Greg Daniels

Five-time Emmy-winning screenwriter, producer, and director Greg Daniels launched his career on the writing staff of Saturday Night Live in late 1987, earning an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Music or Comedy Program in 1989. Daniels transitioned to writing for The Simpsons in 1993, contributing to its fifth season. He penned acclaimed episodes including ‘Homer and Apu,’ ‘Secrets of a Successful Marriage,’ ‘Homer Badman,’ and ‘Lisa’s Wedding,’ the latter garnering a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program in 1995. His contributions to the series concluded as supervising writer for ’22 Short Films About Springfield.’ In 1997, Daniels co-created the critically acclaimed animated series King of the Hill with Mike Judge, which enjoyed a thirteen-year run.

He received the Austin Film Festival’s Outstanding Television Writer Award in 2008. Daniels continued his creative trajectory by co-creating Parks and Recreation in 2009, a series that achieved significant critical praise. In 2011, he secured an overall deal with NBC to produce new series for Universal Television. More recently, Daniels expanded into streaming, creating the science-fiction comedy series Upload for Amazon Prime Video, which premiered in 2020 and is slated to run until 2025.

Concurrently, he co-created the Netflix comedy series Space Force with Steve Carell, which debuted in 2020 and concluded in 2022. Further solidifying his influence in animation, Daniels co-founded Bandera Entertainment with Mike Judge in 2021, a new venture aimed at innovating within the comedy genre. Looking ahead, Daniels has two highly anticipated series set to premiere in 2025: The Paper and a revival of King of the Hill for Hulu, continuing his legacy of groundbreaking and widely successful television programming.