Ian Maxtone-Graham

Ian Maxtone-Graham (born on July 3, 1959 in New York City) is an American television writer and producer. He has written for Saturday Night Live (1992-1995) and The Simpsons (1995-present), and has also served as a co-executive producer and consulting producer for The Simpsons. He is currently an executive producer of the show. Maxtone-Graham was born in Boston, but raised in New York City, the son of naval historian and author John Maxtone-Graha... more

Ian Maxtone-Graham (born on July 3, 1959 in New York City) is an American television writer and producer. He has written for Saturday Night Live (1992-1995) and The Simpsons (1995-present), and has also served as a co-executive producer and consulting producer for The Simpsons. He is currently an executive producer of the show. Maxtone-Graham was born in Boston, but raised in New York City, the son of naval historian and author John Maxtone-Graham and author Katrina Maxtone-Graham (née Kanzler), and the great-nephew of the British author and poet Joyce Maxtone-Graham (pen name Jan Struther). His younger brother is Guy Maxtone-Graham, a onetime writer and actor for Beavis and Butthead. He attended Trinity School on New York's Upper West Side, where he was co-captain of the swim team. He went to Brown University (although most of the other writers of The Simpsons went to Harvard). While at Brown, he wrote for and later served as Editor-in-Chief of the Critical Review, Brown's student... less