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Mike Reiss Biography

Birth Name:Michael Louis Reiss

Birth Place:Bristol, Connecticut, United States

Profession Writer, Producer, Soundtrack, Animation department, Actor, Music department, Camera department, Script department

Fast Facts

His mystery story "Cro-Magnon P․I․" won him the Robert L․ Fish Memorial Award in the 2000 Edgar Awards
Studied English at Harvard University, graduating in 1981
National Lampoon hired him right after he graduated from college
Known for collaborating with writer Al Jean on such animated comedies as "The Simpsons" and "The Critic․"
Independently created and produced several flash animation cartoons for Icebox․com, one of which "Queer Duck," was picked up by Showtime
Though he went on to write fiction for a living, he was rejected from an expository writing class about fiction writing at Harvard
Though he has criticized Harvard as an educational institution, he claims that he attends all of the University's fundraisers that he can to get free meals in order to slowly reclaim his tuition money

1984ACE-Writing a Comedy or Music Program: nominated
1985ACE-Writing a Comedy Series: nominated
1990Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less): nominated
1990Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less): winner
1991ACE-Writing a Comedy Series: winner
1991Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less): winner
1992Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less): nominated
1995Annie-Best Individual Achievement for Creative Supervision in the Field of Animation: nominated
1995Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less): winner
1996Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less): nominated
1997Annie-Best Individual Achievement: Producing in a TV Production: winner
1999Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour or Less): nominated
2001Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour): winner
2002Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour): nominated
2008Annie-Best Writing in an Animated Feature Production: nominated
2009WGA Award (TV)-Comedy Series: nominated
2015International Film Award-Best Animated Feature Film: winner
2015Primetime Emmy-Outstanding Original Music and Lyrics: nominated