"
imdb_id: "nm2346189"
tmdb_id: 1216648
wikidata_id: "Q3299575"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "7 February 1978"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 79
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 4
updated: "2026-09-30T20:39:26.433531+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."
---

# Matt Warburton

## Identity

Matt Warburton

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/matt-warburton
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** matt-warburton
- **IMDb ID:** nm2346189
- **TMDB ID:** 1216648
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3299575
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Warburton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3299575, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2346189/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1216648

Writer. Born 7 February 1978 in Ohio.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 7 February 1978, Ohio
- **Active:** 1989–present
- **Also known as:** Matthew Warburton
- **Frequently works with:** [Adam Countee](https://film.one/person/adam-countee.md), [Beth McCarthy-Miller](https://film.one/person/beth-mccarthy-miller.md), [Chris McKenna](https://film.one/person/chris-mckenna.md), [Chris Schleicher](https://film.one/person/chris-schleicher.md), [Claire Scanlon](https://film.one/person/claire-scanlon.md), [Dave King](https://film.one/person/dave-king-1298804.md), [Greg Daniels](https://film.one/person/greg-daniels.md), [Ken Whittingham](https://film.one/person/ken-whittingham.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 79, as writer, over 4 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 88 (1), 2000s 83 (1), 2010s 72 (1), 2020s 74 (1)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 76 to 71 across 3 titles
- **Score spread:** 2 at 80+, 2 at 60–79, 0 under 60
- **Genres:** Comedy 4, Animation 1, Drama 1
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matt_Warburton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3299575, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2346189/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1216648

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Simpsons*](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) (88), [*The Mindy Project*](https://film.one/tv/the-mindy-project.md) (72)
- **Hulu:** [*Community*](https://film.one/tv/community.md) (83)
- **Netflix:** [*Never Have I Ever*](https://film.one/tv/never-have-i-ever-2020.md) (74)

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

## Biography

Matt Warburton is an American television writer and producer. Born on 7 February 1978 in Strongsville, Ohio, he studied cognitive neuroscience at Harvard University.

He worked as a writer and co-executive producer on the animated series *The Simpsons* from 2001 to 2012, contributing to eleven seasons and winning a Primetime Emmy Award in 2003. He later wrote for *Community* (2009) and served as showrunner and executive producer on *The Mindy Project* (2012–2017), collaborating extensively with Mindy Kaling on that series and later projects including *Four Weddings and a Funeral* (2019), *Champions* (2018), *Never Have I Ever* (2020) and *The Sex Lives of College Girls* (2021). His other credits include writing and producing on *Saved by the Bell* (2020) and *Velma* (2023).

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

## On Fi1m (4)

- *Never Have I Ever* (2020), Fi1m 74, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/never-have-i-ever-2020.md)
- *The Mindy Project* (2012), Fi1m 72, Executive Producer, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mindy-project.md)
- *Community* (2009), Fi1m 83, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/community.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.

- *Not Suitable for Work* (2026), series, Writer, Consulting Producer
- *Velma* (2023), series, Consulting Producer, Writer
- *The Sex Lives of College Girls* (2021), series, Executive Producer, Writer
- *Saved by the Bell* (2020), series, Writer
- *Never Have I Ever* (2020), series, Writer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/never-have-i-ever-2020.md)
- *Four Weddings and a Funeral* (2019), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *Late Night* (2019), Thanks
- *Champions* (2018), series, Writer
- *The Mindy Project* (2012), series, as Skeevy-Looking Doctor · Executive Producer, Writer — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-mindy-project.md)
- *Community* (2009), series, Writer, Consulting Producer — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/tv/community.md)
- *The Office* (2005), series, as Blogger — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-office-2005.md)
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, Writer, Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

## Gallery

- ![Matt Warburton at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.](https://film.one/media/person/61923/gallery-3a7cd6e3bbde.jpg) Matt Warburton at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con International 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/2/28/Matt_Warburton_%285979825473%29.jpg/1280px-Matt_Warburton_%285979825473%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Matt Warburton at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.](https://film.one/media/person/61923/gallery-a678b6f35fe4.jpg) Matt Warburton at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con International 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/3/3e/Matt_Warburton_%285980890182%29.jpg/1280px-Matt_Warburton_%285980890182%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Matt Warburton](https://film.one/media/person/61923/gallery-f0ba1b10e71a.jpg) Matt Warburton — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Matt_Warburton_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-Matt_Warburton_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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