David Mirkin

David Mirkin  (born September 18, 1955) is an American feature film and television director, writer and producer, known for his work on The Simpsons. He is a native of Philadelphia and an alumnus of Loyola Marymount University. He has won several Emmys along with the Peabody Award.

Works

Last Resort

George Lollar takes his family on vacation with "Club Sand", a shoddy and untrustworthy company. On their tropical island, they find soldiers everywhere, an unhelpful staff, inhospitable accomodation and undesirable holiday makers, but everyone except for George manages to have fun in the sun.

Release Date1986-03-31

Charactersd Walter Ambrose

Vote Count16

Star Trek: Inside the Roddenberry Vault

Fifty years after the original Star Trek first arrived on television, is there anything about Gene Roddenberry's space opera that hasn't been uncovered? Plenty! On December 13, 2016 fans can experience Star Trek: The Original Series - The Roddenberry Vault, a newly produced multi-part documentary featuring footage from the cutting room floor, long preserved in film canisters by the Roddenberry Estate. The origins of the classic series are explored with new interviews featuring cast and production personnel combined with newly-found deleted scenes, alternate angles, outtakes, behind the scenes moments, and original visual effects elements to tell the definitive story on the making and enduring legacy of Gene Roddenberry's creation.

Release Date2016-12-05

Charactersd Self

Vote Count3

The Simpsons

Set in Springfield, the average American town, the show focuses on the antics and everyday adventures of the Simpson family; Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa and Maggie, as well as a virtual cast of thousands. Since the beginning, the series has been a pop culture icon, attracting hundreds of celebrities to guest star. The show has also made name for itself in its fearless satirical take on politics, media and American life in general.

Release Date1989-12-17

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count2

Vote Count10260

Newhart

Dick Loudon and his wife Joanna decide to leave life in New York City and buy a little inn in Vermont. Dick is a how-to book writer, who eventually becomes a local TV celebrity as host of "Vermont Today." George Utley is the handyman at the inn and Leslie Vanderkellen is the maid, with ambitions of being an Olympic Ski champion; she is later replaced by her cousin Stephanie, an heiress who hates her job. Her boyfriend is Dick's yuppie TV producer, Michael Harris. There are many other quirky characters in this fictional little town, including Dick's neighbors Larry, Darryl, and Darryl...three brothers who buy the Minuteman Cafe from Kirk Devane. Besides sharing a name, Darryl and Darryl never speak.

Release Date1982-10-02

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count5

Vote Count53

The Larry Sanders Show

Comic Garry Shandling draws upon his own talk show experiences to create the character of Larry Sanders, a paranoid, insecure host of a late night talk show. Larry, along with his obsequious TV sidekick Hank Kingsley and his fiercely protective producer Artie, allows Garry Shandling and his talented writers to look behind the scenes and to show us a convincing slice of behind the camera life.

Release Date1992-08-15

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count1

Vote Count85

Three's Company

When two single girls, Janet and Chrissy, need a roommate to share their Santa Monica apartment, they decide to offer a room to Jack, a man they find passed out in the bathtub after the going-away party for their last roommate. However, hijinks ensure when Jack must pretend to be gay in order to throw off the scent of the trio's conservative landlady.

Release Date1977-03-15

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count7

Vote Count161

Get a Life

Surreal, twisted and hilariously funny, Get a Life is the ultimate anti-sitcom. Chris Peterson is a 30-year-old paperboy who still lives with his parents and who seems to have an ever decreasing grip on reality.

Release Date1990-09-23

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count7

Vote Count20

Three's a Crowd

Three's a Crowd is an American television sitcom sequel to Three's Company. It is loosely based on the British TV series Robin's Nest, which was itself a spin-off of Man About the House, on which Three's Company was based.

Release Date1984-09-25

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count1

Vote Count17

The Edge

The Edge is an American sketch comedy television series created by David Mirkin which ran on the Fox Network from 1992 to 1993.

Release Date1992-09-19

DepartmentCreator

JobCreator

Vote Count5

The Simpsons Movie

After Homer accidentally pollutes the town's water supply, Springfield is encased in a gigantic dome by the EPA and the Simpsons are declared fugitives.

Release Date2007-07-25

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count8200

May the 12th Be with You

It's Mother's Day and Marge Simpson joins the moms of Disney+ on a special holiday outing that turns into an epic galactic adventure filled with heroes, villains, and Stewie from Family Guy.

Release Date2024-05-09

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count54

Heartbreakers

Max and Page are a brilliant mother/daughter con team who have their grift down to a fine science. Max targets wealthy, willing men and marries them. Page then seduces them, and Max catches her husband in the act. Then it's off to palimony city and the next easy mark.

Release Date2001-03-23

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count929

The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful

The residents of Springfield search for Christmas cheer.

Release Date2024-12-16

DepartmentProduction

JobProducer

Vote Count89

Romy and Michele's High School Reunion

Two not-too-bright party girls reinvent themselves for their high school reunion. Armed with a borrowed Jaguar, new clothes and the story of their success as the inventors of Post-It notes, Romy and Michele descend on their alma mater, but their façade crumbles quickly.

Release Date1997-04-25

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Vote Count549

Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare"

Maggie must navigate an eventful first day in daycare. At the Ayn Rand School for Tots, Maggie is diagnosed with average intelligence. Barred from the gifted children, she longs to escape from her glue-guzzling classmates. But when a lonely caterpillar befriends her, she makes it her mission to save it from a ruthless butterfly smashing toddler.

Release Date2012-07-12

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count366

When Billie Met Lisa

Lisa Simpson is discovered by chart-topping artists Billie Eilish and FINNEAS while searching for a quiet place to practice her saxophone. Billie invites Lisa to her studio for a special jam session she’ll never forget.

Release Date2022-04-22

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count62

A Terrifying Message from Al Gore

Al Gore attempts to promote his film, An Inconvenient Truth (2006).

Release Date2007-11-27

DepartmentCrew

JobThanks

The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror

Includes the following episodes from the Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror V, Treehouse of Horror VI, Treehouse of Horror VII, and Treehouse of Horror XII.

Release Date2003-10-31

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

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