Awards & Winners

Richard Sakai

Date of Birth 28-January-1954
Place of Birth San Francisco
(California, United States of America, San Francisco Bay Area, San Francisco Peninsula, Area code 415)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Evil Dr. Sakai, Rambling Richard Sakai, Richard Wayne Sakai, Richard Stumpy Sakai, Richard Psycho, Richard 'I Wish I Were Dead' Sakai, Richard Nonconforming Sakai, Richard Sunshine Sakai, Richard Wrestling With Reality Sakai, Ruthless Richard Sakai, Richard Rags Sakai, Richard Psychotic, Richard Psycho Sakai
Profession Film Producer, Television Producer, Television Director, Screenwriter
Richard Sakai is an American producer best known for partnering with James L. Brooks and for his work on The Simpsons. 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. He also produced Riding in Cars with Boys and Bottle Rocket. He is also a producer for The Simpsons Movie. As a TV producer and director, he has worked on many different shows. He directed episodes of Taxi, Newhart and Who's the Boss? and also produced The Tracey Ullman Show, Taxi, The Critic, Phenom, What About Joan?, and more famously, The Simpsons, for which he has won several Emmy Awards. 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, 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 by Richard Sakai

Check all the awards nominated and won by Richard Sakai.

2008


Nominations 2008 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
PGA Producer of the Year Award in Animated Theatrical Motion Pictures The Simpsons Movie

2002


Nominations 2002 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) The Simpsons
She Of Little Faith

2001


Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour)
Honored for : The Simpsons
(Episode : Homr)

Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) The Simpsons
Homr

2000


Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour)
Honored for : The Simpsons

Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) The Simpsons

1999


Nominations 1999 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) The Simpsons
Viva Ned Flanders

1998


Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour)
Honored for : The Simpsons
(Trash Of The Titans)

Nominations 1998 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) The Simpsons
Trash Of The Titans

1997


Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour)
Honored for : The Simpsons
(Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour Or Less))

Nominations 1997 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy Jerry Maguire
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) The Simpsons
Outstanding Animated Program (For Programming One Hour Or Less)

1996


Nominations 1996 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Picture Jerry Maguire
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) The Simpsons
Treehouse of Horror VI

1992


Nominations 1992 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) The Simpsons

1991


Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour)
Honored for : The Simpsons

Nominations 1991 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) The Simpsons

1990


Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour)
Honored for : The Simpsons

Nominations 1990 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety Series The Tracey Ullman Show
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) The Simpsons
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less Than One Hour) The Simpsons
The Simpsons Christmas Special
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Special The Best Of The Tracey Ullman Show

1989


Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program
Honored for : The Tracey Ullman Show

Nominations 1989 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program The Tracey Ullman Show

1988


Nominations 1988 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program The Tracey Ullman Show

1987


Nominations 1987 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Variety, Music or Comedy Program The Tracey Ullman Show

1983


Nominations 1983 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series Taxi

1982


Nominations 1982 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series Taxi