David X. Cohen

January 5, 2024
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David X. Cohen
Full Name David X. Cohen
Occupation Director
Date Of Birth Jul 13, 1966(1966-07-13)
Age 58
Birthplace New York
Country United States
Horoscope Cancer

David X. Cohen Biography

Name David X. Cohen
Birthday Jul 13
Birth Year 1966
Place Of Birth New York
Birth Country United States
Birth Sign Cancer
Spouse Patti Cohen
Children(s) 1

David X. Cohen is one of the most popular and richest Director who was born on July 13, 1966 in New York, United States. A former creator of The Simpsons who helped develop the hit animated show Futurama.

He collaborated along with The Simpsons’ creator He teamed up with The Simpsons’ creator Matt Groening to develop Futurama. to develop Futurama.

After three years of graduate school, Cohen took a leave of absence and started writing sample TV scripts. In 1992, this landed him a job writing two of the earliest Beavis and Butt-Head episodes. In 1993, Cohen began working on The Simpsons, writing or co-writing thirteen episodes. Nearly five years later, Cohen would team with Matt Groening to develop Futurama, where he served as writer or co-writer of seven episodes and executive producer and head writer of the series’ entire run. Cohen has won four Primetime Emmy Awards: Two for Futurama and two for The Simpsons.

When the FOX primetime animated shows unionized in 1998, Cohen was forced to use a different name for professional purposes as there was already another member credited as David S. Cohen and the Writers Guild of America does not allow members to use the same name for onscreen credits. Instead of using his full middle name, he chose to use the middle initial “X”—because it sounded “sci-fi-ish”—and has jokingly said that the “X” would make him “the David Cohen people would remember”. The “X” does not actually stand for anything, but Cohen included a period “so people don’t think it’s some mathematical formula: ‘David times Cohen’ or something”.

He was raised within Englewood, New Jersey, the father of biologist parents.

David X. Cohen Net Worth

Net Worth $10 Million
Source Of Income Director
House Living in own house.

David X. Cohen is one of the richest Director from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, David X. Cohen 's net worth $10 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

He started out as a scriptwriter for a few early seasons of the MTV show Beavis and Butthead.

He also added the middle X to make it make it sound more futuristic and to ensure greater recognition.

David Samuel Cohen (born July 13, 1966), better known as David X. Cohen, is an American television writer. He began working on Beavis and Butt-Head, has written for The Simpsons, and served as the head writer and executive producer of Futurama. Cohen is a producer of Disenchantment, Matt Groening’s series for Netflix.

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Who is David X. Cohen Dating?

According to our records, David X. Cohen married to Patti Cohen. As of December 1, 2023, David X. Cohen’s is not dating anyone.

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Cohen has also been credited with inventing the word “cromulent”, meaning “valid” or “acceptable” in The Simpsons episode “Lisa the Iconoclast”. Since that time the word was included in Webster’s New Millennium Dictionary. The meaning of cromulent is inferred only from its usage, which indicates that it is a positive attribute. Webster’s Dictionary defines it as meaning “fine” or “acceptable”.

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David Ranked on the list of most popular Director. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. David X. Cohen celebrates birthday on July 13 of every year.

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