Brian Kelley (writer)

Brian Kelley is an American television writer. He has written for SNL, Newsradio, Clerks, Futurama, Joey and The Simpsons.

Biography

Kelley graduated with honors from Connecticut's Darien High School, and in 1990 he entered Harvard University as a physics major. He became a television writer four years later.[1]

Writing credits

The Simpsons episodes

• "Treehouse of Horror XIII" ("The Fright to Creep and Scare Harms") (Date November 3, 2002)
• "A Star Is Born Again" (Date March 2, 2003)
• "Margical History Tour" (Date February 8, 2004)
• "Lisa the Drama Queen" (Date January 25, 2009)
• "Postcards from the Wedge" (Date March 14, 2010)
• "Moms I'd Like to Forget" (Date January 9, 2011)
• "Treehouse of Horror XXIII" (With David Mandel) (Date October 7, 2012)
• "Homer Goes to Prep School" (Date January 6, 2013)
• "Specs and the City" (Date January 26, 2014)
• "Brick Like Me" (Date May 4, 2014)
• "The Princess Guide" (Date March 1, 2015)
• "The Marge-ian Chronicles" (Date March 13, 2016)
• "The Serfsons" (Date October 1, 2017)
• "Lisa Gets the Blues" (With David Silverman) (Date April 22, 2018)
• "101 Mitigations" (With Dan Vebber) (Date March 3, 2019)
• "Woo-Hoo Dunnit?" (Date May 5, 2019)
• "Livin' la Pura Vida" (Date November 17, 2019)
• "Wad Goals" (Date February 21, 2021)

Futurama episodes

• "Love's Labours Lost in Space"

Awards and nominations

Year	Nominated work	Episode	Award	Result	Ref.
2012	The Simpsons	"Treehouse of Horror XXIII"[lower-alpha 1]	Writers Guild of America Award for Outstanding Writing in Animation	Nominated	[2]
2014		"Brick Like Me"		Won	[3]
2017		"The Serfsons"		Nominated	[4]
2019		"Livin La Pura Vida"		Nominated	[5]

Notes

1. This episode was co-written by David Mandel, thus Kelley and Mandel shared the nomination.

References

1. "You Must Be Joking? From Physics at Harvard to Comedy Writing for The Simpsons". Knowledge@Wharton High School. November 22, 2011. Retrieved February 28, 2013.
2. Kim, Wook (February 18, 2013). "2013 WGA Awards: The Complete List Of Winners". Time. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
3. McNary, Dave (February 14, 2015). "'Grand Budapest Hotel,' 'True Detective' Top WGA Awards". Variety. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
4. "WGA Awards: The Complete Winners List". Variety. February 11, 2018. Retrieved February 23, 2019.
5. Lindhal, Chris (February 1, 2020). "Writers Guild Awards 2020: 'Parasite' and 'JoJo Rabbit' Win Screenplay Awards". IndieWire. Retrieved February 3, 2020.

External links

• Brian Kelley at IMDb