Alan Yang

Alan Yang
Yang at the 75th Annual Peabody Awards in 2016
Born	1982 (age 34–35) Riverside, California, US
Education	Harvard University
Occupation	Screenwriter, producer
Known for	Master of None, Parks and Recreation

Alan Yang (born 1982) is an American screenwriter and producer. He was the screenwriter of the 2014 film Date and Switch. He was also a writer and producer for the NBC sitcom, Parks and Recreation. He also co-created and wrote the Netflix series Master of None starring Aziz Ansari.

Yang was born in 1982 in Riverside, California. His parents were originally from Taiwan. His father was a physician from Huwei (Tigertail) and his mother was a high school teacher. Yang studied Biology at Harvard University and wrote for the college's humor magazine, the Harvard Lampoon. Yang also wrote for "Fire Joe Morgan", a sports journalism blog, under the pseudonym "Junior."

His previous writing credits include Last Call with Carson Daly (as writer of the episode "Kate Flannery/Kevin Christy" and an associate producer) as well as South Park (as a writer, consultant, and consulting producer). In 2009, he was named by Variety magazine as one of "10 Screenwriters to Watch". Near the beginning of his career, Yang received interest around Hollywood for a spec screenplay entitled “Gay Dude," described as a “Superbad”-like comedy about two high school seniors on the prowl for a one-night stand. Shortly after writing that screenplay, he was signed to rewrite a script for a David Dobkin project entitled "Boss Go Home" for Warner Bros..

In 2009, he also sold a pitch for a comedy screenplay called "White Dad", which was about a white man who adopts the son of his black girlfriend after she dies suddenly, and it was going to be produced by Bob Simonds Also around the same time, Yang also sold the pitch for a screenplay entitled "Jackpot" to 20th Century Fox, described as being similar to the film 21 in that it revolves around a group of high school teens that win the lottery, with Michael Aguilar planning to produce. Yang also sold a script to Summit Entertainment entitled “We Love You” which is about “two close friends who discover they’re dating the same woman and the comedic and relationship consequences that ensue when they try to disentangle the situation.” Those three screenplays - Jackpot, White Dad, and We Love You - are also currently in development.