Bill Oakley

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Bill Oakley

Bill Oakley in 1994
Born 1966
United States
Occupation Television writer
Nationality American

Bill Oakley (born in 1966) is an American television writer, best known for his work on The Simpsons. Along with his writing partner Josh Weinstein, Oakley was the executive producer and showrunner during the seventh and eighth seasons. Before serving as the show's executive producers, the pair were hired onto the writing staff during the fourth season. Together, the two wrote episodes such as "Who Shot Mr. Burns?". After leaving The Simpsons, Oakley and Weinstein created Mission Hill, The Mullets, and served as consulting producers on Futurama.

He was born and raised in Union Bridge, Maryland, and attended St. Albans School, where he and Weinstein created cartoons for the school newspaper. He later attended Harvard University, where he was vice-president and editor of the Harvard Lampoon. His Lampoon classmates included Futurama creator David X. Cohen, Newsradio creator Paul Simms, as well as Richard Appel, Greg Daniels, Dan Greaney, Dan McGrath, Steve Young, Steve Tompkins, and his future wife Rachel Pulido, all of whom wrote for The Simpsons under the supervision of Oakley and Weinstein. He remains active in Harvard Lampoon affairs and currently serves on the five-member Board of Graduate Trustees, along with James Murdoch.

Oakley and his wife Rachel Pulido (who also wrote for Mission Hill) have two daughters, Mary and Elizabeth, and a son named James, who participated in two The Simpsons DVD commentaries while still an infant.

Oakley and Weinstein have written and produced several television pilots (both comedies and dramas), information about which can be found at the IMDB link below. They have also written several feature films, including The Optimist for New Line Cinema, which is slated to star Seann William Scott.

Along with Weinstein, he will serve as an executive producer on the upcoming Fox television series Class Dismissed, slated for debut in Spring of 2009.[1]

Oakley is an avid surfer and snowboarder who frequents Southern California's Snow Summit during winter months.

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[edit] Writing credits

[edit] The Simpsons episodes

Oakley has written the following episodes of The Simpsons with Josh Weinstein:

[edit] Mission Hill episodes

Oakley co-wrote the following episode with Josh Weinstein:

[edit] Television Pilots

[edit] Feature Films

[edit] References

  1. ^ Cynthia Littleton and Michael Schneider. "Fox greenlights 'Fringe'", Variety, 2008-05-11. Retrieved on 2008-05-15. 

[edit] External links

Preceded by
David Mirkin		 (with Josh Weinstein)
The Simpsons Showrunner
1995 – 1997		 Succeeded by
Mike Scully
v • d • e
The Simpsons writers
Current writers
Former recurring writers
One or two-time writers