---
name: "Nat Mauldin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/nat-mauldin"
fi1m_id: "nat-mauldin"
imdb_id: "nm0560894"
tmdb_id: 31025
wikidata_id: "Q6967864"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 April 1963"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 50
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-05T04:49:12.138108+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."
---

# Nat Mauldin

## Identity

Nat Mauldin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/nat-mauldin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** nat-mauldin
- **IMDb ID:** nm0560894
- **TMDB ID:** 31025
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6967864
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6967864, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0560894/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/31025

Writer. Born 1 April 1963 in McAllen, Texas, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 April 1963, McAllen, Texas, USA
- **Active:** 1998–2006
- **Average Fi1m score:** 50, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 50 (1), 2000s 49 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6967864, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0560894/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/31025

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Doctor Dolittle*](https://film.one/film/doctor-dolittle-1998.md) (50)
- **Amazon Prime Video:** [*Open Season*](https://film.one/film/open-season.md) (49)

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

## Biography

Nat Mauldin is an American screenwriter and producer. He was born in April 1963 in McAllen, Texas.

Mauldin wrote the screenplay for the 1998 film *Doctor Dolittle*, as well as screenplays for *The Preacher's Wife* (1996), *The In-Laws* (2003) and *Open Season* (2006). His television credits include writing for *Barney Miller* and *Night Court*, and creating the series *Capitol Critters* and *Have Faith*.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Open Season* (2006), Fi1m 49, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/open-season.md)
- *Doctor Dolittle* (1998), Fi1m 50, Screenplay — [page](https://film.one/film/doctor-dolittle-1998.md)

## Complete filmography (15)

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

- *A Christmas Story 2* (2012), Narrator, Teleplay
- *The Perfect Holiday* (2007), Writer
- *Open Season* (2006), Screenplay — Fi1m 49, [page](https://film.one/film/open-season.md)
- *The In-Laws* (2003), Screenplay
- *Doctor Dolittle* (1998), Screenplay — Fi1m 50, [page](https://film.one/film/doctor-dolittle-1998.md)
- *The Preacher's Wife* (1996), Screenplay
- *Clerks.* (1995), Executive Producer
- *Renaissance Man* (1994), as U Love to Rent Voice (voice)
- *Capitol Critters* (1992), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Downtown* (1990), Writer, Associate Producer
- *Have Faith* (1989), series, Creator
- *Have Faith* (1989), series, Writer, Creator
- *Night Court* (1984), series, Writer, Story Consultant
- *Newhart* (1982), series, Teleplay
- *Barney Miller* (1975), series, Writer

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