---
name: "Drake Sather"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/drake-sather"
fi1m_id: "drake-sather"
imdb_id: "nm0766153"
tmdb_id: 57603
wikidata_id: "Q5305621"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "24 May 1959"
died: "3 March 2004"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 82
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T18:06:47.013099+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."
---

# Drake Sather

## Identity

Drake Sather

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/drake-sather
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** drake-sather
- **IMDb ID:** nm0766153
- **TMDB ID:** 57603
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5305621
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_Sather, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5305621, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0766153/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57603

Writer. Born 24 May 1959 in Seattle, Washington, USA. Died 3 March 2004.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 24 May 1959, Seattle, Washington, USA
- **Died:** 3 March 2004
- **Active:** 1992–2001
- **Average Fi1m score:** 82, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 91 (1), 2000s 74 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Drake_Sather, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5305621, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0766153/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/57603

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Larry Sanders Show*](https://film.one/tv/the-larry-sanders-show.md) (91)
- **Paramount+:** [*Zoolander*](https://film.one/film/zoolander.md) (74)

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

## Biography

Drake Sather (24 May 1959 – 3 March 2004) was an American television writer, producer and stand-up comedian. Born in Seattle, Washington, he wrote for series including *The Larry Sanders Show*, for which he received a Primetime Emmy nomination in 1994, *NewsRadio* (seasons 2–5, where he also served as producer) and *Saturday Night Live* (1994–95 season).

Sather co-created the character Derek Zoolander with Ben Stiller and co-wrote the screenplay for the 2001 film *Zoolander* with Stiller and John Hamburg. He also co-created the NBC animated series *Sammy* with David Spade, wrote episodes of *Ed* and *Gary & Mike*, and contributed to *The Dennis Miller Show*. His final credit was as writer and executive producer on an unsold pilot remake of *Mr. Ed*.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Zoolander* (2001), Fi1m 74, Screenplay, Characters — [page](https://film.one/film/zoolander.md)
- *The Larry Sanders Show* (1992), Fi1m 91, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-larry-sanders-show.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *Drake Sather: The Man Who Created Zoolander* (2016), Actor
- *Zoolander 2* (2016), Characters
- *Zoolander* (2001), Characters, Screenplay — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/zoolander.md)
- *Gary & Mike* (2001), series, Producer, Writer
- *Ed* (2000), series, Writer, Producer
- *Sammy* (2000), series, Writer, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Derek Zoolander University* (1997), Writer
- *Derek Zoolander: Male Model* (1996), Writer
- *The Naked Truth* (1995), series, Writer
- *NewsRadio* (1995), series, Writer
- *The Larry Sanders Show* (1992), series, Writer — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-larry-sanders-show.md)
- *The 13th Annual Young Comedians Show* (1989), Actor
- *Empty Nest* (1988), series, Writer
- *Mr. Ed*, series, Executive Producer, Writer

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