---
name: "Greg Garcia"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/greg-garcia"
fi1m_id: "greg-garcia"
imdb_id: "nm0305228"
tmdb_id: 1228751
wikidata_id: "Q34677"
roles: ["Producer","Director"]
born: "4 April 1970"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "producer"
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-10-07T14:26:49.999993+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."
---

# Greg Garcia

## Identity

Greg Garcia

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/greg-garcia
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** greg-garcia
- **IMDb ID:** nm0305228
- **TMDB ID:** 1228751
- **Wikidata ID:** Q34677
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Garcia_(producer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34677, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0305228/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1228751

Producer and director. Born 4 April 1970 in Arlington County, Virginia, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Producer, Director
- **Born:** 4 April 1970, Arlington County, Virginia, USA
- **Also known as:** Gregory Thomas Garcia
- **Primetime Emmy Awards:** 1 Emmy (1 won)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greg_Garcia_(producer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q34677, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0305228/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1228751

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*My Name Is Earl*](https://film.one/tv/my-name-is-earl.md) (77)

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

## Biography

Greg Garcia is an American television writer, producer and director. He created, wrote for, produced and directed episodes of the NBC sitcom *My Name Is Earl* (2005–2009), in which he also made several cameo appearances. He won the Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for the pilot episode in 2006.

Garcia began his career as a story editor on *Family Matters* (1989). He later co-created *Yes, Dear* (2000–2006) and created *Raising Hope* (2010–2014), *The Guest Book* (2017–2018) and *Sprung* (2022). He has also worked as a consulting producer on *Family Guy*.

He attended Frostburg State University and completed the Warner Bros. Writing for Television programme.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *My Name Is Earl* (2005), Fi1m 77, Director, Writer, Creator, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/my-name-is-earl.md)

## Complete filmography (16)

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

- *Bad Thoughts* (2025), series, Writer
- *Sprung* (2022), series, as Citizen 2 · Executive Producer, Writer, Director, Teleplay, Creator
- *The Guest Book* (2017), series, as Homeless Jack (uncredited) · Writer, Director, Executive Producer, Creator
- *Sebastian Says* (2016), series, Executive Producer
- *Super Clyde* (2013), Writer, Executive Producer
- *The Millers* (2013), series, Creator
- *Raising Hope* (2010), series, Writer, Creator
- *Creating the Characters* (2008), Executive Producer
- *Fugly* (2007), Writer, Executive Producer
- *My Name Is Earl* (2005), series, Director, Producer, Writer, Creator — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/my-name-is-earl.md)
- *Yes, Dear* (2000), series, Writer, Producer, Creator
- *Getting Personal* (1998), series, Producer, Writer
- *Built to Last* (1997), series, Writer, Creator
- *On Our Own* (1994), series, Writer
- *Beverly Hills, 90210* (1990), series, Actor — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/beverly-hills-90210.md)
- *Family Matters* (1989), series, Writer

## Awards

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 1 won

- 2006: Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series (won), for *My Name Is Earl*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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