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Jon Vitti Biography

Birth Name:Jon Vitti

Profession Writer, Producer, Soundtrack, Script department

Fast Facts

In 2011, he was nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for Comedy Series
Won a 1996 CableACE Award for his work on "The Larry Sanders Show․"
Attended Harvard University, where he was president of the Harvard Lampoon
Is a distant cousin of award-winning sports author Jim Vitti
Is best known for his work on the animated series "The Simpsons․"
In college, he was a classmate of fellow comedic writer Conan O'Brien
Would use the pseudonym Penny Wise on some of "The Simpsons" shows he wrote

1987Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Writing in a Variety or Music Program: nominated
1992Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less): nominated
1995CableACE-Comedy Series: winner
1996CableACE-Comedy Series: winner
1996Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series: nominated
1996Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Comedy Series: nominated
1997CableACE-Writing a Comedy Series: nominated
1997Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Comedy Series: nominated
1997Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series: nominated
1999Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less): winner
2002Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour): nominated
2002Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Music and Lyrics: nominated
2008Annie-Best Writing in an Animated Feature Production: nominated
2011WGA Award (TV)-Comedy Series: nominated