David Sacks (writer)

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David Sacks is an American television writer and producer.

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Biography

He attended Harvard College, graduating with a degree in government. While there he began his comedy writing career as an editor of the school's humor magazine, The Harvard Lampoon . Upon graduating, Sacks moved to Los Angeles and began writing for television. His writing and producing credits include seasons five and six on The Simpsons , for which he won an Emmy Award; 3rd Rock from the Sun , for which he received a Golden Globe Award; Malcolm in the Middle , The Tick , Pound Puppies , Regular Show , Murphy Brown , and created and executive produced Lewis Black's The Root of All Evil for Comedy Central. In 2013, Sacks produced a weekly podcast Spiritual Tools for An Outrageous World available on iTunes and Stitcher.com. [1]

He executive produced, cowrote and co-developed Nickelodeon's Pig Goat Banana Cricket with series co-creator Johnny Ryan and Dave Cooper, and as of 2016 was executive producing and showrunning TBS' original series Final Space . [2]

References

  1. "David Sacks's profile". IMDb . Retrieved 20 September 2013.
  2. Andreeva, Nellie (December 2, 2016). "TBS Orders 'Final Space' Animated Series From Olan Rogers & Conan O'Brien". Deadline. Retrieved December 2, 2016.