Michael Price (writer)

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Michael Price (born October 22, 1958) is an American writer and producer, best known for his Emmy and Writers Guild award-winning work on The Simpsons . Price is a writer and co-executive producer of the ABC series Teacher's Pet . He served as a script consultant on The Simpsons Movie and wrote the Lego Star Wars special, Lego Star Wars: The Padawan Menace . He works at Lucasfilm writing and producing Lego Star Wars Franchise.

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Other television shows he has written for include What About Joan? , The PJs , Teen Angel , Homeboys in Outer Space , The Newz and One Minute to Air .

Price co-wrote and co-produced the Bill Burr series F Is for Family in 2015 on Netflix. The show is an animated sitcom, and draws from Burr's standup.

He grew up in South Plainfield, New Jersey, and attended Montclair State University, where he earned a B.A. degree in Theatre Arts, and Tulane University, where he earned a Master of Fine Arts degree in directing for the theatre.

Filmography

YearTitleCreditNotes
1994 The Newz Writer
1994–95 Aaahh!!! Real Monsters Writer5 episodes
1995 Santo Bugito Writer2 episodes
1996–97 Homeboys in Outer Space Writer2 episodes
1997 Teen Angel Writer3 episodes
1998–99 Hercules Story editor, writer67 episodes
2000 The PJs Writer, supervising producer2 episodes
2000 Buzz Lightyear of Star Command WriterEpisode: "Mira's Wedding"
2000 Teacher's Pet Writer, co-executive producer13 episodes
2002–present The Simpsons Writer, co-executive producer266 episodes
2007 The Simpsons Movie Consultant writer
2010 Presidential Reunion Co-writerVideo
2011 Lego Star Wars: The Padawan Menace WriterTV special
2012The Men's RoomWriterTV film
2012 Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out WriterTV special
2013–14 Lego Star Wars: The Yoda Chronicles Writer, executive producer7 episodes
2014Achmed Saves AmericaWriterVideo
2015 Lego Star Wars: Droid Tales Writer, executive producer3 episodes
2015–21 F Is for Family Co-creator, writer, executive producer16 episodes

The Simpsons episodes

Price has written the following episodes:
YearTitleNotes
2003"My Mother the Carjacker"Nominated for WGA Award in Animation. [1]
2003" 'Tis the Fifteenth Season"
2005"Mommie Beerest"Won WGA Award in Animation. [2]
2006"My Fair Laddy"
2007"Yokel Chords"Won Annie Award for Best Music in an Animated Television Production. [3]
2007"The Boys of Bummer"
2007"Funeral for a Fiend"
2008"E Pluribus Wiggum"
2009"How the Test Was Won"
2010"American History X-cellent"
2010"The Fool Monty"
2012"At Long Last Leave"The 500th episode of the show
2012"Them, Robot"
2012"Penny-Wiseguys"
2013"Dangers on a Train"
2014"You Don't Have to Live Like a Referee"
2015"Walking Big & Tall"
2015"Mathlete's Feat"
2016"Much Apu About Something"
2017"Fatzcarraldo"
2018"Fears of a Clown"
2019"Mad About the Toy"The 650th episode of the show
2021"Do PizzaBots Dream of Electric Guitars?"
2022"Meat is Murder"
2023"Hostile Kirk Place"
2023"AE Bonny Romance"

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