Speaker Joel Cohen
Joel was born and raised in Calgary, Canada. A graduate of the University of Alberta (B.Sc.) and York University (M.B.A.), he has been a writer and producer for the last twenty-six years on The Simpsons.
Joel has written 41 episodes of The Simpsons (some good!), has won 4 Emmy awards, 3 Writer’s Guild Awards, shared a Peabody award and also once scratched a lottery ticket and won a free ticket! (He won nothing on that free ticket but did learn a valuable life lesson).
In addition to writing several movies, TV and online projects, Joel is also the author of the best-selling book How to Lose a Marathon, the mediocre-selling book The Incredibly Inaccurate Biography of Andy Richter and the some-number-selling The Occasionally Accurate Annals of Football (co-written with Dan Patrick).
In his free time, he enjoys sports, travel and not reading his own bio (too boring).
Speaking on: Banff World Media Festival
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