Richard Sakai

Richard Sakai

Crew Information Gender: Male ♂ Job: Producer Birth date: January 28, 1954 (1954-01-28) 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

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 – Do the Bartman Special – Deep, Deep Trouble Special – The Longest Daycare Special – The Simpsons Take the Bowl Special – Planet of the Couches Special – The Longest Daycare Special – Playdate with Destiny Special – The Force Awakens from Its Nap Special – The Good, the Bart, and the Loki Special – Plusaversary Special – When Billie Met Lisa

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

Producers and Co-producers

Current producers Richard K. Chung • Alexander Duke • David Mirkin • Richard Raynis • Mike Reiss • Richard Sakai • Denise Sirkot • Loni Steele Sosthand Former producers Larina Jean Adamson • Richard Appel • Elisabeth Kiernan Averick • Bob Bendetson • Joseph A. Boucher • Donick Cary • Daniel Chun • David X. Cohen • Joel H. Cohen • Jonathan Collier • Jessica Conrad • Greg Daniels • Larry Doyle • John Frink • Tom Gammill • Valentina L. Garza • Dana Gould • Dan Greaney • Broti Gupta • Ron Hauge • Al Jean • Ken Keeler • Jay Kogen • Colin A.B.V. Lewis • Tim Long • Jeff Martin • Tom Martin • Cesar Mazariegos • J. Michael Mendel • George Meyer • Frank Mula • Conan O'Brien • Carolyn Omine • Don Payne • Bonita Pietila • Max Pross • Gerry Richardson • David Sacks • Brian Scully • Mike Scully • Matt Selman • David Silverman • David M. Stern • John Swartzwelder • Julie Thacker • Jon Vitti • Matt Warburton • Jeff Westbrook • Marc Wilmore • Wallace Wolodarsky Other producers Holly Adams • Rory Armes • Bob Bain • Chuck Beaver • Trevor Bent • Tara Beyhm • Kevin Biggins • Travis Bowe • Hans ten Cate • Vlad Ceraldi • Chiodo Brothers Productions, Inc. • Edward Chiodo • Dorina Diakoumopoulou • Ron Diamond • András Erkel • Kim Fertman • Mark Flitman • Darren Futa • Marci Galea • Ollie Green • Brian Grohl • Joey Haines • Dean Hannan • Pete Herzog • Bryan Johnson • Conall Jones • Rachel Braga Jones • Claudia Katz • Dan Kitchen • Jonathan Knight • Edward Kuspiel • Cate Latchford • Scott Lauritzen • Esther H. Lee • Rob Leingang • Steve Marmel • Matt McKnight • John Melchior • Alfred Milgrom • Jon O'Sheal • Jon Osborn • Jack Parmeter • Maria Beatriz Silva Piovezanni • Paul Provenzano • Harish Rao • Alan Rast • Johanna Rees • Mark Rhodes • Ryan Ridley • Laura Saravia • Mike Schneider • Kirk Scott • Gary Sheinwald • Shannon Smith • Beth Sowersby • Desirée Stavracos • Szavo Sztilkovics • Nick Trotta • Scott Turow • Brian Ullrich • Martijn van der Meulen • Csaba Varga • Michael R. Viner • Ru Warner • Cam Weber • David Wisehart • Tim Yoon • Wendy Cong Zhao Current co-producers Dominique Braud • Loni Steele Sosthand Former co-producers Larina Jean Adamson • Joseph A. Boucher • Tom Brady • Daniel Chun • Richard K. Chung • David X. Cohen • Joel H. Cohen • Jessica Conrad • Greg Daniels • Larry Doyle • Alexander Duke • Brent Forrester • Valentina L. Garza • Paul Germain • Al Jean • Ken Keeler • Colin A.B.V. Lewis • Tim Long • Tom Martin • J. Michael Mendel • George Meyer • Carolyn Omine • Mike Reiss • Brian Scully • Matt Selman • Loni Steele Sosthand • John Swartzwelder • Julie Thacker • Jon Vitti • Matt Warburton • Jeff Westbrook • Marc Wilmore Other co-producers Sady Cohen • Doug Goldstein • Tova Goodman • Jay Kleckner • Ethan Marak • Amanda Moshay