---
name: "Steve Pepoon"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/steve-pepoon"
fi1m_id: "steve-pepoon"
imdb_id: "nm0672554"
tmdb_id: 1216658
wikidata_id: "Q3499053"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "19 May 1956"
died: "3 May 2025"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 86
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:32:10.104483+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."
---

# Steve Pepoon

## Identity

Steve Pepoon

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/steve-pepoon
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** steve-pepoon
- **IMDb ID:** nm0672554
- **TMDB ID:** 1216658
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3499053
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Pepoon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3499053, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0672554/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1216658

Writer. Born 19 May 1956 in Kansas City. Died 3 May 2025.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 19 May 1956, Kansas City
- **Died:** 3 May 2025
- **Active:** 1988–1989
- **Primetime Emmy Awards:** 1 Emmy (1 won)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 86, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Pepoon, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3499053, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0672554/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1216658

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Simpsons*](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) (88)
- **Peacock:** [*Roseanne*](https://film.one/tv/roseanne.md) (84)

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

## Biography

Steve Pepoon was an American television writer. Born in Kansas City, Missouri, on 19 May 1956, he grew up in Paola, Kansas, and graduated from Kansas State University. He moved to Los Angeles in 1979 and sold his first script to *Silver Spoons* in 1986.

Pepoon wrote for *ALF* (1987–1990), *It's Garry Shandling's Show*, *Get a Life*, *Roseanne* and other series. He wrote the *The Simpsons* episode 'Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment' (1991), which won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program. He was co-creator of *The Wild Thornberrys*.

Pepoon died in Paola, Kansas, on 3 May 2025, aged 68.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Simpsons* (1989), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *Roseanne* (1988), Fi1m 84, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/roseanne.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

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

- *The PJs* (1999), series, Writer, Teleplay, Story
- *You Wish* (1997), series, Writer
- *Cleghorne!* (1995), series, Writer
- *Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult* (1994), as Oscar Audience Member
- *Tom* (1994), series, Creator
- *The Jackie Thomas Show* (1992), series, Writer
- *Dinosaurs* (1991), series, Writer, Story
- *Get a Life* (1990), series, Writer
- *Ferris Bueller* (1990), series, Writer
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, Writer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *Roseanne* (1988), series, Writer — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/roseanne.md)
- *ALF* (1986), series, Writer, Teleplay
- *Silver Spoons* (1982), series, Writer

## Awards

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 1 won

- 1991: Outstanding Animated Program (won), for *The Simpsons*

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

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