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Dan Sterling

American screenwriter and television producer

Summary

American screenwriter and television producer

Dan Sterling is an American screenwriter and television producer who has worked on many successful television shows, including King of the Hill, Kitchen Confidential, The Daily Show, South Park, The Sarah Silverman Program and The Office.

Sterling's script The Interview became famous after it was seen as an act of war by the supreme leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, Kim Jong-un. The Guardians of Peace made terrorist threats of "a 9/11 style attack" against cinemas who planned to screen the film, and also threatened the safety of Sony Pictures employees and their families. As a result of these threats, Sony Pictures initially cancelled the release of The Interview, though it was later given a limited theatrical release, with broad digital release online through a Sony website, Google Play, Microsoft's Xbox Video, and YouTube Movies.

Filmography

Films

Year	Title	Credit
2014	The Interview	Writer
2019	Long Shot

Television

Year	Title	Credit	Notes
2023–present	Animal Control	Creator, Writer and Executive Producer	30 episodes
2022	Panhandle	Co-Executive Producer	8 episodes
2021	Housebroken	Consulting Producer	11 episodes
2015–2018	The Last Man on Earth	Executive producer	18 episodes
2012–2013	The Office	Writer and executive producer	16 episodes
2012	Girls	Writer and consulting producer	9 episodes
Susan 313	Writer and executive producer	TV movie
2007–2010	The Sarah Silverman Program	Director, writer and executive producer	22 episodes
2006	The Daily Show with Jon Stewart	Co-executive producer	78 episodes
2005–2006	Kitchen Confidential	Writer and co-executive producer	12 episodes
2002–2006	King of the Hill	Writer	7 episodes
1998–2000	Jesse	Writer and executive story editor	28 episodes
1997–1998	South Park	Staff writer	10 episodes

References

(21 May 2012). "'The Office' Newly Named Executive Producers -- Dan Sterling & Brent Forrester".
(28 December 2014). "Director: the Interview is a Case of Actual Irony". National Public Radio.
Siegel, Tatiana. (16 December 2014). "Sony Hack: New Leaked Docs Reveal Michael Lynton's Email Inbox".
(27 December 2014). "Sony Broadly Releases 'The Interview' in Reversal of Plans". New York Times.
McClintock, Pamela. (3 October 2017). "Seth Rogen, Charlize Theron Comedy 'Flarsky' Gets Winter 2019 Release Date".

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