---
name: "Tom Martin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/tom-martin"
fi1m_id: "tom-martin"
imdb_id: "nm0553146"
tmdb_id: 1216184
wikidata_id: "Q2868355"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "29 July 1964"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:40:34.365533+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."
---

# Tom Martin

## Identity

Tom Martin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/tom-martin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** tom-martin
- **IMDb ID:** nm0553146
- **TMDB ID:** 1216184
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2868355
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Martin_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2868355, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0553146/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1216184

Writer. Born 29 July 1964 in Chicago.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 29 July 1964, Chicago
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Martin_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2868355, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0553146/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1216184

## Streaming the US now

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

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## Biography

Tom Martin is an American television writer and producer. Born in Chicago in 1964, he grew up in Southern California and graduated from the University of California, Irvine in 1987 with degrees in economics and political science. He began his career as a stand-up comedian before working as a guest writer on *Saturday Night Live* and contributing to sitcoms including *Just Shoot Me!* (1997) and *The Naked Truth*.

Martin wrote three episodes of *The Simpsons* (1989) between 1999 and 2001, including 'Grift of the Magi' (1999) and 'Pokey Mom' (2001), and served as co-producer, producer and supervising producer on 67 episodes across seasons 10 to 12. He received two Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Animated Program for his work on the series. He has also written for *Clone High* (2002), *WordGirl* (as head writer) and co-created *Talking Tom and Friends* (2014–2021). Other credits include the teleplays for *It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie* (2002) and *The Muppets' Wizard of Oz* (2005).

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

- *Homing In* (2017), as Cal
- *Simon's Cat, Volume. 1* (2017), Executive Music Producer, Foley, Sound Mixer
- *Stay Woke: The Black Lives Matter Movement* (2016), Music
- *Talking Tom and Friends* (2014), series, Writer, Creator
- *Unstable Fables: Tortoise vs. Hare* (2008), Writer
- *Out of Jimmy's Head* (2007), series, Writer
- *WordGirl* (2007), series, Writer
- *The Year Without a Santa Claus* (2006), Teleplay
- *The Muppets' Wizard of Oz* (2005), Teleplay
- *It's a Very Merry Muppet Christmas Movie* (2002), Writer
- *Clone High* (2002), series, Writer, Supervising Producer
- *Still Standing* (2002), series, Writer
- *The Secret KGB Paranormal Files* (2001), Writer
- *Nikki* (2000), series, Writer
- *Any Given Wednesday* (2000), Writer
- *Just Shoot Me!* (1997), series, Writer
- *The Naked Truth* (1995), series, Writer
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, Writer, Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

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