---
name: "Sam Laybourne"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/sam-laybourne"
fi1m_id: "sam-laybourne"
imdb_id: "nm2023989"
tmdb_id: 1261409
roles: ["Writer"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:41:05.122094+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."
---

# Sam Laybourne

## Identity

Sam Laybourne

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/sam-laybourne
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** sam-laybourne
- **IMDb ID:** nm2023989
- **TMDB ID:** 1261409
- **Same entity:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2023989/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1261409

Writer. Born in USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2023989/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1261409

## Streaming the US now

- **Netflix:** [*Arrested Development*](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md) (87)

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

## Biography

Sam Laybourne is a television writer and producer. He began his career as a staff writer on the third season of *Arrested Development* (2003) in 2005.

Born in 1974 in the USA, Laybourne graduated from Wesleyan University and earned a master's degree in teaching from Columbia University. He worked as an English teacher at the Beacon School in New York before moving into television writing. His parents, Geraldine Laybourne and Kit Laybourne, both have extensive backgrounds in television production.

Laybourne has written episodes for series including *Cougar Town* (2009), *The Michael J. Fox Show* (2013), *Black-ish* (2014), *Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist* (2020) and *Acapulco* (2021). He has served as a producer or co-executive producer on several of these shows and received Primetime Emmy and Writers Guild of America nominations.

*Sources: imdb.com, deadline.com, rottentomatoes.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Arrested Development* (2003), Fi1m 87, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

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

- *DMV* (2025), series, Writer
- *Acapulco* (2021), series, Executive Producer, Writer
- *Zoey's Extraordinary Playlist* (2020), series, Executive Producer, Writer
- *The Real O'Neals* (2016), series, Writer
- *Grandfathered* (2015), series, Co-Executive Producer
- *black-ish* (2014), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer
- *The Michael J. Fox Show* (2013), series, Writer, Story, Teleplay, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Kung Fu Magoo* (2010), Story, Screenplay
- *Cougar Town* (2009), series, as Steve · Writer
- *The Loop* (2006), series, Writer
- *Arrested Development* (2003), series, Writer — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md)
- *Wingmom*, Writer

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