American screenwriter, producer and director (born 1983)
Alan Yang
Yang at the 75th Annual Peabody Awards in 2016
Born
Alan Michael Yang
(1983-08-22) August 22, 1983 (age 40)
Riverside, California, US
Education
Harvard University
Occupations
Screenwriter
producer
director
actor
Known for
Parks and Recreation, Master of None, Tigertail
Alan Yang
Traditional Chinese
楊維榕
Simplified Chinese
杨维榕
Transcriptions
Standard Mandarin
Hanyu Pinyin
Yáng Wéiróng
Alan Michael Yang (Chinese: 楊維榕; born August 22, 1983) is an American screenwriter, producer and director. He was a writer and producer for the NBC sitcom Parks and Recreation, for which he received his first Emmy nomination. With Aziz Ansari, Yang co-created the Netflix series Master of None, which premiered in 2015 to critical acclaim. The series was awarded a Peabody Award, and at the 68th Emmy Awards in 2016, Yang and Ansari won for Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series for Master of None and became the first writers of Asian descent to win in the category, which was also nominated in the Outstanding Comedy Series category. Yang also was the screenwriter of the 2014 comedy Date and Switch. In 2018, Yang co-created the Amazon Video series Forever.
Alan Michael Yang (Chinese: 楊維榕; born August 22, 1983) is an American screenwriter, producer and director. He was a writer and producer for the NBC sitcom...
November 6, 2015, on Netflix. The series was created by Aziz Ansari and AlanYang, with the first two seasons starring Ansari in the lead role of Dev Shah...
of None, which he created and wrote with Parks and Recreation writer AlanYang. James Poniewozik of The New York Times called the show "the year's best...
eventually not picked up for series. He also teamed with Mindy Kaling and AlanYang to work on two different animated series for NBC and made a deal to executive...
2014 American teen sex comedy film directed by Chris Nelson, written by AlanYang, and starring Nicholas Braun, Hunter Cope, Dakota Johnson and Zach Cregger...
Amazon Studios limited series Philip K. Dick's Electric Dreams (2018), AlanYang's dark comedy series Forever acting alongside Hong Chau. Starting in 2018...
Armando Iannucci & Tony Roche for "Election Night" (2015) Aziz Ansari & AlanYang for "Parents" (2016) Aziz Ansari & Lena Waithe for "Thanksgiving" (2017)...
Frankel became the casting director starting with the second season. AlanYang, Harris Wittels, and Katie Dippold, all of whom were Parks and Recreation...
called Parks and Recollection, alongside Parks and Rec writer and producer AlanYang. Lowe directed a short documentary named Madness in the Hills, which is...
Master of None after meeting creator and lead actor Aziz Ansari who, with AlanYang, had originally written Denise as a straight, white woman with the potential...
Arts Entertainment, Universal Television 2015–2021 Master of None with AlanYang Pictures, Oh Brudder Productions, 3 Arts Entertainment, Universal Television...
Wilkinson – American writer Herbert Eustis Winlock – American Egyptologist AlanYang – American screenwriter, producer and actor Steve Young — American television...
played the female lead in Chris Nelson's film Date and Switch written by AlanYang. In March 2012, Johnson was cast as Kate in the Fox comedy series Ben...
2021). "Joel Kim Booster Joins Maya Rudolph In Apple Comedy Series From AlanYang & Matt Hubbard". Deadline. Retrieved June 8, 2022. Ramos, Dino-Ray (July...
Huff, Lauren (2021-09-02). "New Parks and Rec podcast from Rob Lowe, AlanYang to reveal show secrets: April and Andy almost didn't happen". Entertainment...
from the original on May 11, 2012. Retrieved April 11, 2009. Sepinwall, Alan (July 21, 2008). "Sepinwall on TV: Leno undercover, 'Office' non-spin-off"...
Armando Iannucci & Tony Roche for "Election Night" (2015) Aziz Ansari & AlanYang for "Parents" (2016) Aziz Ansari & Lena Waithe for "Thanksgiving" (2017)...
Apollo in 2017. It was announced in January 2021 that Lee and screenwriter AlanYang had teamed up to bring Free Food for Millionaires to Netflix as a TV series...
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