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*"[[Kill Gil: Vols. 1 & 2]]" - Won [[WGA Award]] in the Animation category.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.variety.com/awardcentral_article/VR1117980615.html?nav=news&categoryid=1983&cs=1|title=Cody, Coen bros. top WGA Awards |author=Dave McNary|accessdate=2008-02-09|publisher=''[[Variety]]''}}</ref> | *"[[Kill Gil: Vols. 1 & 2]]" - Won [[WGA Award]] in the Animation category.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.variety.com/awardcentral_article/VR1117980615.html?nav=news&categoryid=1983&cs=1|title=Cody, Coen bros. top WGA Awards |author=Dave McNary|accessdate=2008-02-09|publisher=''[[Variety]]''}}</ref> | ||
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Revision as of 21:53, June 14, 2009
Jeff Westbrook is a writer for The Simpsons. He has also written for Futurama.
Prior to becoming a TV writer, Westbrook was a successful algorithms researcher. After majoring in physics and history of science at Harvard University, he studied computer science with Robert Tarjan at Princeton University, receiving his Ph.D. in 1989 with a thesis entitled Algorithms and Data Structures for Dynamic Graph Algorithms. He then took a faculty position at Yale University, later becoming a researcher for AT&T Laboratories before leaving research for Hollywood. Westbrook's Erdős number is three due to his research collaborations with Tarjan and others.
Episodes written
- "On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister"
- "The Wettest Stories Ever Told"
- "Kill Gil: Vols. 1 & 2" - Won WGA Award in the Animation category.[1]
References
- ↑ Dave McNary " Cody, Coen bros. top WGA Awards " Variety . Retrieved on 2008-02-09
