David Samuel Cohen (born July 13, 1966), better known as David X. Cohen, is an American television writer. He has written for The Simpsons, and he is the head writer and executive producer of Futurama.
Cohen was born and known pre-Futurama as David S. Cohen. Both of his parents being biologists, David always planned to be a scientist, but he also enjoyed writing and drawing cartoons.
David Cohen graduated from Dwight Morrow High School in Englewo...
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David Samuel Cohen (born July 13, 1966), better known as David X. Cohen, is an American television writer. He has written for The Simpsons, and he is the head writer and executive producer of Futurama.
Cohen was born and known pre-Futurama as David S. Cohen. Both of his parents being biologists, David always planned to be a scientist, but he also enjoyed writing and drawing cartoons.
David Cohen graduated from Dwight Morrow High School in Englewood, New Jersey, where he wrote the humor column for the high school paper and was a member of the school's state champion mathematics team. From there, Cohen went on to attend both Harvard University, graduating with a B.A. in physics, and the University of California, Berkeley, with an M.S. in computer science. While at Harvard, he wrote for and served as President of the Harvard Lampoon, and was classmates in the Harvard physics department with Cats & Dogs and Antz director Lawrence Guterman. Both studied under physicist Sidney Coleman and...
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