Awards & Winners

Jeff Westbrook

Jeff Westbrook is a TV writer best known for his work on The Simpsons and Futurama, for which he is a three-time winner of the WGA Award. Prior to becoming a TV writer, Westbrook was a successful algorithms researcher. After majoring in physics and history of science at Harvard University, he studied computer science with Robert Tarjan at Princeton University, receiving his Ph.D. in 1989 with a thesis entitled Algorithms and Data Structures for Dynamic Graph Algorithms. He then took a faculty position at Yale University, later becoming a researcher for AT&T Laboratories before leaving research for Hollywood. Westbrook's Erdős number is three due to his research collaborations with Tarjan and others. His Bacon number is also three, due to his appearance as an extra in the movie Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World, giving a combined Erdős–Bacon number number of six.

Awards by Jeff Westbrook

Check all the awards nominated and won by Jeff Westbrook.

2013


WGA Award for Best Animation - Television
Honored for : Ned 'n' Edna's Blend
(From the TV Series: The Simpsons)

Nominations 2013 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
WGA Award for Best Animation - Television The Simpsons
For episode \"Ned and Edna's Blend Agenda\"
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) The Simpsons
Treehouse Of Horror XXIII

2012


Nominations 2012 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program The Simpsons
Season 23

2011


Nominations 2011 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program The Simpsons
Angry Dad - The Movie.

2010


Nominations 2010 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program The Simpsons
Once Upon A Time In Springfield

2009


WGA Award for Best Animation - Television
Honored for : The Simpsons
(For episode: Apocalypse Cow (#19.17))

Nominations 2009 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Writers Guild of America Award for Television: Comedy Series The Simpsons
WGA Award for Best Animation - Television The Simpsons
For episode: \"Apocalypse Cow\" (#19.17)
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) The Simpsons
Gone Maggie Gone

2008


WGA Award for Best Animation - Television
Honored for : The Simpsons
(For episode: Kill Gil, Volumes I & II (#18.9))

Nominations 2008 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
WGA Award for Best Animation - Television The Simpsons
For episode: Kill Gil, Volumes I & II (#18.9)