---
name: "Daniel Chun"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/daniel-chun"
fi1m_id: "daniel-chun"
imdb_id: "nm1529941"
tmdb_id: 1216625
wikidata_id: "Q5216805"
roles: ["Writer","Director"]
born: "4 September 1980"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T17:34:54.819245+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."
---

# Daniel Chun

## Identity

Daniel Chun

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/daniel-chun
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** daniel-chun
- **IMDb ID:** nm1529941
- **TMDB ID:** 1216625
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5216805
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Chun, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5216805, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1529941/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1216625

Writer and director. Born 4 September 1980 in Los Angeles, California, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Director
- **Born:** 4 September 1980, Los Angeles, California, USA
- **Active:** 1989–2005
- **Also known as:** Danny Chun
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 directing, 1 writing
- **Frequently works with:** [Brent Forrester](https://film.one/person/brent-forrester.md), [Dan Greaney](https://film.one/person/dan-greaney.md), [Greg Daniels](https://film.one/person/greg-daniels.md), [Jon Vitti](https://film.one/person/jon-vitti.md), [Ricky Gervais](https://film.one/person/ricky-gervais.md), [Ryan Koh](https://film.one/person/ryan-koh.md)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 88 (1), 2000s 77 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Daniel_Chun, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5216805, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1529941/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1216625

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Simpsons*](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) (88)
- **Peacock:** [*The Office*](https://film.one/tv/the-office-2005.md) (77)

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

## Biography

Daniel Chun is a television writer and producer. He studied biological anthropology at Harvard University, where he contributed to the Harvard Lampoon.

Chun wrote for *The Simpsons* from 2003 to 2010, advancing to co-executive producer, and contributed to episodes including "Marge's Son Poisoning" (2005) and "Treehouse of Horror XX" (2009). He later worked on *The Office* (2009–2012) as head writer and co-executive producer, receiving two Primetime Emmy Award nominations. His other credits include writing for *Hello Ladies* (2013) and *Speechless* (2016–2019), and creating the series *Grandfathered* (2015–2016). He has also worked on *Happy Endings* and *Kenan*.

Chun received an Annie Award and a Writers Guild of America Award nomination for his work on *The Simpsons*. He was named one of Variety's 10 TV Scribes to Watch in 2015.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, simpsons.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Directed (1)

- *The Office* (2005), Fi1m 77, Director, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-office-2005.md)

### Wrote (1) — the average rests on these

- *The Simpsons* (1989), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

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

- *Speechless* (2016), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Teleplay, Director
- *Grandfathered* (2015), series, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Hello Ladies* (2013), series, Writer
- *The Drinky Crow Show* (2008), series, Writer
- *The Office* (2005), series, Writer, Director, Co-Executive Producer, Supervising Producer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-office-2005.md)
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, Writer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/daniel-chun