Daniel Chun

{{short description|Korean American comedy writer|bot=PearBOT 5}}

Daniel Chun is a Korean American comedy writer. He has written for The Office and The Simpsons.{{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}} He received a Writers Guild Award nomination and an Annie Award for his work on The Simpsons.{{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|accessdate=15 March 2010}} He was once head writer and an executive producer of The Office, receiving two 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.{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/daniel-chun|title=Daniel Kim|work=The Huffington Post|accessdate=February 12, 2010}} He wrote for the ABC comedy series Happy Endings, joining the show as a writer and producer in season three. In 2015, his ABC Studios pilot Grandfathered, starring John Stamos, was ordered to series on Fox.

Chun studied biological anthropology at Harvard University.{{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}}

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

In 2019, Chun joined several WGA writers in firing their agents as part of the WGA's stand against the ATA and the practice of packaging.{{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}}