The Making of 'Bottle Rocket'

Ella McCay

The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year

May the 12th Be with You

Maggie Simpson in "Rogue Not Quite One"

Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.

Welcome to the Club

When Billie Met Lisa

The Simpsons in Plusaversary

The Good, the Bart, and the Loki

Maggie Simpson in "The Force Awakens from Its Nap"

Maggie Simpson in "Playdate with Destiny"

The Edge of Seventeen

Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare"

How Do You Know

A Terrifying Message from Al Gore

The Simpsons Movie

Spanglish

Riding in Cars with Boys

As Good as It Gets

Jerry Maguire

Bottle Rocket

I'll Do Anything

Phenom

Sibs

Do the Bartman

The Best of the Tracey Ullman Show

The Simpsons

The War of the Roses

The Tracey Ullman Show

Who's the Boss?

Shaping Up

Newhart

Taxi

Richard Sakai (born January 28, 1954) is an American television and film producer. He is best known for his work on the animated sitcom The Simpsons, for which he is one of the original producers. In 1997, Sakai was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Picture for his work on the film Jerry Maguire (1996).
Sakai began his career as an assistant to James L. Brooks in 1977. In 1984, Brooks invited Sakai to become a producer in his new film production company, Gracie Films. Sakai ultimately produced many of Brooks' films, such as Jerry Maguire, As Good as It Gets (1997), and Spanglish (2004). Sakai also produced Bottle Rocket (1996) and Riding in Cars with Boys (2001). Additionally, he was a producer for The Simpsons Movie (2007).
As a television producer and director, Sakai has worked on many different shows. He has directed episodes of Taxi, Newhart, and Who's the Boss?. He has also produced episodes of The Tracey Ullman Show, The Critic, Phenom, and What About Joan? in addition to his work on The Simpsons, for which he has won several Emmy Awards.
On The Simpsons, Sakai has been animated several times, most notably as: a karaoke singer in the episode "One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish"; an escaping prisoner in a commercial about "revolving door prisons" in "Sideshow Bob Roberts"; and a jazz vibraphone player in "Jazzy and the Pussycats".
Sakai is currently president of Gracie Films.



Richard Sakai

Richard Sakai

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The Making of 'Bottle Rocket'