---
name: "Joe Sachs"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/joe-sachs"
fi1m_id: "joe-sachs"
imdb_id: "nm0755161"
tmdb_id: 1237289
wikidata_id: "Q6212147"
roles: ["Writer"]
born: "1 January 1901"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:12:52.251020+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."
---

# Joe Sachs

## Identity

Joe Sachs

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/joe-sachs
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** joe-sachs
- **IMDb ID:** nm0755161
- **TMDB ID:** 1237289
- **Wikidata ID:** Q6212147
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Sachs, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6212147, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0755161/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1237289

Writer. Born 1 January 1901.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer
- **Born:** 1 January 1901
- **Active:** 1994–present
- **Also known as:** 乔·萨克斯
- **Frequently works with:** [John Wells](https://film.one/person/john-wells.md), [R. Scott Gemmill](https://film.one/person/r-scott-gemmill.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 88 (1), 2020s 81 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Sachs, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6212147, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0755161/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1237289

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*ER*](https://film.one/tv/er.md) (88)
- **HBO Max:** [*The Pitt*](https://film.one/tv/the-pitt.md) (81)

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

## Biography

Joe Sachs is an American television writer and producer and an emergency medicine physician. He studied medicine at Stanford University School of Medicine and also earned a master’s degree in filmmaking.

Sachs worked extensively on the medical drama *ER* (1994–2009) as a technical advisor, writer of 35 episodes, story editor and various producer roles up to executive producer. He has also written episodes of *NCIS: Los Angeles* (2009) and other series. He is a writer and co-executive producer on the medical drama *The Pitt* (2025–present), collaborating with former *ER* colleagues.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *The Pitt* (2025), Fi1m 81, Co-Executive Producer, Writer, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-pitt.md)
- *ER* (1994), Fi1m 88, Story, Teleplay, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)

## Complete filmography (3)

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

- *The Pitt* (2025), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer, Executive Producer — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-pitt.md)
- *NCIS: Los Angeles* (2009), series, Writer
- *ER* (1994), series, as EMT · Writer, Supervising Producer, Story, Co-Producer, Producer, Co-Executive Producer, Executive Producer, Teleplay — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/er.md)

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