---
name: "Rob LaZebnik"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/rob-lazebnik"
fi1m_id: "rob-lazebnik"
imdb_id: "nm0493858"
tmdb_id: 1213292
wikidata_id: "Q3434194"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "6 May 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:40:15.771736+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."
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# Rob LaZebnik

## Identity

Rob LaZebnik

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/rob-lazebnik
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** rob-lazebnik
- **IMDb ID:** nm0493858
- **TMDB ID:** 1213292
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3434194
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_LaZebnik, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3434194, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0493858/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1213292

Writer. Born 6 May 1962 in Pacific Palisades, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 6 May 1962, Pacific Palisades, California, USA
- **Primetime Emmy Awards:** 3 Emmys (3 won)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rob_LaZebnik, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3434194, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0493858/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1213292

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Simpsons*](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) (88)

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## Biography

Rob LaZebnik is an American television writer and producer. He graduated from David H. Hickman High School in Columbia, Missouri, and Harvard University. He has worked as a co-executive producer and writer on *The Simpsons* since 1999, contributing to 25 episodes including "Homer vs. Dignity" (2001), "Father Knows Worst" (2009) and "Bottle Episode" (2024).

LaZebnik co-created the web series *Starship Regulars* and the series *Greetings from Tucson*, which aired for one season on The WB. He has also written episodes of *Monk*, *The War at Home*, *Less Than Perfect*, *The Ellen Show* and *Empty Nest*. His wife, Claire Scovell LaZebnik, is an author; their son Johnny LaZebnik is a writer who has co-written episodes of *The Simpsons* with him.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Simpsons* (1989), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

## Complete filmography (18)

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

- *Yellow Mirror* (2026), Co-Executive Producer
- *Simpsley* (2026), Co-Executive Producer
- *Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition* (2026), Co-Executive Producer
- *The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful* (2024), Co-Executive Producer
- *Extinct* (2021), Producer, Writer
- *Clash-A-Rama* (2016), series, Creator
- *Queer Duck: The Movie* (2006), Executive Producer
- *Less than Perfect* (2002), series, Writer
- *Greetings from Tucson* (2002), series, Executive Producer, Writer
- *Monk* (2002), series, Writer
- *The Ellen Show* (2001), series, Writer
- *Starship Regulars* (1999), series, Creator
- *Common Law* (1996), series, Writer, Creator
- *Muscle* (1995), series, Creator
- *Blossom* (1990), series, Producer, Writer
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, as Spit-Takers Anonymous Guy (voice) · Writer, Co-Executive Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *Empty Nest* (1988), series, Writer
- *Women in Prison* (1987), series, Writer

## Awards

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 3 won

- 2008: Outstanding Animated Program (won), for *The Simpsons*
- 2001: Outstanding Animated Program (won), for *The Simpsons*
- 2000: Outstanding Animated Program (won), for *The Simpsons*

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

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