| rank
|
number
of
episodes
|
director
|
sample episode
by director
|
sample series
|
image
|
description
|
date of birth
|
date of death
|
country of citizenship
|
given name
|
family name
|
| 1
|
321
|
Trey Parker
|
Reverse Cowgirl
|
South Park
|
|
American actor, animator and filmmaker (born 1969)
|
1969-10-19
|
|
United States of America
|
Trey
Severn
Randolph
|
Parker
|
| 2
|
283
|
Herbert Reinecker
|
Waldweg
|
Derrick
|
|
German novelist and screenwriter for TV series (1914–2007)
|
1914-12-24
|
2007-01-27
|
Germany
|
Herbert
|
Reinecker
|
| 3
|
281
|
Greg Daniels
|
Homer and Apu
|
The Simpsons
|
|
American writer, producer, and director
|
1963-06-13
|
|
United States of America
|
Greg
|
Daniels
|
| 4
|
261
|
Mike Judge
|
The Peggy Horror Picture Show
|
King of the Hill
|
|
American animator
|
1962-10-17
|
|
United States of America
Ecuador
|
Michael
|
Judge
|
| 5
|
219
|
Seth Green
|
The Deep End
|
Robot Chicken
|
|
American actor (born 1974)
|
1974-02-08
|
|
United States of America
|
Seth
|
Green
|
| 6
|
219
|
Matthew Senreich
|
The Deep End
|
Robot Chicken
|
|
American writer
|
1974-06-17
|
|
United States of America
|
Matthew
|
|
| 7
|
217
|
Mike Fasolo
|
A Piece of the Action
|
Robot Chicken
|
|
American screenwriter
|
1969-01-28
|
|
United States of America
|
Mike
|
Fasolo
|
| 8
|
176
|
Larry David
|
The Contest
|
Seinfeld
|
|
American comedian, writer and actor
|
1947-07-02
|
|
United States of America
|
Lawrence
Gene
|
David
|
| 9
|
160
|
Carter Bays
|
Purple Giraffe
|
How I Met Your Mother
|
|
American television writer and producer
|
1975-08-12
|
|
United States of America
|
Carter
|
Bays
|
| 10
|
160
|
Craig Thomas
|
Purple Giraffe
|
How I Met Your Mother
|
|
screenwriter
|
1971-06-26
|
|
United States of America
|
Craig
|
Thomas
|
| 11
|
153
|
Butch Hartman
|
Wishology
|
The Fairly OddParents
|
|
American animator (born 1965)
|
1965-01-10
|
|
United States of America
|
Elmer
|
Hartman
|
| 12
|
141
|
Joe Brumm
|
Magic Xylophone
|
Bluey
|
|
screenwriter
|
|
|
Australia
|
Joe
|
Brumm
|
| 13
|
139
|
Dave Willis
|
New Kidney in Town
|
Family Guy
|
|
American actor
|
1965-05-01
|
|
United States of America
|
Dave
|
Willis
|
| 14
|
138
|
Matt Maiellaro
|
Last Last One Forever and Ever
|
Aqua Teen Hunger Force
|
|
American actor (1966-)
|
1966-08-17
|
|
United States of America
|
Matt
|
Maiellaro
|
| 15
|
133
|
David E. Kelley
|
He's a Crowd
|
L.A. Law
|
|
American television producer, writer and attorney
|
1956-04-04
|
|
United States of America
|
David
|
Kelley
|
| 16
|
128
|
Loren Bouchard
|
Lobsterfest
|
Bob's Burgers
|
|
American director and musician
|
1969-10-10
|
|
United States of America
|
Loren
|
Bouchard
|
| 17
|
126
|
Jim Dauterive
|
Lobsterfest
|
Bob's Burgers
|
|
American animation producer and writer
|
1957-06-22
|
|
United States of America
|
Jim
|
|
| 18
|
115
|
Aaron Sorkin
|
And It's Surely to Their Credit
|
The West Wing
|
|
American filmmaker (born 1961)
|
1961-06-09
|
|
United States of America
|
Aaron
|
Sorkin
|
| 19
|
113
|
Rumiko Takahashi
|
Pelvic Fortune-Telling? Ranma is the No. One Bride in Japan
|
Ranma ½
|
|
Japanese manga artist
|
1957-10-10
|
|
Japan
|
Rumiko
|
Takahashi
|
| 20
|
108
|
Alan J. Higgins
|
I See Love
|
Mike & Molly
|
|
American television producer and writer
|
19th century
|
|
United States of America
|
Alan
|
Higgins
|
| 21
|
106
|
Eric Kripke
|
Nightshifter
|
Supernatural
|
|
American screenwriter, television director, television producer
|
1974-04-24
|
|
United States of America
|
Eric
|
Kripke
|
| 22
|
106
|
Rod Serling
|
A Thing About Machines
|
The Twilight Zone
|
|
American screenwriter (1924–1975)
|
1924-12-25
|
1975-06-28
|
United States of America
|
Rodman
Edward
|
Serling
|
| 23
|
103
|
J. Michael Straczynski
|
Confessions and Lamentations
|
Babylon 5
|
|
American writer and filmmaker, born 1954
|
1954-07-17
|
|
United States of America
|
J.
Michael
|
Straczynski
|
| 24
|
99
|
R. Scott Gemmill
|
Chaos Theory
|
ER
|
|
American television producer and writer
|
|
|
United States of America
|
R.
Scott
|
|
| 25
|
90
|
Michael Hirst
|
All His Angels
|
Vikings
|
|
English screenwriter and producer
|
1952-09-21
|
|
United Kingdom
|
Michael
|
Hirst
|
| 26
|
90
|
Michiko Yokote
|
From the Depth of Despair, Part 1
|
Ranma ½
|
|
Japanese screenwriter
|
19th century
|
|
Japan
|
Michiko
|
Yokote
|
| 27
|
83
|
Howard Gordon
|
Expecting
|
Angel
|
|
American television writer and producer
|
1961-03-31
|
|
United States of America
|
Howard
|
Gordon
|
| 28
|
83
|
Chuck Lorre
|
Pilot
|
The Big Bang Theory
|
|
American television director, screenwriter, producer, composer and actor
|
1952-10-18
|
|
United States of America
|
Charles Michael
|
Lorre
|
| 29
|
81
|
Damon Lindelof
|
...And Found
|
Lost
|
|
American screenwriter and producer (born 1973)
|
1973-04-24
|
|
United States of America
|
Damon
|
Lindelof
|
| 30
|
80
|
Louis C.K.
|
Eddie
|
Louie
|
|
American comedian and actor
|
1967-09-12
|
|
United States of America
Mexico
|
Louis
|
Székely
|
| 31
|
79
|
Donald Bellisario
|
A Leap for Lisa
|
Quantum Leap
|
|
American television producer and screenwriter
|
1935-08-08
|
|
United States of America
|
Donald
|
Bellisario
|
| 32
|
78
|
Ágnes Bálint
|
Köd előttem, köd utánam
|
Corn and Cluck
|
|
Hungarian writer
|
1922-10-23
|
2008-10-24
|
Hungary
|
Ágnes
|
Bálint
|
| 33
|
78
|
Zeb Wells
|
Rabbits on a Roller Coaster
|
Robot Chicken
|
|
American screenwriter
|
1977-04-28
|
|
United States of America
|
Zeb
|
Wells
|
| 34
|
74
|
Linda Bloodworth-Thomason
|
Killing All the Right People
|
Designing Women
|
|
American writer and television producer
|
1947-04-15
|
|
United States of America
|
Linda
|
|
| 35
|
72
|
René Balcer
|
Contract
|
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
|
|
screenwriter, producer and director
|
1954-02-09
|
|
Canada
|
René
|
Balcer
|
| 36
|
71
|
Chris Carter
|
The Host
|
The X-Files
|
|
American television and film producer (born 1956)
|
1957-10-13
|
|
United States of America
|
Chris
|
Carter
|
| 37
|
70
|
Steven Moffat
|
The Doctor, the Widow and the Wardrobe
|
Doctor Who
|
|
Scottish television writer and producer
|
1961-11-18
|
|
United Kingdom
|
Steven
|
Moffat
|
| 38
|
70
|
Mark Roberts
|
Mike the Tease
|
Mike & Molly
|
|
American television producer
|
1961-01-19
|
|
United States of America
|
Mark
|
Roberts
|
| 39
|
70
|
Mike Disa
|
Space Race
|
Wacky Races
|
|
American animator and film director
|
1965-02-14
|
|
|
Mike
|
|
| 40
|
68
|
Tom Kapinos
|
The Whore of Babylon
|
Californication
|
|
American screenwriter
|
1969-07-12
1969
|
|
United States of America
|
Tom
|
Kapinos
|
| 41
|
68
|
John Sullivan
|
Danger UXD
|
Only Fools and Horses
|
|
English television scriptwriter (1946-2011)
|
1946-12-23
|
2011-04-23
|
United Kingdom
|
John
|
Sullivan
|
| 42
|
67
|
Jane Espenson
|
We Are Both
|
Once Upon a Time
|
|
American television writer and producer
|
1964-07-14
|
|
United States of America
|
Jane
|
Espenson
|
| 43
|
67
|
Andrew Chambliss
|
The Shepherd
|
Once Upon a Time
|
|
American screenwriter
|
1981-08-25
|
|
United States of America
|
Andrew
|
Chambliss
|
| 44
|
67
|
Noah Hawley
|
A Man on Death Row
|
Bones
|
|
American television writer and producer
|
1967
|
|
United States of America
|
Noah
|
Hawley
|
| 45
|
65
|
József Romhányi
|
Nie wieder nach Australien
|
Mézga Family on Holiday
|
|
Hungarian writer, poet, translator (1921–1983)
|
1921-03-08
|
1983-05-07
|
Hungary
|
József
|
Romhányi
|
| 46
|
62
|
Brad Falchuk
|
Pilot
|
American Horror Story
|
|
American television writer, director and producer
|
1971-03-01
|
|
United States of America
|
Brad
|
Falchuk
|
| 47
|
62
|
Doug Ellin
|
Lose Yourself
|
Entourage
|
|
American screenwriter
|
1968-04-06
|
|
United States of America
|
Doug
|
Ellin
|
| 48
|
62
|
Derek Haas
|
Wrong Side of the Bars
|
Chicago P.D.
|
|
American screenwriter
|
1970-06-30
|
|
United States of America
|
Derek
|
Haas
|
| 49
|
61
|
David Fury
|
Walkabout
|
Lost
|
|
American writer and producer
|
1959-03-05
|
|
United States of America
|
David
|
Fury
Shapiro
|
| 50
|
61
|
Jeff Schaffer
|
The Doodle
|
Seinfeld
|
|
American screenwriter, producer and director
|
20th century
|
|
United States of America
|
Jeff
|
Schaffer
|
| 51
|
60
|
Peter Morgan
|
Wolferton Splash
|
The Crown
|
|
British film writer and playwright
|
1963-04-10
|
|
United Kingdom
|
Peter
|
Morgan
|
| 52
|
59
|
Debora Cahn
|
No Exit
|
The West Wing
|
|
American television writer
|
19th century
|
|
United States of America
|
Debora
|
Cahn
|
| 53
|
58
|
Steven D. Binder
|
Devil's Trifecta
|
NCIS
|
|
American screenwriter
|
1971-07-23
|
|
United States of America
|
Steven
|
Binder
|
| 54
|
58
|
Andrew Kreisberg
|
Barting Over
|
The Simpsons
|
|
Television writer
|
1971-04-23
|
|
United States of America
|
Andrew
|
Kreisberg
|
| 55
|
57
|
Ryan Murphy
|
Pilot
|
Glee
|
|
American screenwriter (born 1965)
|
1965-11-09
|
|
United States of America
|
Ryan
|
Murphy
|
| 56
|
57
|
Dan Schneider
|
iFight Shelby Marx
|
iCarly
|
|
American TV producer and actor (born 1966)
|
1966-01-14
|
|
United States of America
|
Daniel
|
Schneider
|
| 57
|
57
|
Marc Guggenheim
|
C.O.D.
|
Law & Order
|
|
writer
|
1970-09-24
|
|
United States of America
|
Marc
|
Guggenheim
|
| 58
|
56
|
Erik Weiner
|
Fonzie Scheme
|
The Goldbergs
|
|
American actor
|
1977-06-07
|
|
United States of America
|
Erik
|
Weiner
|
| 59
|
55
|
Edward Kitsis
|
The Lie
|
Lost
|
|
American screenwriter
|
1971-02-04
|
|
United States of America
|
Edward
|
Kitsis
|
| 60
|
55
|
Robert King
|
Pilot
|
The Good Wife
|
|
American film and television writer and producer
|
1959
|
|
United States of America
|
Robert
|
King
|
| 61
|
54
|
James Wong
|
Die Hand Die Verletzt
|
The X-Files
|
|
American producer, director and screenwriter
|
1959-04-20
|
|
United States of America
|
James
|
Huang
Wong
|
| 62
|
54
|
Michelle King
|
Pilot
|
The Good Wife
|
|
American television producer
|
1958
|
|
United States of America
|
Michelle
|
King
|
| 63
|
54
|
Philip Kaetner
|
Hubert und Staller: Alles wird gut
|
Hubert und Staller
|
|
German screenwriter
|
|
|
Germany
|
Philip
|
Kaetner
|
| 64
|
53
|
Robert C. Cooper
|
200
|
Stargate SG-1
|
|
Canadian screenwriter
|
1968-10-14
|
|
Canada
|
Robert
|
Cooper
|
| 65
|
53
|
József Nepp
|
Das Haus ihrer Träume
|
Legacy from the Future - Fantastic Adventures of Family Mézga
|
|
(1934–2017)
|
1934-06-23
|
2017-10-06
|
Hungary
|
József
|
Nepp
|
| 66
|
51
|
Tim Minear
|
Sanctuary
|
Angel
|
|
American screenwriter and director
|
1963-10-29
|
|
United States of America
|
Tim
|
Minear
|
| 67
|
51
|
David Simon
|
Dead Soldiers
|
The Wire
|
|
American author, journalist, and television writer and producer
|
1960-08-16
1960-05-13
1960-02-09
|
|
United States of America
|
David
|
Simon
|
| 68
|
50
|
D. B. Weiss
|
The Kingsroad
|
Game of Thrones
|
|
American writer and producer
|
1971-04-23
|
|
United States of America
|
D.
B.
|
Weiss
|
| 69
|
50
|
Jason Katims
|
I Hear You, I See You
|
Parenthood
|
|
American television writer, producer, and playwright
|
1960-11-30
|
|
United States of America
|
Jason
|
Katims
|
| 70
|
50
|
Joe Sachs
|
Bloodline
|
ER
|
|
American television writer
|
19th century
|
|
|
Joe
|
Sachs
|
| 71
|
49
|
David Benioff
|
The Kingsroad
|
Game of Thrones
|
|
American author and producer
|
1970-09-25
|
|
United States of America
|
David
|
Benioff
|
| 72
|
48
|
George Schenck
|
Enemy on the Hill
|
NCIS
|
|
American screenwriter
|
19th century
|
|
United States of America
|
George
|
Schenck
|
| 73
|
47
|
Doug Naylor
|
Confidence and Paranoia
|
Red Dwarf
|
|
British writer
|
1955-12-31
|
|
United Kingdom
|
Doug
|
Naylor
|
| 74
|
47
|
Mindy Kaling
|
Diwali
|
The Office
|
|
American actress, writer, and comedian
|
1979-06-24
|
|
United States of America
|
Mindy
|
Chokalingam
|
| 75
|
47
|
David Zabel
|
Bloodline
|
ER
|
|
American television producer and writer
|
1966
|
|
United States of America
|
David
|
Zabel
|
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