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name: "Taffy Brodesser-Akner"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/taffy-brodesser-akner"
fi1m_id: "taffy-brodesser-akner"
imdb_id: "nm10368081"
tmdb_id: 3399878
wikidata_id: "Q47241142"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "26 October 1975"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-30T22:55:52.008143+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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# Taffy Brodesser-Akner

## Identity

Taffy Brodesser-Akner

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/taffy-brodesser-akner
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** taffy-brodesser-akner
- **IMDb ID:** nm10368081
- **TMDB ID:** 3399878
- **Wikidata ID:** Q47241142
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taffy_Brodesser-Akner, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47241142, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10368081/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3399878

Producer. Born 26 October 1975 in Huntington, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 26 October 1975, Huntington, New York, USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Taffy_Brodesser-Akner, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q47241142, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm10368081/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3399878

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Fleishman Is in Trouble*](https://film.one/tv/fleishman-is-in-trouble.md) (74)

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

## Biography

Taffy Brodesser-Akner is an American journalist and author. She is a staff writer for *The New York Times Magazine*, where she has written celebrity profiles, and has also contributed to *GQ* and other publications. She began her journalism career at *Soap Opera Weekly* after earning a BFA in dramatic writing from New York University.

Her debut novel, *Fleishman Is in Trouble*, was published in 2019. She adapted it for television as creator, writer and executive producer of the 2022 FX/Hulu limited series of the same name. Her second novel, *Long Island Compromise*, was published in 2024.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Fleishman Is in Trouble* (2022), Fi1m 74, Novel, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator — [page](https://film.one/tv/fleishman-is-in-trouble.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

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

- *Fleishman Is in Trouble* (2022), series, Novel, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/fleishman-is-in-trouble.md)

## Awards

### Other awards — 2 won

- Grand Prix de Littérature Américaine 2025: Grand Prix de Littérature Américaine (won)
- 36 to Watch 2022: 36 to Watch (won)

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

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