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Josh Weinstein
Josh Weinstein (born May 5, 1966) is an American television writer and producer, known for his work on the animated comedy series ''The Simpsons''. Weinstein and Bill Oakley became best friends and writing partners at St. Albans High School; Weinstein then attended Stanford University and was editor-in-chief of the ''Stanford Chaparral''. He worked on several short-term media projects, including writing for the variety show ''Sunday Best'', but was then unemployed for a long period.
Weinstein and Oakley eventually penned a spec script for ''Seinfeld'', after which they wrote "Marge Gets a Job", an episode of ''The Simpsons''. Subsequently, the two were hired to write for the show on a permanent basis in 1992. After they wrote episodes such as "$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)", "Bart vs. Australia" and "Who Shot Mr. Burns?", the two were appointed executive producers and showrunners for the seventh and eighth seasons of the show. They attempted to include several emotional episodes focusing on the Simpson family, as well as several high-concept episodes such as "Homer's Enemy", "Two Bad Neighbors" and "The Principal and the Pauper", winning three Primetime Emmy Awards for their work.
After they left ''The Simpsons'', Oakley and Weinstein created ''Mission Hill''. The show was plagued by promotional issues and was swiftly canceled. They worked as consulting producers on ''Futurama'', then created ''The Mullets'' in 2003. The two wrote several unsuccessful TV pilots, and were due to serve as showrunners on ''Sit Down, Shut Up'' in 2009. Oakley left the project over a contract dispute, but Weinstein remained until it was canceled. He co-produced and wrote for ''Futurama'' again during its Comedy Central revival, winning an Emmy in 2011. Since 2013, Weinstein has served as showrunner for the CBBC series ''Strange Hill High''. Weinstein is married to journalist Lisa Simmons.
==Early life==
Weinstein was born and raised in Washington, D.C.〔 to Rosa and Harris Weinstein. His mother is the director of the Himmelfarb Mobile University which provides education for the elderly, while his father is a lawyer for Covington & Burling. He has a brother, Jacob, and a sister, Teme. Weinstein attended St. Albans High School in Washington, D.C., where he met and became best friends with Bill Oakley in the eighth grade. The two created the school humor magazine ''The Alban Antic'' in 1983.〔 He later attended Stanford University,〔 where he served as editor-in-chief of the ''Stanford Chaparral''. Weinstein is an honorary member of the ''Harvard Lampoon'' as he worked on some of ''Lampoon'''s parody publications with Oakley over the summers between course years.
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