Gabe Sachs

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Gabe Sachs is an American television producer, who has been a writer/producer with partner Jeff Judah for a number of primetime television shows and movies including Freaks & Geeks , Just Shoot Me , Undeclared , Life As We Know It , 90210 , What About Brian , and The Night Shift . Sachs & Judah were also writers on the hit movies Diary Of A Wimpy Kid and Diary Of A Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules .

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Life and career

Sachs went to New York, got some friends together, and borrowed better equipment. The result was Street Match, a pilot entirely made on spec, which ABC picked up as a summer series. Soon after, Sachs shot his next show Pranks where he met his current writing/producing partner Jeff Judah. They wrote the pilot Damian Cromwell's Postcards From America under a deal at HBO and soon after Sachs & Judah was formed.

Sachs and Judah have been writing, producing and show-running for the past 18 years.[ when? ] On July 17, 2001, both Sachs and Judah through their Sachs/Judah Productions company had inked a deal with Studios USA. [1]

Filmography

Film

TitleYearCredited asNotes
WriterExecutive
producer
On My Honor1988YesNoShort film
Diary of a Wimpy Kid 2010YesNo
Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Rodrick Rules 2011YesNo
Magic Camp 2020StoryYes

Television

The numbers in directing and writing credits refer to the number of episodes.

TitleYearCredited asNetworkNotes
CreatorDirectorWriterExecutive
producer
Street Match1993YesYesNoYes ABC
Pranks1996YesYesNoYes
Damian Cromwell's Postcards from America1997NoYesNoYes
Costello 1998NoNoYes (1)No Fox producer (3 episodes)
Freaks and Geeks 1999–2000NoNoYes (2)NoNBCsupervision producer
Just Shoot Me! 2000–01NoNoYes (3)NoNBCco-executive producer (season 5)
Undeclared 2001–02NoNoNoNoFoxconsulting producer (7 episodes)
Homeward Bound2002NoNoYesYesUnsold pilot, also producer
Platonically Incorrect2003NoNoNoYesUnsold pilot
In the Game2004NoNoYesYesUnsold pilot
Life As We Know It 2004–05DeveloperNoYes (3)YesABC
Testing Bob2006NoNoNoYesUnsold pilot
Women of a Certain Age2006NoNoNoYesUnsold pilot
What About Brian 2006NoYes (1)NoYes (5)ABC
Making It Legal2007YesNoYesYesUnsold pilot
October Road 2007NoNoNoYes (1)ABCuncredited
90210 2008–13DeveloperNoYes (2)Yes The CW
Ark 2010NoNoNoYes Hulu
The Night Shift 2014–17YesYes (1)Yes (4)YesNBC

Acting credits

TitleYearRoleNotes
Going Overboard 1989Funeral mourner
Freaks and Geeks1999Drummer (uncredited)Episode: "I'm with the Band"

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