Josh Weinstein

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This article is about The Simpsons writer Josh Weinstein. For the Mystery Science Theater 3000 writer and performer, see J. Elvis Weinstein.

Josh Weinstein (born May 5, 1966) is an American TV writer, best known for his work on The Simpsons. Along with his writing partner Bill Oakley, Weinstein was Executive Producer and Showrunner for two seasons of The Simpsons. Together, the two wrote such episodes as Who Shot Mr. Burns?, Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy, Sideshow Bob Roberts and the series' 100th episode Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song. He won three Emmy Awards and a Peabody Award. After leaving The Simpsons, Weinstein and Oakley created Mission Hill and The Mullets.

Weinstein attended Stanford University, where he was editor of the Stanford Chaparral.

[edit] External links

• Josh Weinstein at the Internet Movie Database

Preceded by: David Mirkin

(with Bill Oakley) The Simpsons Showrunner 1995 – 1997

Succeeded by: Mike Scully