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J. Stewart Burns

J. Stewart Burns

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Born December 4, 1969 in USA

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Joseph Stewart Burns, better known as J. Stewart Burns, is a television writer and producer most notable for his work on The Simpsons, Futurama, and Unhappily Ever After. Burns attended Harvard University, where he wrote for the Harvard Lampoon.

Noted in the DVD commentaries of "The Deep South" and "Roswell That Ends Well", Burns has an M.A. in Mathematics from UC Berkeley, where he studied under John Rhodes.[citation needed] Burns is partly credited for The Simpsons’ inclusion of a number of complex mathematical concepts and jokes within the series.

Burns was famously referenced in a 1993 Newsweek article about his decision to jump from pursuing a graduate degree in mathematics to writing comedy: "You could read the entire story of American decline in that one career move."

Burns got his start by writing for Beavis and Butthead. Since then, he has written for The Simpsons, Futurama, and Unhappily Ever After.

Burns has won the Emmy Award for Outstanding Animation Program four times - for Futurama in 2002, and for The Simpsons in 2006, 2008 and 2019.

Aside from writing on the original series, Burns also wrote the script for the Futurama video game as well as one of the Spyro games. Burns developed and has served as the game runner of The Simpsons: Tapped Out since its inception.

Burns lives in Los Angeles and is married to screenwriter Lillian Yu.

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Actor

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Type

Year

Hunting Yellow Pigs Poster

Hunting Yellow Pigs Feature Film2026Self - Interviewee

Unhappily Ever After Poster

Unhappily Ever After TV Series1995Elmo

Producer

5

Type

Year

Planet of the Couches Poster

Planet of the Couches TV Short2016

The Simpsons Take the Bowl Poster

The Simpsons Take the Bowl Video2014

Futurama Poster

Futurama TV Series1999

Unhappily Ever After Poster

Unhappily Ever After TV Series1995

The Simpsons Poster

The Simpsons TV Series1989

Other Crew

2

Disenchantment Poster

Disenchantment TV Series2018

Unhappily Ever After Poster

Unhappily Ever After TV Series1995

Writer

11

Type

Year

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year Poster

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year Short Film2024

The Simpsons: Welcome to the Club Poster

The Simpsons: Welcome to the Club Short Film2022

Best Fiends: Boot Camp Poster

Best Fiends: Boot Camp Short Film2017

Best Fiends: Visit Minutia Poster

Best Fiends: Visit Minutia Short Film2017

The Simpsons: Tapped Out Poster

The Simpsons: Tapped Out Video Game2012

The Lost Adventure Poster

The Lost Adventure Video2008

Futurama Poster

Futurama Video Game2003

Futurama Poster

Futurama TV Series1999

Unhappily Ever After Poster

Unhappily Ever After TV Series1995

Beavis and Butt-Head Poster

Beavis and Butt-Head TV Series1993

The Simpsons Poster

The Simpsons TV Series1989

Thanks

2

Type

Year

Angry Birds Poster

Angry Birds Video Game2009

The Drinky Crow Show Poster

The Drinky Crow Show TV Series2007

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