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'''Richard Sakai''' (born January 28, 1954) is an American producer for ''[[The Simpsons]]''.  
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'''Richard Sakai''' (born January 28, 1954) is an American television and film producer. He served as a producer for ''[[The Simpsons]]''.  
  
 
== History ==
 
== History ==

Revision as of 07:22, April 23, 2022

Richard Sakai
Richard Sakai.jpg
Crew Information
Gender:
Male ♂
Job: Producer
Birth date: January 28, 1954 (1954-01-28) (age 70)
Status:
Active
Number of episodes: 775
Seasons active: Season 1 - Present
First short: The Longest Daycare
Most recent short: When Billie Met Lisa
First episode: "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"
Most recent episode: "Treehouse of Horror Presents: Simpsons Wicked This Way Comes"
Movie: The Simpsons Movie
Music video: Do the Bartman
First album: The Simpsons Sing the Blues
Latest album: The Simpsons: Testify


Richard Sakai (born January 28, 1954) is an American television and film producer. He served as a producer for The Simpsons.

History

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 (for which he received an Academy Award nomination). He also produced Riding in Cars with Boys and Bottle Rocket. He is also a producer for The Simpsons Movie.

Simpsons Appearances

Main article: Richie Sakai

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" (voiced by Dan Castellaneta), 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".

Credits

Produced by

Special thanks

For The Simpsons

Hans Zimmer would like to thank

Thanks to

External links