---
name: "Richard Day"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/richard-day"
fi1m_id: "richard-day"
imdb_id: "nm0206556"
tmdb_id: 1213124
wikidata_id: "Q16207016"
roles: ["Writer","Producer"]
born: "1 January 1901"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 89
average_as: "writer"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-10-03T21:38:27.536192+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."
---

# Richard Day

## Identity

Richard Day

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/richard-day
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** richard-day
- **IMDb ID:** nm0206556
- **TMDB ID:** 1213124
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16207016
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Day_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16207016, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0206556/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1213124

Writer and producer. Born 1 January 1901.

## Details

- **Work:** Writer, Producer
- **Born:** 1 January 1901
- **Active:** 1992–2007
- **Frequently works with:** [Mitchell Hurwitz](https://film.one/person/mitchell-hurwitz.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 89, as writer, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 91 (1), 2000s 87 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Day_(writer), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16207016, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0206556/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1213124

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Larry Sanders Show*](https://film.one/tv/the-larry-sanders-show.md) (91)
- **Netflix:** [*Arrested Development*](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md) (87)

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

## Biography

Richard Day is an American television writer, producer and director. He began working in television as a writer in the late 1980s and has contributed to series including *Roseanne*, *Ellen*, *The Drew Carey Show*, *Spin City*, *Mad About You*, *The Larry Sanders Show*, *Dinosaurs* and *Aliens in America*.

Day wrote and produced episodes of *Arrested Development* (2003), including receiving story credit on the season-three finale. He has received Primetime Emmy nominations for writing and producing on *Arrested Development*, *The Larry Sanders Show* and *Mad About You*.

In film, Day wrote and directed the independent features *Girls Will Be Girls* (2003) and *Straight-Jacket* (2004), the latter adapted from his own off-Broadway play.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Arrested Development* (2003), Fi1m 87, Story, Co-Executive Producer, Writer — [page](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md)
- *The Larry Sanders Show* (1992), Fi1m 91, Writer, Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-larry-sanders-show.md)

## Complete filmography (20)

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

- *Running Wilde* (2010), series, Writer
- *Sit Down Shut Up* (2009), series, Writer
- *The Thick of It* (2007), Writer, Executive Producer
- *Aliens in America* (2007), series, Writer
- *Straight-Jacket* (2004), Writer, Director
- *Arrested Development* (2003), series, Writer, Co-Executive Producer, Story — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/tv/arrested-development.md)
- *Girls Will Be Girls* (2003), Director, Writer
- *Good Morning, Miami* (2002), series, Writer
- *Ladies Man* (1999), series, Writer
- *Spin City* (1996), series, Writer
- *The Drew Carey Show* (1995), series, Writer, Producer
- *Clerks.* (1995), Executive Producer, Writer
- *Clerks* (1995), series, Script, Creator
- *Ellen* (1994), series, Writer
- *Woops!* (1992), series, Writer
- *Mad About You* (1992), series, Writer, Producer
- *The Larry Sanders Show* (1992), series, Writer, Producer — Fi1m 91, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-larry-sanders-show.md)
- *Dinosaurs* (1991), series, Writer
- *The Nutt House* (1989), series, Writer
- *It's Garry Shandling's Show* (1986), series, Writer

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