Richard Sakai

Producer and director. Born 28 January 1954 in San Francisco, California, USA.

Titles on Fi1m1 directing · 6 producing

Average Fi1m scoreas producer · 6 titles

Oscar nomination

Born

28 January 1954, San Francisco, California, USA

Active

1978–present

Frequently works with

James L. Brooks

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The arc

Average Fi1m score of the work we have reviewed, by decade.

Fi1m against the critics

76Fi1m

71Critics

We rate Richard’s work 5 points above the press, across 6 titles with a critics’ score.

The spread

80 and above1

60 to 795

Under 600

Of 6 reviewed titles as producer.

In numbers

Reviewed: 6 films
Screen time: 11 hours of reviewed films
Box office: $1.3bn across 6 films with figures
Academy Awards: 1 Oscar nomination
Active: 1978–present

Genres

Comedy6
Drama5
Romance2
Animation1
Crime1
Family1

Best and worst on Fi1m

81BestJerry Maguire1996

70WorstThe Simpsons Movie2007

Credits by decade

Everything credited, reviewed or not.

11970s

61980s

71990s

42000s

42010s

162020s

Awards

Academy Awards1 nominated

Nominated1997Best Picture · Jerry Maguire

Awards from Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.