---
name: "Simon Rich"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/simon-rich"
fi1m_id: "simon-rich"
imdb_id: "nm2919995"
tmdb_id: 1267186
wikidata_id: "Q262997"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "5 June 1984"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-05T13:47:48.955721+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."
---

# Simon Rich

## Identity

Simon Rich

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/simon-rich
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** simon-rich
- **IMDb ID:** nm2919995
- **TMDB ID:** 1267186
- **Wikidata ID:** Q262997
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Rich, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q262997, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2919995/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1267186

Writer. Born 5 June 1984 in New York City.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 5 June 1984, New York City
- **Active:** 1989–present
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simon_Rich, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q262997, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2919995/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1267186

## Coming up

- *Artificial* (2026-12-25), Writer

## Streaming the US now

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

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

## Biography

Simon Rich (born 5 June 1984) is an American writer and screenwriter. Born in New York City and educated at Harvard University, he is the son of theatre critic Frank Rich.

Rich was one of the youngest writers hired for *Saturday Night Live* (2007–2011). He has written for *The Simpsons*, contributing the 2017 episode "A Father's Watch", and for Pixar on *Inside Out* (2015). He created and wrote the television series *Man Seeking Woman* (2015–2017) and *Miracle Workers* (2019–2023), and wrote the screenplay for the film *An American Pickle* (2020). He has also published novels and collections of humour pieces, several of which appeared in *The New Yorker*.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Complete filmography (11)

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

- *Artificial* (2026), Writer, Producer
- *An American Pickle* (2020), Screenplay, Short Story, Executive Producer
- *Miracle Workers* (2019), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Book, Story, Creator
- *Inside Out* (2015), as Additional Writing — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/inside-out.md)
- *Man Seeking Woman* (2015), series, Creator
- *The Line* (2008), series, Writer
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, Writer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *Untitled Lou Gehrig Biopic*, Writer
- *House of Joel*, Writer
- *Everyday Parenting Tips*, Producer, Short Story
- *Untitled Joe Cornish LEGO Film*, Writer

## Gallery

- ![Simon Rich (2008)](https://film.one/media/person/62018/gallery-809026e2e4b2.jpg) Simon Rich (2008) — annulla from Brooklyn, United States, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/82/Simon_Rich_%282871023947%29.jpg/1280px-Simon_Rich_%282871023947%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Simon Rich](https://film.one/media/person/62018/gallery-cf63ec8818d3.jpg) Simon Rich — Jeff Moore, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/55/Simon_Rich_on_WFMU%27s_Seven_Second_Delay_in_2009.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Simon Rich](https://film.one/media/person/62018/gallery-2a34e19376a0.jpg) Simon Rich — Image via TMDB

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