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This article is about the crew member. For the character, see Josh Weinstein (character).

Josh Weinstein

Crew Information

Gender:	Male ♂
Job:	Writer Story editor Producer Showrunner
Birth date:	May 5, 1966 (1966-05-05) (age 60)
Status:	Inactive
Number of episodes:	145
Seasons active:	Seasons 3 - 10
First episode:	"Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?"
Most recent episode:	"When You Dish Upon a Star"
First album:	Songs in the Key of Springfield
Latest album:	Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons

Joshua "Josh" Weinstein (born May 5, 1966) is an American television producer and writer. He served as a writer, showrunner, executive producer, consulting producer, supervising producer, and story editor for The Simpsons. He won three Emmy Awards and a Peabody Award. He also voiced characters in three episodes, although went uncredited. After leaving The Simpsons, Weinstein and Oakley created Mission Hill and The Mullets.

Awards

Award	Year	Episode	Result
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program	1995^[1]	"Lisa's Wedding"	Won
1996^[2]	"Treehouse of Horror VI"	Nominated
1997^[3]	"Homer's Phobia"	Won
1998^[4]	"Trash of the Titans"
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics	1996^[5]	"Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)" for "Señor Burns"	Nominated

Credits

Written by

Episode – "Marge Gets a Job"

Episode – "Marge in Chains"

THOH – "Treehouse of Horror IV" (Terror at 5½ Feet, as The Estate of Josh Weinstein)

Episode – "$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)"

Episode – "Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy"

Episode – "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song"

Episode – "Lady Bouvier's Lover"

Episode – "Sideshow Bob Roberts"

Episode – "Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy"

Episode – "Bart vs. Australia"

Episode – "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)"

Episode – "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)"

Episode – "22 Short Films About Springfield"

THOH – "Treehouse of Horror VII" (as The Estate of Josh Weinstein)

Episode – "A Milhouse Divided"
Episode – "Lisa's Date with Density"

Episode – "Hurricane Neddy"
Episode – "El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer"

Episode – "The Twisted World of Marge Simpson"
Episode – "Mountain of Madness"

Episode – "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show"

Episode – "Homer's Phobia"
Episode – "Brother from Another Series"
Episode – "My Sister, My Sitter"
Episode – "Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment"
Episode – "Grade School Confidential"
Episode – "The Canine Mutiny"
Episode – "The Old Man and the Lisa"
Episode – "In Marge We Trust"
Episode – "Homer's Enemy"
Episode – "The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase"
Episode – "The Secret War of Lisa Simpson"

Episode – "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson"
Episode – "The Principal and the Pauper"

Episode – "Lisa the Simpson"

Consulting producer

THOH – "Treehouse of Horror VIII" (as The Estate of Josh Weinstein)
Episode – "The Cartridge Family"
Episode – "Bart Star"
Episode – "The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons"
Episode – "Lisa the Skeptic"
Episode – "Realty Bites"
Episode – "Miracle on Evergreen Terrace"
Episode – "All Singing, All Dancing"
Episode – "Bart Carny"
Episode – "The Joy of Sect"

Episode – "Das Bus"
Episode – "The Last Temptation of Krust"
Episode – "Dumbbell Indemnity"
Episode – "Lisa the Simpson"
Episode – "This Little Wiggy"

Episode – "The Trouble with Trillions"
Episode – "Girly Edition"
Episode – "Trash of the Titans"
Episode – "King of the Hill"
Episode – "Lost Our Lisa"
Episode – "Natural Born Kissers"

Episode – "Lard of the Dance"
Episode – "The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace"

Episode – "Bart the Mother"

Episode – "When You Dish Upon a Star"

Voice actor

Episode – "Summer of 4 Ft. 2" (sand crab)
Episode – "Marge Be Not Proud" (juvenile Santa)
Episode – "The Day the Violence Died" ("Curly" bill)

Acknowledgement

Episode – "Another Simpsons Clip Show"

For The Simpsons

Album – Songs in the Key of Springfield
Album – Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons

Commentary

Commentary – Marge Gets a Job
Commentary – Marge in Chains
Commentary – Treehouse of Horror IV
Commentary – $pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)
Commentary – Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy
Commentary – Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song
Commentary – Lady Bouvier's Lover
Commentary – Sideshow Bob Roberts
Commentary – Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy
Commentary – Bart vs. Australia
Commentary – Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)
Commentary – Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)
Commentary – Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily
Commentary – Bart Sells His Soul
Commentary – Treehouse of Horror VI
Commentary – King-Size Homer
Commentary – Mother Simpson
Commentary – Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming
Commentary – The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular
Commentary – Marge Be Not Proud
Commentary – Two Bad Neighbors
Commentary – Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield
Commentary – Bart the Fink
Commentary – Lisa the Iconoclast
Commentary – Homer the Smithers
Commentary – The Day the Violence Died
Commentary – A Fish Called Selma
Commentary – Bart on the Road
Commentary – 22 Short Films About Springfield
Commentary – Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish"
Commentary – Much Apu About Nothing
Commentary – Homerpalooza
Commentary – Summer of 4 Ft. 2
Commentary – Treehouse of Horror VII
Commentary – You Only Move Twice
Commentary – The Homer They Fall
Commentary – Burns, Baby Burns
Commentary – Bart After Dark
Commentary – A Milhouse Divided
Commentary – Lisa's Date with Density
Commentary – Hurricane Neddy
Commentary – El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer
Commentary – The Twisted World of Marge Simpson
Commentary – Mountain of Madness
Commentary – The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show
Commentary – Homer's Phobia
Commentary – Brother from Another Series
Commentary – My Sister, My Sitter
Commentary – Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment
Commentary – Grade School Confidential
Commentary – The Canine Mutiny
Commentary – The Old Man and the Lisa
Commentary – In Marge We Trust
Commentary – Homer's Enemy
Commentary – The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase
Commentary – The Secret War of Lisa Simpson
Commentary – The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson (first track)
Commentary – The Principal and the Pauper
Commentary – Lisa the Simpson
Commentary – Lisa the Simpson (hidden)

References

External links

Josh Weinstein at the Internet Movie Database
Josh Weinstein at Wikipedia
Josh Weinstein at Twitter

view • talk • edit • past Showrunners

James L. Brooks • Matt Groening • Al Jean • George Meyer • David Mirkin • Bill Oakley • Mike Reiss • Mike Scully • Matt Selman • Sam Simon • Josh Weinstein
Co-showrunners
Brian Kelley • Rob LaZebnik • Tim Long • Cesar Mazariegos • Carolyn Omine • Michael Price

Writers

view • talk • edit • past Current writers
J. Stewart Burns • Joel H. Cohen • Jessica Conrad • Nick Dahan • John Frink • Dan Greaney • Broti Gupta • Al Jean • Brian Kelley • Ryan Koh • Rob LaZebnik • Tim Long • Cesar Mazariegos • Christine Nangle • Carolyn Omine • Michael Price • Matt Selman • Loni Steele Sosthand • Dan Vebber • Jeff Westbrook

view • talk • edit • past Former writers
Megan Amram • Richard Appel • Elisabeth Kiernan Averick • Bob Bendetson • Bill Canterbury • Donick Cary • Dan Castellaneta • Daniel Chun • David X. Cohen • Jonathan Collier • Jennifer Crittenden • Kevin Curran • Greg Daniels • Larry Doyle • Michael Ferris • Brent Forrester • Peter Gaffney • Tom Gammill • Valentina L. Garza • Stephanie Gillis • Mitch Glazer • Allen Glazier • Ned Goldreyer • Dana Gould • Matt Groening • Reid Harrison • Ron Hauge • Pete Holmes • David Isaacs • Juliet Kaufman • Ken Keeler • Billy Kimball • Jay Kogen • Andrew Kreisberg • Bob Kushell • Deb Lacusta • Johnny LaZebnik • Ken Levine • Jeff Martin • Tom Martin • Ian Maxtone-Graham • Dan McGrath • George Meyer • David Mirkin • Frank Mula • Michael Nobori • Conan O'Brien • Steve O'Donnell • Bill Oakley • Bill Odenkirk • Don Payne • Max Pross • Rachel Pulido • Mike Reiss • Nell Scovell • Brian Scully • Mike Scully • David Silverman • Sam Simon • David M. Stern • Joshua Sternin • John Swartzwelder • Julie Thacker Scully • Miranda Thompson • Steve Tompkins • Jennifer Ventimilia • Jon Vitti • Matt Warburton • Josh Weinstein • Marc Wilmore • Wallace Wolodarsky • William Wright

view • talk • edit • past One-time writers
Judd Apatow • Gary Apple • Bob Bain • Jack Barth • Jane Becker • Dick Blasucci • Neal Boushell • Neil Campbell • Michael Carrington • Nancy Cartwright • David Chambers • Julie Chambers • Thomas Chastain • Jeremy Chilnick • Chris Cluess • Robert Cohen • Max Cohn • David Cryan • Spike Feresten • Bill Freiberger • Daniel Furlong • Ricky Gervais • Howard Gewirtz • Evan Goldberg • Brendan Hay • Eric Horsted • Justin Hurwitz • Ben Joseph • Eric Kaplan • Mick Kelly • Dave King • Adam I. Lapidus • Josh Lieb • David Mandel • Matt Marshall • Jenna Martin • Samantha Martin • Brian McConnachie • Jane C. O'Brien • Sam O'Neal • Kai Omine • Jack Parmeter • Steve Pepoon • Edgar Allan Poe • Brian Pollack • Mimi Pond • Zach Posner • Julia Prescott • Mert Rich • Simon Rich • David Richardson • Jace Richdale • Renee Ridgeley • Brian K. Roberts • Seth Rogen • David Sacks • Robin Sayers • Harry Shearer • Dennis Snee • Robin Stein • David H. Steinberg • Peter Tilden • Patric Verrone • Steve Viksten • Vince Waldron • Danielle Weisberg • Steve Young • Ron Zimmerman

view • talk • edit • past Staff writers
Richard Appel • Bill Canterbury • Daniel Chun • David X. Cohen • Jennifer Crittenden • Nick Dahan • Valentina L. Garza • Dan Greaney • Teresa Hsiao • Jon Kern • Cesar Mazariegos • Matt Selman • Matt Warburton

view • talk • edit • past Book writers
Peter Alexander • Jamie Angell • Ted Brock • Eileen Campion • Max Franke • Jim Jensen • Barbara McAdams • Bill Morrison • Mili Smythe • Mary Trainor • Doug Whaley

view • talk • edit • past Other writers
Neil Alsip • Jamie Angell • Bob Bain • Eric Brewster • James L. Brooks • Jeremy Chilnick • Jorge R. Gutierrez • Patrick Meighan • Jack Parmeter • Jeffrey Poliquin • Tom Root • Morgan Spurlock • Michael R. Viner

Executive producers and Co-executive producers

view • talk • edit • past Current executive producers
James L. Brooks • John Frink • Matt Groening • Matt Selman • Sam Simon*

view • talk • edit • past Former executive producers
David X. Cohen • Al Jean • Tim Long • Ian Maxtone-Graham • George Meyer • David Mirkin • Bill Oakley • Carolyn Omine • Mike Reiss • Mike Scully • Josh Weinstein

view • talk • edit • past Other executive producers
Scot Amos • Richard Appel • Nick Bliobenes • Fritz Bronner • Dominic Buttimore • Steve Callaghan • Jeremy Chilnick • Charlie Dixon • Nandish Domlur • Jay Fukuto • Rick Giolito • Greg Goodrich • Seth Green • Dan Harmon • John Harvatine IV • Mark Hentemann • Clare Hollywood • Larry Jones • Foo Katan • Richard Kay • Leigh Kelly • Scott Krager • Brad Lewis • David Lipman • Seth MacFarlane • Jake Myrick • Jim Myrick • Nikhil Nandish • Trishaal Nandish • Rob Pratt • Kent Rice • Justin Roiland • Tom Root • Carl Rosendahl • Matthew Senreich • Eric Shanks • Denise Sirkot • Danny Smith • Gabe Spitzer • Morgan Spurlock • Chris Takami • Fumiaki Tanaka • Eric Towner • Kara Vallow • Nikki Vanzo • Michael Webb

view • talk • edit • past Current co-executive producers
J. Stewart Burns • Dan Castellaneta • Joel H. Cohen • Jessica Conrad • Broti Gupta • Brian Kelley • Ryan Koh • Rob LaZebnik • Tim Long • Cesar Mazariegos • Christine Nangle • Michael Price • Loni Steele Sosthand • Dan Vebber • Jeff Westbrook

view • talk • edit • past Former co-executive producers
Richard Appel • Elisabeth Kiernan Averick • Donick Cary • Daniel Chun • David X. Cohen • Kevin Curran • Greg Daniels • John Frink • Dana Gould • Dan Greaney • Ron Hauge • Al Jean • Josh Lieb • Ian Maxtone-Graham • George Meyer • Frank Mula • Bill Odenkirk • Carolyn Omine • Don Payne • Mike Reiss • Jace Richdale • Mike Scully • Matt Selman • Julie Thacker Scully • Steve Tompkins • Matt Warburton • Marc Wilmore

view • talk • edit • past Other co-executive producers
Cherry Chevapravatdumrong • Keith Crofford • Tom Devanney • Mike Lazzo • Patrick Meighan • Brian Scully • Peter Shin • John Viener

Consulting producers

view • talk • edit • past Current consulting producers
Dan Greaney • Al Jean • Carolyn Omine • David Silverman

view • talk • edit • past Former consulting producers
Megan Amram • Richard Appel • Dan Castellaneta • David X. Cohen • Kevin Curran • Tom Gammill • Brian Kelley • Tim Long • Ian Maxtone-Graham • Dan McGrath • David Mirkin • Frank Mula • Christine Nangle • Bill Oakley • Don Payne • Max Pross • Mike Reiss • Jace Richdale • Mike Scully • David M. Stern • Josh Weinstein

view • talk • edit • past Other consulting producers
Chris Sheridan • Scott Sherman

Supervising producers

view • talk • edit • past Former supervising producers
Larina Jean Adamson • Elisabeth Kiernan Averick • J. Stewart Burns • Donick Cary • Daniel Chun • David X. Cohen • Joel H. Cohen • Jonathan Collier • Jessica Conrad • Kevin Curran • Larry Doyle • John Frink • Valentina L. Garza • Dana Gould • Dan Greaney • Broti Gupta • Ron Hauge • Al Jean • Ken Keeler • Brian Kelley • Harold Kimmel • Jay Kogen • Ryan Koh • Tim Long • Tom Martin • Cesar Mazariegos • Frank Mula • Conan O'Brien • Bill Oakley • Bill Odenkirk • Carolyn Omine • Don Payne • Michael Price • Mike Reiss • David Richardson • David Sacks • Mike Scully • Matt Selman • Julie Thacker Scully • Loni Steele Sosthand • Steve Tompkins • Matt Warburton • Josh Weinstein • Jeff Westbrook • Marc Wilmore • Wallace Wolodarsky

view • talk • edit • past Other supervising producers
Alex Carter • Marge Dean • Janet Dimon • Andrew Goldberg • Carl Hansen • Kelly L'Estrange • Aaron Lee • Richard Raynis • Dan Schwachter • Julius Sharpe • Hyejoon Yun

Story editors

view • talk • edit • past Episode story editors
Richard Appel • Donick Cary • Daniel Chun • David X. Cohen • Joel H. Cohen • Jessica Conrad • Jennifer Crittenden • Richard Doctorow • Larry Doyle • Brent Forrester • Valentina L. Garza • Ned Goldreyer • Dan Greaney • Reid Harrison • Ron Hauge • Jon Kern • Andrew Kreisberg • Bob Kushell • Tim Long • Jeff Martin • Cesar Mazariegos • Dan McGrath • Jane C. O'Brien • Bill Oakley • Matt Selman • Damilare Sonoiki • Loni Steele Sosthand • Joshua Sternin • John Swartzwelder • Jennifer Ventimilia • Jon Vitti • Matt Warburton • Josh Weinstein

view • talk • edit • past Other story editors
Anthony Blasucci • Mike Desilets • Dave Ihlenfeld • Ted Jessup • Artie Johann • Shawn Ries • David Wright

[1] Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1995"

[2] Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1996"

[3] Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less.) – 1997"

[4] Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1998"

[5] Television Academy - "Outstanding Music and Lyrics – 1996"

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