Vern Oakley is a television and film director based in New Jersey.
[1] His work as an editor on the documentary The Chemical People for PBS garnered him an Emmy nomination.
His first theatrical release feature, A Modern Affair, starring Stanley Tucci and Lisa Eichhorn, was invited to multiple festivals.
It showed on HBO and was distributed by Columbia TriStar, which he produced and directed.
His brother Bill Oakley was executive producer and writer on several series of The Simpsons.