Richard Sakai

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Richard Sakai
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Crew Member Information
Gender: Male
Job: Producer
Birth date: January 28, 1954 (1954-01-28) (age 59)
Status:
Active
Number of episodes: 528
Number of non-episode media: 2
First episode: "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"
Most recent episode: "Dangers on a Train"
Movie: The Simpsons Movie
Music video: Do the Bartman


Richard Sakai is a producer on The Simpsons.

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[edit] 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.

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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".

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