Michael Price (writer)

Michael Price (born October 22, 1958) is an American writer and producer. He is 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 King of the Hill 26 episodes and story consultant for Total Dramarama 104 episodes.

Early life[change | change source]

He grew up in South Plainfield, New Jersey. He 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[change | change source]

Year	Title	Credit	Notes
1994	The Newz	Writer
1994–95	Aaahh!!! Real Monsters	Writer	5 episodes
1995	Santo Bugito	Writer	2 episodes
1996–97	Homeboys in Outer Space	Writer	2 episodes
1997	Teen Angel	Writer	3 episodes
1998–99	Hercules	Story editor, writer	67 episodes
2000	The PJs	Writer, supervising producer	2 episodes
2000	Teacher's Pet	Writer, co-executive producer	13 episodes
2002–present	The Simpsons	Writer, co-executive producer	266 episodes
2005–2008	King of the Hill	Writer	26 episodes
2007	The Simpsons Movie	Consultant writer
2010	Presidential Reunion	Co-writer	Video
2011	Teen Titans Go!	Writer	episode "Burger vs. Burrito"
2012	The Men's Room	Writer	TV film
2012	Lego Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Out	Writer	TV special
2013-16	Total Dramarama	story consultant	104 episodes
2014	Achmed Saves America	Writer	Video
2015	Lego Star Wars: Droid Tales	Writer, executive producer	3 episodes
2015–21	F Is for Family	Co-creator, writer, executive producer	16 episodes

The Simpsons episodes[change | change source]

Price has written the following episodes:
Year	Title	Notes
2003	"My Mother the Carjacker"	Nominated for WGA Award in Animation.
2003	"'Tis the Fifteenth Season"
2005	"Mommie Beerest"	Won WGA Award in Animation.
2007	"Yokel Chords"	Won Annie Award for Best Music in an Animated Television Production.
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"	Upcoming