---
name: "Alessandro Tanaka"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/alessandro-tanaka"
fi1m_id: "alessandro-tanaka"
imdb_id: "nm0848966"
tmdb_id: 999442
wikidata_id: "Q22681435"
roles: ["Producer"]
born: "2 November 1974"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-10-02T22:09:28.511072+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Alessandro Tanaka

## Identity

Alessandro Tanaka

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/alessandro-tanaka
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** alessandro-tanaka
- **IMDb ID:** nm0848966
- **TMDB ID:** 999442
- **Wikidata ID:** Q22681435
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22681435, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0848966/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/999442

Producer. Born 2 November 1974 in Huntington, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer
- **Born:** 2 November 1974, Huntington, New York, USA
- **Also known as:** Alex Tanaka
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q22681435, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0848966/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/999442

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Get Jiro*](https://film.one/tv/get-jiro.md) (76)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Alessandro Tanaka is a writer and producer. He was born in Huntington, New York, USA.

Tanaka created the animated series *Get Jiro!* (2026) with Brian Gatewood, adapted from graphic novels by Anthony Bourdain and Joel Rose. His other credits include the screenplay for *The Sitter* (2011), episodes of *Superstore* (2015–), and creating *Comrade Detective* (2017). He co-wrote the film *Sharper* (2023).

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, deadline.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Get Jiro* (2026), Fi1m 76, Executive Producer, Creator — [page](https://film.one/tv/get-jiro.md)

## Complete filmography (12)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Get Jiro* (2026), series, Executive Producer, Creator — Fi1m 76, [page](https://film.one/tv/get-jiro.md)
- *Sharper* (2023), Producer, Writer
- *Hawkeye* (2021), series, Executive Consultant
- *Comrade Detective* (2017), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Superstore* (2015), series, Writer
- *Animal Practice* (2012), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
- *The Sitter* (2011), Screenplay
- *A Beautiful Mind* (2001), as Student Admirer (uncredited) — Fi1m 62, [page](https://film.one/film/a-beautiful-mind.md)
- *Swans Crossing* (1992), series, as Bobby 'Saja' Decastro
- *Law & Order* (1990), series, as Neil Andrade — Fi1m 72, [page](https://film.one/tv/law-and-order.md)
- *Robotech*, Screenplay
- *Positano*, Writer, Executive Producer

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