Bill Oakley

This article is about the crew member. For the character, see Bill Oakley (character).

Bill Oakley

Crew Information Gender: Male ♂ Job: Writer Story editor Producer Showrunner Birth date: February 27, 1966 (1966-02-27) Status: Inactive Number of episodes: 144 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

Bill Oakley (born February 27, 1966) is an American television writer and producer. He served as a writer, story editor, supervising producer, executive producer, showrunner, and consulting producer for The Simpsons. He is married to Rachel Pulido.

Credits

Written by

Episode – "Marge Gets a Job" Episode – "Marge in Chains" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror IV" (as The Late Bill Oakley) 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"

Story editor

Episode – "Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?" Episode – "Kamp Krusty" Episode – "A Streetcar Named Marge" Episode – "Homer the Heretic" Episode – "Lisa the Beauty Queen" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror III" (as Objectionable Bill Oakley) Episode – "Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie" Episode – "Marge Gets a Job" Episode – "New Kid on the Block" Episode – "Mr. Plow" Episode – "Lisa's First Word" Episode – "Homer's Triple Bypass" Episode – "Marge vs. the Monorail" Episode – "Selma's Choice" Episode – "Brother from the Same Planet" Episode – "I Love Lisa" Episode – "Duffless" Episode – "Last Exit to Springfield" Episode – "So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show" Episode – "The Front" Episode – "Whacking Day" Episode – "Marge in Chains" Episode – "Krusty Gets Kancelled" Episode – "Homer's Barbershop Quartet" Episode – "Cape Feare"

Supervising producer

Episode – "Homer Goes to College" Episode – "Rosebud" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror IV" (as The Late Bill Oakley) Episode – "Marge on the Lam" Episode – "Bart's Inner Child" Episode – "Boy-Scoutz 'n the Hood" Episode – "The Last Temptation of Homer" Episode – "$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)" Episode – "Homer the Vigilante" Episode – "Bart Gets Famous" Episode – "Homer and Apu" Episode – "Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy" Episode – "Deep Space Homer" Episode – "Homer Loves Flanders" Episode – "Bart Gets an Elephant" Episode – "Burns' Heir" Episode – "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song" Episode – "The Boy Who Knew Too Much" Episode – "Lady Bouvier's Lover" Episode – "Secrets of a Successful Marriage" Episode – "Bart of Darkness" Episode – "Lisa's Rival" Episode – "Another Simpsons Clip Show" Episode – "Itchy & Scratchy Land" Episode – "Sideshow Bob Roberts" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror V" (as The Late Bill Oakley) Episode – "Bart's Girlfriend" Episode – "Lisa on Ice" Episode – "Homer Badman" Episode – "Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy" Episode – "Fear of Flying" Episode – "Homer the Great" Episode – "And Maggie Makes Three" Episode – "Bart's Comet" Episode – "Homie the Clown" Episode – "Bart vs. Australia" Episode – "Homer vs. Patty and Selma" Episode – "A Star Is Burns" Episode – "Lisa's Wedding" Episode – "Two Dozen and One Greyhounds" Episode – "The PTA Disbands" Episode – "'Round Springfield" Episode – "The Springfield Connection" Episode – "Lemon of Troy" Episode – "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)" Episode – "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)" Episode – "Radioactive Man"

Executive producer

Episode – "Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily" Episode – "Bart Sells His Soul" Episode – "Lisa the Vegetarian" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror VI" (as The Late Bill Oakley) Episode – "King-Size Homer" Episode – "Mother Simpson" Episode – "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming" Episode – "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular" Episode – "Marge Be Not Proud" Episode – "Team Homer" Episode – "Two Bad Neighbors" Episode – "Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield" Episode – "Bart the Fink" Episode – "Lisa the Iconoclast" Episode – "Homer the Smithers" Episode – "The Day the Violence Died" Episode – "A Fish Called Selma" Episode – "Bart on the Road" Episode – "22 Short Films About Springfield" Episode – "Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish"" Episode – "Much Apu About Nothing" Episode – "Homerpalooza" Episode – "Summer of 4 Ft. 2" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror VII" (as The Late Bill Oakley) Episode – "You Only Move Twice" Episode – "The Homer They Fall" Episode – "Burns, Baby Burns" Episode – "Bart After Dark" Episode – "A Milhouse Divided" Episode – "Lisa's Date with Density" Episode – "Hurricane Neddy" Episode – "El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer" Episode – "The Springfield Files" Episode – "The Twisted World of Marge Simpson" Episode – "Mountain of Madness" Episode – "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show" Episode – "Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious" 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"

Consulting producer

THOH – "Treehouse of Horror VIII" (as The Late Bill Oakley) 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 – "The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace"

Showrunner

Episode – "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)" Episode – "Radioactive Man" Episode – "Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily" Episode – "Bart Sells His Soul" Episode – "Lisa the Vegetarian" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror VI" Episode – "King-Size Homer" Episode – "Mother Simpson" Episode – "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming" Episode – "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular" Episode – "Marge Be Not Proud" Episode – "Team Homer" Episode – "Two Bad Neighbors" Episode – "Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield" Episode – "Bart the Fink" Episode – "Lisa the Iconoclast" Episode – "Homer the Smithers" Episode – "The Day the Violence Died" Episode – "A Fish Called Selma" Episode – "Bart on the Road" Episode – "22 Short Films About Springfield" Episode – "Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish"" Episode – "Much Apu About Nothing" Episode – "Homerpalooza" Episode – "Summer of 4 Ft. 2" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror VII" Episode – "You Only Move Twice" Episode – "The Homer They Fall" Episode – "Burns, Baby Burns" Episode – "Bart After Dark" Episode – "A Milhouse Divided" Episode – "Lisa's Date with Density" Episode – "Hurricane Neddy" Episode – "El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer" Episode – "The Springfield Files" Episode – "The Twisted World of Marge Simpson" Episode – "Mountain of Madness" Episode – "Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious" 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"

For The Simpsons

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

External links

• Bill Oakley at the Internet Movie Database
• Bill Oakley at Wikipedia

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 • Carolyn Omine • Michael Price

Writers

Current writers J. Stewart Burns • Joel H. Cohen • Jessica Conrad • John Frink • 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 Former writers Megan Amram • Richard Appel • Elisabeth Kiernan Averick • Bob Bendetson • James L. Brooks • Bill Canterbury • Donick Cary • Dan Castellaneta • Daniel Chun • David X. Cohen • Jonathan Collier • Jennifer Crittenden • Kevin Curran • Nick Dahan • 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 • Dan Greaney • Matt Groening • Reid Harrison • Ron Hauge • Pete Holmes • David Isaacs • 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 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 • Juliet Kaufman • 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 Staff writers Richard Appel • Bill Canterbury • Daniel Chun • David X. Cohen • Jennifer Crittenden • Valentina L. Garza • Dan Greaney • Teresa Hsiao • Jon Kern • Cesar Mazariegos • Matt Selman • Matt Warburton Book writers Peter Alexander • Jamie Angell • Ted Brock • Eileen Campion • Max Franke • Jim Jensen • Barbara McAdams • Bill Morrison • Mili Smythe • Mary Trainor • Doug Whaley Other writers Neil Alsip • Jamie Angell • Bob Bain • Eric Brewster • Jeremy Chilnick • Jorge R. Gutierrez • Patrick Meighan • Jack Parmeter • Jeffrey Poliquin • Tom Root • Morgan Spurlock • Michael R. Viner

Executive producers and Co-executive producers

Current executive producers James L. Brooks • John Frink • Matt Groening • Al Jean • Matt Selman • Sam Simon* Former executive producers David X. Cohen • Tim Long • Ian Maxtone-Graham • George Meyer • David Mirkin • Bill Oakley • Carolyn Omine • Mike Reiss • Mike Scully • Josh Weinstein 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 • Jake Myrick • Jim Myrick • 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 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 • Dan Vebber • Jeff Westbrook 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 Other co-executive producers Cherry Chevapravatdumrong • Keith Crofford • Tom Devanney • Mike Lazzo • Patrick Meighan • Brian Scully • John Viener

Consulting producers

Current consulting producers Dan Greaney • Carolyn Omine • David Silverman Former consulting producers Megan Amram • Richard Appel • Dan Castellaneta • David X. Cohen • Kevin Curran • Tom Gammill • Al Jean • 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 Other consulting producers Chris Sheridan • Scott Sherman

Supervising producers

Current supervising producers Loni Steele Sosthand 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 • Richard Raynis • Mike Reiss • David Richardson • David Sacks • Mike Scully • Matt Selman • Julie Thacker Scully • Steve Tompkins • Matt Warburton • Jeff Westbrook • Marc Wilmore • Wallace Wolodarsky Other supervising producers Alex Carter • Marge Dean • Janet Dimon • Andrew Goldberg • Carl Hansen • Kelly L'Estrange • Aaron Lee • Dan Schwachter • Julius Sharpe • Hyejoon Yun

Story editors

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