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Richard Sakai
San Francisco, California, USA
Richard Sakai (born January 28, 1954) is an American television and film producer. He is best known for his work on the animated sitcom The Simpsons, for which he is one of the or…
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Richard Sakai (born January 28, 1954) is an American television and film producer. He is best known for his work on the animated sitcom The Simpsons, for which he is one of the original producers. In 1997, Sakai was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture for his work on the film Jerry Maguire (1996). Sakai began his career as an assistant to James L. Brooks in 1977. In 1984, Brooks invited Sakai to become a producer in his new film production company, Gracie Films. Sakai ultimately produced many of Brooks' films, such as Jerry Maguire, As Good as It Gets (1997), and Spanglish (2004). Sakai also produced Bottle Rocket (1996) and Riding in Cars with Boys (2001). Additionally, he was a producer for The Simpsons Movie (2007). As a television producer and director, Sakai has worked on many different shows. He has directed episodes of Taxi, Newhart, and Who's the Boss?. He has also produced episodes of The Tracey Ullman Show, The Critic, Phenom, and What About Joan? in addition to his work on The Simpsons, for which he has won several Emmy Awards. On The Simpsons, Sakai has been animated several times, most notably as: a karaoke singer in the episode "One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish"; an escaping prisoner in a commercial about "revolving door prisons" in "Sideshow Bob Roberts"; and a jazz vibraphone player in "Jazzy and the Pussycats". Sakai is currently president of Gracie Films. Description above from the Wikipedia article Richard Sakai, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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2027
The New Simpsons Movie
Movie Producer
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2026
Yellow Mirror
Movie Producer
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2026
Simpsley
Movie Producer
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2026
Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition
Movie Producer
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2025
Ella McCay
Movie Producer
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2024
The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful
Movie Producer
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2024
The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
Movie Producer
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2024
May the 12th Be with You
Movie Producer
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2023
Maggie Simpson in "Rogue Not Quite One"
Movie Producer
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2023
Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
Movie Producer
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2022
Welcome to the Club
Movie Producer
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2022
When Billie Met Lisa
Movie Producer
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2021
The Simpsons in Plusaversary
Movie Producer
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2021
The Good, the Bart, and the Loki
Movie Producer
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2021
Maggie Simpson in "The Force Awakens from Its Nap"
Movie Producer
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2020
Maggie Simpson in "Playdate with Destiny"
Movie Producer
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2018
Icebox
Movie Producer
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2016
The Edge of Seventeen
Movie Producer
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2012
Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare"
Movie Producer
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2010
How Do You Know
Movie Executive Producer
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2008
The Making of 'Bottle Rocket'
Movie Self
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2007
A Terrifying Message from Al Gore
Movie Producer
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2007
The Simpsons Movie
Movie Producer
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2004
Spanglish
Movie Producer
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2001
Riding in Cars with Boys
Movie Producer
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1997
As Good as It Gets
Movie Executive Producer
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1996
Jerry Maguire
Movie Producer
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1996
Bottle Rocket
Movie Executive Producer
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1994
I'll Do Anything
Movie Executive In Charge Of Production
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1993
Phenom
TV show Producer
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1991
Sibs
TV show Producer
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1990
The Best of the Tracey Ullman Show
Movie Producer
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1989
The Simpsons
TV show Producer
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1989
The War of the Roses
Movie Executive In Charge Of Production
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1987
The Tracey Ullman Show
TV show Producer
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1984
Who's the Boss?
TV show Director
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1984
Shaping Up
TV show Producer
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1982
Newhart
TV show Director
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1978
Taxi
TV show Producer
