Simon Rich (born June 5, 1984) is an American humorist, novelist, and screenwriter. He has published two novels and six collections of humour pieces, several of which appeared in The New Yorker. His novels and short stories have been translated into more than a dozen languages. Rich was one of the youngest writers ever hired on Saturday Night Live and served as a staff writer for Pixar. On January 14, 2015, Man Seeking Woman, a television comedy series created by Rich (and based on his short story collection The Last Girlfriend on Earth), premiered on the cable channel FXX. Description above from the Wikipedia article Simon Rich, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- June 5, 1984 (42)
- USA
- Writer and producer
- 8 on Motif · 13 credits in all
What are Simon Rich's films like?
Across a limited sample of 4 Motif titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Self and Society.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 3
Light 3 · Serious 0 · Dark 0
Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
A split, not a type: Gentle 2 · Charged 1 · Intense 0
Steady 1 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0
Straight-faced 0 · Some laughs 1 · Funny 2
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 3 · Engaged 0 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 0
Resolved 3 · Open-ended 0 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Simon Rich's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 4 of their 8 Motif titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Disney+ (3).
Subscription and free streaming for Simon Rich's titles on Motif; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
13 credits, 8 with a Motif page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Artificial (not in the Motif catalog yet)(2026)
An American Pickle(2020)
Midcredits score: 29th percentile of all films
Miracle Workers(2019)
Midcredits score: 53rd percentile of all shows
Inside Out(2015)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all films
Man Seeking Woman(2015)
Midcredits score: 77th percentile of all shows
Midcredits score: 57th percentile of all films
The Line(2008)
Midcredits score: 61st percentile of all shows (provisional, few ratings)
The Simpsons(1989)
Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows
Saturday Night Live(1975)
Midcredits score: 71st percentile of all showsEveryday Parenting Tips (not in the Motif catalog yet)
House of Joel (not in the Motif catalog yet)
Untitled Joe Cornish LEGO Film (not in the Motif catalog yet)
Untitled Lou Gehrig Biopic (not in the Motif catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 12 titles, 7 of them dated from 1975 to 2020.
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on Motif, shown from 5 scored.
Awards
a Primetime Emmy and 2 other major awards from 14 major nominations, 2008–2026.
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy/Variety Specials
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Writing for a Variety Special
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy/Variety Sketch Series
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy/Variety Sketch Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Writing for a Variety Series
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy/Variety Sketch Series
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Animation
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy/Variety (Including Talk) - Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Series
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- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Series
+1 other major body · 1 win
- Writers Guild Award, won · Comedy/Variety - (Including Talk) Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Series
+1 other major body · 1 win
- Writers Guild Award, won · Comedy/Variety - (Including Talk) Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Simon Rich's films land?
Their typical Motif film has a Midcredits score in the 57th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 64th percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th4
- 25th to 49th1
Shape of the crowd
3 of their 8 titles are Crowd Pleasers.
- Universally Loved2
- Divisive1
- Cult Classic1
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Broadly Agreed1
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on Motif; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their Motif titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Simon Rich work with?
People who share at least 2 of Simon Rich's Motif titles, grouped by what they did on them; Bill Hader shares the most, 2.
Writers
- Bill HaderShared titles: Inside Out (2015), The Line (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Bill Hader
Actors
- Jason SudeikisShared titles: SNL Presents: A Very Gilly Christmas (2009), The Line (2008)See all 2 shared titles with Jason Sudeikis
Composers
- Michael GiacchinoShared titles: An American Pickle (2020), Inside Out (2015)See all 2 shared titles with Michael Giacchino
