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Al Jean
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Alfred Ernest Jean III (born January 9, 1961) is an American writer, animator, and producer. Jean is well known for his work on The Simpsons. He was born and raised near Detroit,…
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Alfred Ernest Jean III (born January 9, 1961) is an American writer, animator, and producer. Jean is well known for his work on The Simpsons. He was born and raised near Detroit, Michigan, and graduated from Harvard University in 1981. Jean began his writing career in the 1980s with fellow Harvard alum Mike Reiss. Together, they worked as writers and producers on television shows such as The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, ALF and It's Garry Shandling's Show. Jean was offered a job as a writer on the animated sitcom The Simpsons in 1989, alongside Reiss, and together they became the first members of the original writing staff of the show. They served as showrunners during the show's third (1991–92) and fourth (1992–93) seasons, though they left The Simpsons after season four to create The Critic, an animated show about film critic Jay Sherman. It was first broadcast on ABC in January 1994 (then aired its second season on Fox in March 1995) and was well received by critics, but did not catch on with viewers and only lasted for two seasons. In 1994, Jean and Reiss signed a three-year deal with The Walt Disney Company to produce other television shows for ABC, and the duo created and executive-produced Teen Angel, which was canceled in its first season. Jean returned full-time to The Simpsons during the tenth season (1998–99). He became showrunner again with the start of the thirteenth season in 2001, without Reiss, and has held that position since. Jean was also one of the writers and producers who worked on The Simpsons Movie, a feature-length film based on the series, released in 2007.
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2027
The New Simpsons Movie
Movie Producer
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2026
Yellow Mirror
Movie Executive Producer
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2026
Simpsley
Movie Executive Producer
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2026
Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition
Movie Executive Producer
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2024
The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful
Movie Executive Producer
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2024
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Movie Writer
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2024
May the 12th Be with You
Movie Writer
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2023
Maggie Simpson in "Rogue Not Quite One"
Movie Producer
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2022
Welcome to the Club
Movie Writer
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2022
When Billie Met Lisa
Movie Writer
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2021
The Simpsons in Plusaversary
Movie Writer
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2021
The Simpsons | Balenciaga
Movie Writer
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2021
Too Soon: Comedy After 9/11
Movie Self
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2021
The Good, the Bart, and the Loki
Movie Writer
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2021
Maggie Simpson in "The Force Awakens from Its Nap"
Movie Writer
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2020
Maggie Simpson in "Playdate with Destiny"
Movie Writer
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2018
The Zen Diaries of Garry Shandling
TV show Self
- 2017
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2012
Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare"
Movie Writer
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2011
James L. Brooks: A Singular Voice
Movie Self
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2010
Presidential Reunion
Movie Writer
- 2010
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2007
A Terrifying Message from Al Gore
Movie Thanks
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2007
The Simpsons Movie
Movie Screenplay
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2005
The Naked Monster
Movie Beer Drinker
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2000
The Simpsons: America's First Family
Movie Self
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1999
The PJs
TV show Producer
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1997
Teen Angel
TV show Writer
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1994
The Critic
TV show Writer
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1989
The Simpsons
TV show Writer
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1986
Sledge Hammer!
TV show Writer
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1986
ALF
TV show Writer
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1986
Head of the Class
TV show Writer
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1986
It's Garry Shandling's Show
TV show Producer
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1984
Charles in Charge
TV show Writer
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1983
Not Necessarily the News
TV show Writer
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1982
Airplane II: The Sequel
Movie Writer
