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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]]''.
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'''Richard Sakai''' (born January 28, 1954) is an American television and film producer. He serves as a producer for ''[[The Simpsons]]''.  
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== History ==
 
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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 ''{{W2|Spanglish|film}}'', ''{{W|As Good as It Gets}}'' and ''{{W|Jerry Maguire}}'' (for which he received an {{W|Academy Award}} nomination). He also produced ''{{W|Riding in Cars with Boys}}'' and ''{{W|Bottle Rocket}}''. He is also a producer for ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]''.
 
  
 
== Simpsons Appearances ==
 
== Simpsons Appearances ==
 
{{main|Richie Sakai}}
 
{{main|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]]".
 
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]]".
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== Awards ==
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{{TH|Year}}
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{{TRsT|{{W|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program}}|13}}
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{{TRs|[[1990]]<ref name="Emmy42Anim">[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1990/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "42nd Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners"]</ref>|2}}
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{{TB|"[[Life on the Fast Lane]]"}}
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{{TB|'''Won'''}}
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{{TBT|"[[Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire]]"}}
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{{TB|Nominated}}
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{{TBT|[[1991]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1991/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1991"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment]]"}}
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{{TB|'''Won'''}}
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{{TBT|[[1992]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1992/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1992"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Radio Bart]]"}}
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{{TB|Nominated}}
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{{TBT|[[1995]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1995/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1995"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Lisa's Wedding]]"}}
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{{TB|'''Won'''}}
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{{TBT|[[1996]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1996/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1996"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Treehouse of Horror VI]]"}}
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{{TB|Nominated}}
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{{TBT|[[1997]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1997/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less.) – 1997"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Homer's Phobia]]"}}
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{{TRs|'''Won'''|2}}
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{{TBT|[[1998]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1998/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1998"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Trash of the Titans]]"}}
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{{TBT|[[1999]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1999/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1999"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Viva Ned Flanders]]"}}
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{{TB|Nominated}}
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{{TBT|[[2000]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2000/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 2000"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Behind the Laughter]]"}}
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{{TRs|'''Won'''|2}}
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{{TBT|[[2001]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2001/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less than One Hour) – 2001"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[HOMЯ]]"}}
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{{TBT|[[2002]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2002/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2002"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[She of Little Faith]]"}}
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{{TRs|Nominated|2}}
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{{TBT|[[2021]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2021/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2021"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[The Dad-Feelings Limited]]"}}
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{{TRsT|{{W|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Animated Program}}|2}}
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{{TB|[[2021]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2021/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - Outstanding Short Form Animated Program - 2021"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|''[[The Force Awakens from Its Nap]]''}}
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{{TRs|Nominated|2}}
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{{TBT|[[2022]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2022/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - Outstanding Short Form Animated Program - 2022"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|''[[When Billie Met Lisa]]''}}
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== Credits ==
 
== Credits ==
 
=== Produced by ===
 
=== Produced by ===
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*{{spec|Do the Bartman}}
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*{{spec|Deep, Deep Trouble}}
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*{{spec|The Longest Daycare}}
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{{Season3A|all=yes|E7n=as Ruthless Richard Sakai}}
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{{Season4A|all=yes|E5n=as Rambling Richard Sakai}}
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{{Season5A|all=yes|E5n=as Reproachable Richard Sakai}}
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{{Season6A|all=yes|E6n=as Redrum Richard Sakai}}
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{{Season7A|all=yes|E6n=as Redrum Richard Sakai}}
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*{{spec|The Force Awakens from Its Nap}}
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{{Season8A|all=yes|E1n=as Richard in the Midst of Retiring Sakai}}
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*{{spec|The Good, the Bart, and the Loki}}
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{{Season9A|all=yes|E4n=as Richard "I Wish I Were Dead" Sakai}}
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*{{spec|Plusaversary}}
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{{Season10A|all=yes|E4n=as Richard Wrestling with Reality Sakai}}
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*{{spec|When Billie Met Lisa}}
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{{Season11A|all=yes|E4n=as Richard Nonconforming Sakai}}
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{{Season12A|all=yes|E1n=as Richard Sunshine Sakai}}
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{{Season13A|all=yes}}
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{{Season14A|all=yes}}
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{{Season15A|all=yes|E1n=as Richard Rags Sakai}}
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{{Season16A|all=yes|E1n=as Richard Psycho Sakai}}
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{{Season17A|all=yes|E4n=as Richard Wayne Sakai}}
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{{Season18A|all=yes|E4n=as Evil Dr. Sakai}}
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*{{mov}}
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{{Season19A|all=yes|E5n=as Richard Stumpy Sakai}}
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{{Season20A|all=yes|E4n=as Richard Rags Sakai}}
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{{Season21A|all=yes}}
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{{Season22A|all=yes|E4n=as Richard Wayne Sakai}}
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{{Season23A|all=yes}}
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{{Season24A|all=yes|E2n=as Richard Psycho}}
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{{Season25A|all=yes|E2n=as Richard Psychotic}}
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{{Season26A|all=yes|E4n=as Richard H Bowl Sakai}}
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{{Season27A|all=yes|E5n=as Richard Psycho Sakai}}
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{{Season28A|all=yes|E4n=as Richard "Father of Stokley" Sakai}}
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{{Season29A|all=yes|E4n=as Richard Psychotic Sakai}}
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{{Season30A|all=yes|E4n=as Evil Dr. Sakai}}
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{{Season31A|all=yes|E4n=as Richard Psychotic Sakai|E8n=as Biscuits Sakai}}
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{{Season32A|all=yes|E4n=as Evil Dr. Sakai}}
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{{Season33A|all=yes|E3n=as Stokley Sakai}}
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{{Season34A|all=yes|E6n=as Scary Stokley Sakai}}
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{{Season35A|all=yes|E5n=as Scary Stokley Sakai}}
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=== Thanks to ===
 
=== Thanks to ===
 
*{{alb|The Simpsons: Testify}}
 
*{{alb|The Simpsons: Testify}}
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== References ==
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[[Category:Primetime Emmy Award winning crew]]
 
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[[Category:The Simpsons Sing the Blues crew]]
 
[[Category:The Simpsons Sing the Blues crew]]

Latest revision as of 12:23, November 7, 2023

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: 765
Seasons active: Season 1 - Present
First short: The Longest Daycare
Most recent short: Rogue Not Quite One
First episode: "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"
Most recent episode: "Cremains of the Day"
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 serves as a producer for The Simpsons.

Simpsons Appearances[edit]

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".

Awards[edit]

Award Year Episode Result
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program 1990[1] "Life on the Fast Lane" Won
"Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" Nominated
1991[2] "Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment" Won
1992[3] "Radio Bart" Nominated
1995[4] "Lisa's Wedding" Won
1996[5] "Treehouse of Horror VI" Nominated
1997[6] "Homer's Phobia" Won
1998[7] "Trash of the Titans"
1999[8] "Viva Ned Flanders" Nominated
2000[9] "Behind the Laughter" Won
2001[10] "HOMЯ"
2002[11] "She of Little Faith" Nominated
2021[12] "The Dad-Feelings Limited"
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Short Form Animated Program 2021[13] The Force Awakens from Its Nap Nominated
2022[14] When Billie Met Lisa

Credits[edit]

Produced by[edit]

Special thanks[edit]

For The Simpsons[edit]

Hans Zimmer would like to thank[edit]

Thanks to[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ↑ Television Academy - "42nd Emmy Awards Nominees and Winners"
  2. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1991"
  3. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1992"
  4. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1995"
  5. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1996"
  6. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less.) – 1997"
  7. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1998"
  8. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1999"
  9. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 2000"
  10. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less than One Hour) – 2001"
  11. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2002"
  12. ↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2021"
  13. ↑ Television Academy - Outstanding Short Form Animated Program - 2021"
  14. ↑ Television Academy - Outstanding Short Form Animated Program - 2022"


External links[edit]


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