Ken Keeler

Ken Keeler at San Diego Comic-Con International 2010

Kenneth "Ken" Keeler (* 1961 ) is an American screenwriter and television producer . He has worked for a number of television series and was best known for his work on The Simpsons and Futurama . He also acted as producer and executive producer on both series . Keeler has received two Emmys , two Annie Awards and two WGA Awards , among others .

Keeler holds a Ph.D. in math . For the screenplay for the Futurama episode In the Body of the Friend, he designed and proved a mathematical theorem .

Awards

year	Award	category	For	Result
1997	Emmy	Outstanding Music And Lyrics	The Simpsons : The popular entertainment establishment for the song We Put The Spring In Springfield	Won (together with Alf Clausen )
1998	Emmy	Outstanding Music And Lyrics	The Simpsons: Homer and New York for the song You're Checkin 'In	Won (together with Alf Clausen)
	Annie Award	Outstanding Music in an Animated Television Production		Won (together with Alf Clausen)
1999	Annie Award	Outstanding Individual Achievement for Writing in an Animated Television Production	Futurama : His first flight to the moon	Nominated
2003	Emmy	Outstanding Music and Lyrics	The Simpsons: On the family ranch for the song Everybody Hates Ned Flanders	Nominated (together with Alf Clausen and Ian Maxtone-Graham )
	Annie Award	Music in an Animated Television Production	The Simpsons: On the Family Ranch	Won (together with Alf Clausen and Ian Maxtone-Graham)
			Futurama: the hands of the devil	Nominated
	WGA Award	animation	Futurama: The Divine Bender	Won
2004	Emmy	Outstanding Music and Lyrics	Futurama: The Devil's Hands for the song I Want My Hands Back	Nominated
2011	WGA Award	animation	Futurama: In the body of the friend	Won

Web links

Commons : Ken Keeler  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

• Ken Keeler in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Alaina G. Levine: Profiles in Versatility. The Futurama of Physics with David X. Cohen. 2010, accessed on March 27, 2012 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c d} Ken Keeler in the Primetime Emmy Award Database. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences , accessed March 28, 2012 . 
3. ↑ Legacy: 26th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (1998). The International Animated Film Society , accessed March 28, 2012 (American English). 
4. ↑ Legacy: 27th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (1999). The International Animated Film Society , accessed May 13, 2008 (American English). 
5. ↑ Legacy: 31st Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (2003). The International Animated Film Society , accessed May 13, 2008 (American English). 
6. ↑ ^{a b} Writers Guild Awards. Award winners. Archived from the original on April 12, 2006 ; Retrieved February 23, 2011 (American English, list of WGA award winners since 1996).