---
name: "David Sacks"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/david-sacks"
fi1m_id: "david-sacks"
imdb_id: "nm0755293"
tmdb_id: 1213910
wikidata_id: "Q2199860"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1953"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-23T23:02:33.821578+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."
---

# David Sacks

## Identity

David Sacks

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/david-sacks
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** david-sacks
- **IMDb ID:** nm0755293
- **TMDB ID:** 1213910
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2199860
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sacks_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2199860, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0755293/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1213910

Writer. Born 1 January 1953 in New York City.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1953, New York City
- **Active:** 1988–1989
- **Frequently works with:** [Jennifer Ventimilia](https://film.one/person/jennifer-ventimilia.md), [Joshua Sternin](https://film.one/person/joshua-sternin.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/David_Sacks_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2199860, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0755293/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1213910

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Simpsons*](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) (88)
- **Tubi:** [*Murphy Brown*](https://film.one/tv/murphy-brown.md) (77)

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

## Biography

David Sacks is an American television writer and producer. He attended Harvard College, graduating with a degree in government in 1984, and began his comedy writing career as an editor of the Harvard Lampoon. After moving to Los Angeles, he worked as a writer on series including *Not Necessarily the News*, *Women in Prison*, *Empty Nest* and *Murphy Brown*.

Sacks served as a writer and producer on *The Simpsons* during seasons five and six (1993–1995), contributing to 47 episodes and writing the season six episode 'Fear of Flying'; the series won a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program in 1995. His other credits include writing and producing on *3rd Rock from the Sun* (for which he received a Golden Globe Award), *Malcolm in the Middle*, *The Tick* and *Regular Show*, as well as creating *Game Over* and *Lewis Black's The Root of All Evil*.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Simpsons* (1989), Fi1m 88, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *Murphy Brown* (1988), Fi1m 77, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/murphy-brown.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *Final Space* (2018), series, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Pig Goat Banana Cricket* (2015), series, Executive Producer, Writer
- *Regular Show* (2010), series, Story Editor
- *Lewis Black's Root of All Evil* (2008), series, Creator
- *Game Over* (2004), series, Writer, Creator
- *The Tick* (2001), series, Writer
- *Malcolm in the Middle* (2000), series, Consulting Producer
- *3rd Rock from the Sun* (1996), series, Executive Producer, Writer, Story
- *Bringing up Jack* (1995), series, Writer
- *Camp Wilder* (1992), series, Writer
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, Writer, Producer — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *Murphy Brown* (1988), series, Writer — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/murphy-brown.md)
- *Empty Nest* (1988), series, Writer
- *Women in Prison* (1987), series, Writer

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