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{{short description|Korean American comedy writer|bot=PearBOT 5}}
'''Daniel Chun''' is a [[Korean Americans|Korean American]] comedy writer. He has written for ''[[The Office (U.S. TV series)|The Office]]'' and ''[[The Simpsons]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.centralillinoisnewscenter.com/news/local/8424207.html |title=Search For Real Fake Springfield |first=Jenny |last=Li |date=10 July 2007 |work=Central Illinois Nes Center |accessdate=15 March 2010}}</ref> He received a [[Writers Guild Award]] nomination and an [[Annie Award]] for his work on ''The Simpsons''.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=awardcentral&jump=news&id=wga&articleid=VR1117997024|title=TV trio rack up WGA nominations|first=Dave|last=McNary|date=8 December 2008|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|accessdate=15 March 2010}}</ref> He was once [[head writer]] and an [[Executive producer#Motion pictures and television|executive producer]] of ''The Office,'' receiving two [[Emmy Award|Emmy]] nominations for his work on the show. Chun has also contributed to the ''[[Harvard Lampoon]]'', TNR.com, ''02138 Magazine'', ''[[New York Magazine]]'', ''[[The Huffington Post]]'', and ''Vitals'' magazine, where he wrote the back page column.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/daniel-chun|title=Daniel Kim|work=[[The Huffington Post]]|accessdate=February 12, 2010}}</ref> He wrote for the [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] comedy series ''[[Happy Endings (TV series)|Happy Endings]]'', joining the show as a writer and producer in season three. In 2015, his [[ABC Studios]] pilot ''[[Grandfathered (TV series)|Grandfathered]]'', starring [[John Stamos]], was ordered to series on Fox.

Chun studied [[biological anthropology]] at [[Harvard University]].<ref>{{Cite web|first=Nellie|last=Andreeva|url=https://deadline.com/2012/02/the-office-head-writer-daniel-chun-signs-overall-deal-with-abc-studios-235019/|title = 'The Office' Head Writer Daniel Chun Signs Overall Deal with ABC Studios|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|date = 24 February 2012}}</ref>

He was named one of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'''s 10 TV Scribes To Watch in 2015.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/gallery/10-tv-scribes-to-watch/|title=10 TV Scribes to Watch|date=16 June 2015}}</ref>

In 2019, Chun joined several WGA writers in firing their agents as part of the [[Writers Guild of America|WGA's]] stand against the [[Association of Talent Agents|ATA]] and the practice of [[Movie packaging|packaging]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Andreeva |first1=Nellie |title=Writers Share Signed Termination Letters As Mass Firing Of Agents Begins After WGA-ATA Talks Fail |date=13 April 2019 |url=https://deadline.com/2019/04/writers-form-letters-agencies-mass-firing-of-agents-begins-wga-ata-talks-fail-1202595219/ |publisher=Deadline}}</ref>

==''The Simpsons'' episodes==
*"[[Marge's Son Poisoning]]" (2005)
*"[[Jazzy and the Pussycats]]" (2006)
*"[[G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)]]" (2006)
*"[[Rome-old and Juli-eh]]" (2007)
*"[[Any Given Sundance]]" (2008)
*"[[Treehouse of Horror XX]]" (2009)

==''The Office'' episodes==
*"[[Murder (The Office)|Murder]]" (2009)
*"[[The Delivery (The Office)|The Delivery]]" (2010)
*"[[Nepotism (The Office)|Nepotism]]" (2010)
*"[[Training Day (The Office)|Training Day]]" (2011)
*"[[Doomsday (The Office)|Doomsday]]" (2011)
*"[[Tallahassee (The Office)|Tallahassee]]" (2012)

==References==
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==External links==
{{IMDb name|1529941}}
{{Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production}}

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