Joel H. Cohen is an Emmy award-winning writer and producer known for his extensive contributions to "The Simpsons" and other prominent television and film projects, offering valuable insights into creative development and narrative construction for brands.
Joel H. Cohen is available to speak on topics related to creativity, writing, and production, leveraging his experience as an Emmy award-winning writer and producer for "The Simpsons."
Joel Cohen is represented as a keynote speaker, offering insights from his career as an award-winning writer and producer for "The Simpsons."
Joel Cohen is available to speak on creativity and corporate strategies, drawing from his experience as a writer for "The Simpsons" to help unlock creative potential.
Joel Cohen is listed as a speaker, sharing his 25 years of experience as a writer and producer for "The Simpsons" and his background from the University of Alberta and York University.
GRAiNEY Pictures hired Joel H. Cohen and his brother Robert Cohen as executive producers for their Canadian division to work on upcoming animated projects, indicating a collaboration in content development and production.
Joel H. Cohen was born in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. He received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1988 from the University of Alberta and later an MBA from the Schulich School of Business in 1992. His career in entertainment began with writing for “Saturday Night Live” and “Suddenly Susan.” He is the younger brother of Robert Cohen, also a writer for “The Simpsons,” who penned the third-season episode “Flaming Moe’s.” Joel H. Cohen is married to Sandra “Sandi” Cohen.
Cohen is widely recognized for his long-standing role as a writer and producer for “The Simpsons,” one of television’s longest-running scripted primetime series. He has contributed to the show as a co-executive producer, supervising producer, and writer for hundreds of episodes. His writing credits for “The Simpsons” span from 2001 to 2025, with specific episodes including “Treehouse of Horror XII” (2001), “Brawl in the Family” (2002), “Today I Am a Clown” (2003), “Home Away from Homer” (2005), and numerous others.
Beyond his work on “The Simpsons” television series, Cohen also served as a consultant for “The Simpsons Movie” (2007) and as a writer for shorts like “The Longest Daycare” (2012), “The Force Awakens from Its Nap” (2021), and “Welcome to the Club” (2022). He has also been involved in other animated projects as a writer and producer, including “Crash Canyon” (2011–2013) where he was also a creator, “The Angry Birds Movie” (2016) as a creative consultant, “Extinct” (2021) as a writer and producer, and “Super Team Canada” (2025) as a creator, writer, and executive producer. Cohen is also the author of the non-fiction book “How to Lose a Marathon,” published in 2017.
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