Jon Vitti

Jonathan M. Vitti is an American writer best known for his work on the television series The Simpsons. He has also written for King of the Hill, The Critic, and The Office, and has served as a screenwriter or consultant for several animated and live-action movies, including Ice Age (2002), Robots (2005), and Horton Hears a Who! (2008). He is one of the eleven writers of The Simpsons Movie and also wrote the screenplays for the film adaptations Alvin and the Chipmunks; its sequel; and The Angry Birds Movie.

Career

Vitti graduated from Harvard University in 1981, where he was president of the Harvard Lampoon along with Mike Reiss. Prior to joining The Simpsons, he had a brief stint at Saturday Night Live, describing his experience on a DVD commentary as "a very unhappy year."

Vitti was among the earliest writers hired for The Simpsons in 1989; he is credited as a story editor for the show's first season alongside contributing numerous scripts. He would remain on the show's writing staff until his departure in 1993 - following the completion of the show's fourth season - following which he wrote for the HBO series The Larry Sanders Show. Although he would contribute occasional scripts to The Simpsons throughout the following decade - most notably "Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily" - Vitti remained largely uninvolved with the series from the fifth to the twelfth season; he would ultimately return as a producer for seasons 13 and 15. On the season four Simpsons episode "The Front," Vitti is caricatured as a Harvard graduate who gets fired from I&S Studios for penning mediocre episodes and gets hit on the head with a name plate by his boss, Roger Meyers.

Vitti also wrote for The Office beginning in season seven.

Writing credits

The Simpsons episodes

He is credited with writing the following episodes:

The Larry Sanders Show episodes

Vitti was nominated for Primetime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series for "Hank's Sex Tape" and "Everybody Loves Larry". He was also credited as co-executive producer for 30 of the 89 episodes.

The Critic episodes

King of the Hill episodes

The Office episodes

Films

Screenwriter

Consultant

References

  1. ↑ Vozick-Levinson, Simon W. (June 4, 2003). "For Simpsons Writer Meyer, Comedy is No Laughing Matter". The Harvard Crimson. Retrieved June 12, 2026. ...Jonathan M. Vitti '81, another writer and producer of the show.
  2. ↑ Preven, Joshua S. (July–August 1992). "The History of Humor at Harvard" (PDF). Harvard Magazine. p. 31. Retrieved June 12, 2026. ...Jon Vitti '81...
  3. ↑ Shaw, Lucas (May 25, 2013). "'The Simpsons' writer Jon Vitti to script 'Angry Birds' movie". Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved January 30, 2023.