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Richard Sakai

Crew Information Gender: Male ♂ Job: Producer Birth date: January 28, 1954 (1954-01-28) (age 70) Status: Active Number of episodes: 774 Seasons active: Season 1 - Present First short: The Longest Daycare Most recent short: Welcome to the Club First episode: "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" Most recent episode: "Women in Shorts" 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

• Video game – The Simpsons Game
• Album – The Simpsons Sing the Blues (Gracie Films)

For The Simpsons

• Album – Songs in the Key of Springfield
• Album – Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons
• Album – The Simpsons: Testify

Hans Zimmer would like to thank

• Album – The Simpsons Movie: The Music

Thanks to

• Album – The Simpsons: Testify

External links

• Richard Sakai at the Internet Movie Database
• Richard Sakai at Wikipedia