Richard Sakai

 

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Richard Sakai is an American producer best known for partnering with James L. Brooks and for his work on The Simpsons. He began his career as a helper for James L. Brooks in 1977. In 1984, Brooks invited Sakai to become a producer in his new film production company Gracie Films. As a film producer, he has produced many of James L. Brooks' later films, such as Spanglish, As Good as It Gets and Jerry Maguire. He also produced Riding in Cars with Boys and Bottle Rocket. He is also a producer for The Simpsons Movie. As a TV producer and director, he has worked on many different shows. He directed episodes of Taxi, Newhart and Who's the Boss? and also produced The Tracey Ullman Show, Taxi, The Critic, Phenom, What About Joan? , and more famously, The Simpsons, for which he has won several Emmy Awards

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Richard Sakai

Born 1954-01-28 (69 years ago) in San Francisco.

Awards
Award Ceremony Year Awarded for
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) (The Simpsons) 53rd Primetime Emmy Awards 2001 The Simpsons
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) (The Simpsons) 52nd Primetime Emmy Awards 2000 The Simpsons
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) (The Simpsons) 50th Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards 1998 The Simpsons
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) (The Simpsons) 49th Primetime Emmy Awards 1997 The Simpsons
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) (The Simpsons) 47th Primetime Emmy Awards 1995 The Simpsons
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) (The Simpsons) 43rd Primetime Emmy Awards 1991 The Simpsons
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) (The Simpsons) 42nd Primetime Creative Arts Emmy Awards 1990 The Simpsons
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program (The Tracey Ullman Show) 41st Primetime Emmy Awards 1989 The Tracey Ullman Show
Nominated for awards
Award Ceremony Year Nominated for
PGA Producer of the Year Award in Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures (The Simpsons Movie) Producers Guild of America Awards 2007 2008 Simpsons - Filmen
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) (The Simpsons) 54th Primetime Emmy Awards 2002 The Simpsons
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) (The Simpsons) 53rd Primetime Emmy Awards 2001 The Simpsons
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) (The Simpsons) 52nd Primetime Emmy Awards 2000 The Simpsons
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) (The Simpsons) 51st Primetime Emmy Awards 1999 The Simpsons
Academy Award for Best Picture (Jerry Maguire) 69th Academy Awards 1996 Jerry Maguire
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy (Jerry Maguire) 54th Golden Globe Awards 1996 Jerry Maguire
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Series (The Tracey Ullman Show) 42nd Primetime Emmy Awards 1990 The Tracey Ullman Show
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series (Taxi) 35th Primetime Emmy Awards 1983 Taxi
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series (Taxi) 34th Primetime Emmy Awards 1982 Taxi

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Richard Sakai is an American producer best known for partnering with James L. Brooks and for his work on The Simpsons.

He began his career as a helper for James L. Brooks in 1977. In 1984, Brooks invited Sakai to become a producer in his new film production company Gracie Films. As a film producer, he has produced many of James L. Brooks' later films, such as Spanglish, As Good as It Gets and Jerry Maguire. He also produced Riding in Cars with Boys and Bottle Rocket. He is also a producer for The Simpsons Movie.

As a TV producer and director, he has worked on many different shows. He directed episodes of Taxi, Newhart and Who's the Boss? and also produced The Tracey Ullman Show, Taxi, The Critic, Phenom, What About Joan?, and more famously, The Simpsons, for which he has won several Emmy Awards.

On The Simpsons, he has been animated several times, most notably, as a karaoke singer in the episode One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish, as one of the escaping prisoners in the commercial about "revolving door prisons" in Sideshow Bob Roberts, and as a jazz vibraphone player in Jazzy and the Pussycats.

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