---
name: "Mike Reiss"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mike-reiss"
fi1m_id: "mike-reiss"
imdb_id: "nm0718514"
tmdb_id: 6056
wikidata_id: "Q2446929"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "15 September 1959"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 7
average_fi1m_score: 67
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 7
updated: "2026-10-05T12:20:58.563071+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."
---

# Mike Reiss

## Identity

Mike Reiss

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mike-reiss
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mike-reiss
- **IMDb ID:** nm0718514
- **TMDB ID:** 6056
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2446929
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Reiss, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2446929, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0718514/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6056

Writer. Born 15 September 1959 in Bristol, Connecticut, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 15 September 1959, Bristol, Connecticut, USA
- **Active:** 1989–2013
- **Also known as:** Michael Reiss
- **Frequently works with:** [Al Jean](https://film.one/person/al-jean.md), [Dan Castellaneta](https://film.one/person/dan-castellaneta.md), [David Mirkin](https://film.one/person/david-mirkin.md), [David Silverman](https://film.one/person/david-silverman.md), [George Meyer](https://film.one/person/george-meyer.md), [Hank Azaria](https://film.one/person/hank-azaria.md), [Ian Maxtone-Graham](https://film.one/person/ian-maxtone-graham.md), [James L. Brooks](https://film.one/person/james-l-brooks.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 67, as writer, over 7 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 88 (1), 2000s 63 (3), 2010s 65 (3)
- **Fi1m against the critics:** 64 to 59 across 6 titles
- **Score spread:** 1 at 80+, 4 at 60–79, 2 under 60
- **Genres:** Animation 7, Comedy 7, Family 6, Adventure 3, Science Fiction 2
- **Screen time:** 9 hours of reviewed films
- **Box office:** $4,008m across 6 films with figures
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_Reiss, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2446929, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0718514/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/6056

## Coming up

- *The New Simpsons Movie* (2027-09-01), Producer

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Simpsons*](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) (88), [*The Simpsons Movie*](https://film.one/film/the-simpsons-movie.md) (70), [*Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs*](https://film.one/film/ice-age-dawn-of-the-dinosaurs.md) (56)

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

## Biography

Mike Reiss is an American television comedy writer and producer. Born on 15 September 1959 in Bristol, Connecticut, he began his career writing for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson and series including ALF and It's Garry Shandling's Show. In 1989 he joined the original writing staff of the animated series The Simpsons alongside Al Jean; the pair later served as showrunners for seasons three and four.

Reiss co-created the animated series The Critic and has contributed to films including The Simpsons Movie (2007) and Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs (2009). He has won four Primetime Emmy Awards for his work on The Simpsons and continues to contribute to the series as a consulting producer.

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

## On Fi1m (7)

- *Despicable Me 2* (2013), Fi1m 71, Story Consultant — [page](https://film.one/film/despicable-me-2.md)
- *Ice Age: Continental Drift* (2012), Fi1m 53, Story Consultant — [page](https://film.one/film/ice-age-continental-drift.md)
- *Rio* (2011), Fi1m 70, Story Consultant — [page](https://film.one/film/rio.md)
- *Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs* (2009), Fi1m 56, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/ice-age-dawn-of-the-dinosaurs.md)
- *The Simpsons Movie* (2007), Fi1m 70, Screenplay, Songs — [page](https://film.one/film/the-simpsons-movie.md)
- *Robots* (2005), Fi1m 62, Story Consultant — [page](https://film.one/film/robots-2005.md)
- *The Simpsons* (1989), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

## Complete filmography (34)

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

- *The New Simpsons Movie* (2027), Producer
- *Yellow Mirror* (2026), Producer
- *Simpsley* (2026), Producer
- *Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition* (2026), Producer
- *The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful* (2024), Producer
- *Command Z* (2023), series, Thanks
- *Cosmic Scrat-tastrophe* (2015), Dialogue
- *How Murray Saved Christmas* (2014), Book, Writer, Executive Producer, Songs
- *Despicable Me 2* (2013), Story Consultant — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/film/despicable-me-2.md)
- *Ice Age: Continental Drift* (2012), Story Consultant — Fi1m 53, [page](https://film.one/film/ice-age-continental-drift.md)
- *The Lorax* (2012), Story Consultant
- *Ice Age: A Mammoth Christmas* (2011), Writer
- *Scrat's Continental Crack-Up: Part 2* (2011), Writer
- *Rio* (2011), Story Consultant — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/rio.md)
- *Scrat's Continental Crack-Up* (2010), Writer
- *Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs* (2009), Screenplay — Fi1m 56, [page](https://film.one/film/ice-age-dawn-of-the-dinosaurs.md)
- *My Life in Ruins* (2009), Writer
- *Surviving Sid* (2008), Writer
- *The Simpsons Movie* (2007), Screenplay, Songs — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-simpsons-movie.md)
- *Queer Duck: The Movie* (2006), Producer, Writer
- *The Naked Monster* (2005), as Oil Can Guzzler
- *Robots* (2005), Story Consultant — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/robots-2005.md)
- *Ice Age* (2002), Additional Dialogue — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/ice-age.md)
- *Queer Duck* (2000), series, Creator
- *Hard Drinkin' Lincoln* (2000), series, Creator, Writer, Executive Producer
- *The PJs* (1999), series, Producer
- *Teen Angel* (1997), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *The Critic* (1994), series, Writer, Producer, Creator
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, Writer, Producer, Supervising Producer, Co-Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *Sledge Hammer!* (1986), series, Writer
- *ALF* (1986), series, Writer
- *It's Garry Shandling's Show* (1986), series, Producer
- *Charles in Charge* (1984), series, Writer
- *Airplane II: The Sequel* (1982), Writer

## Gallery

- ![Mike Reiss](https://film.one/media/person/61937/gallery-97761fb84f0d.jpg) Mike Reiss — Sarah from Wisconsin, United States, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/17/Mikereiss.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Closeup iPhone 6 image of the signature of Mike Reiss, from my copy of the book City of Hamburgers that he signed in 2012 after an event in Aspen, Colorado duri (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/61937/gallery-e6220719e5f2.jpg) Closeup iPhone 6 image of the signature of Mike Reiss, from my copy of the book City of Hamburgers that he signed in 2012 after an event in Aspen, Colorado duri (2018) — Mike Reiss, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/54/CloseupofMikeReissSignatureCropped.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Closeup iPhone 6 image of the signature of Mike Reiss, from my copy of the book City of Hamburgers that he signed in 2012 after an event in Aspen, Colorado duri (2018)](https://film.one/media/person/61937/gallery-c0921034e7be.png) Closeup iPhone 6 image of the signature of Mike Reiss, from my copy of the book City of Hamburgers that he signed in 2012 after an event in Aspen, Colorado duri (2018) — Mike Reiss, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/CloseupofMikeReissSignatureCropped.png?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Mike Reiss](https://film.one/media/person/61937/gallery-043cea8681f8.jpg) Mike Reiss — Image via TMDB
- ![Mike Reiss](https://film.one/media/person/61937/gallery-52c260bcae7b.jpg) Mike Reiss — Image via TMDB
- ![Mike Reiss](https://film.one/media/person/61937/gallery-22d5d58d216c.jpg) Mike Reiss — Image via TMDB

## Awards

### Other awards — 1 won

- Edgar Awards 2000: Edgar Awards (won)

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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