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 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Alan Yang, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
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Biography from TMDB.
- August 22, 1983 (43)
- Riverside, California, USA
- Writer, producer, director and actor
- 11 on MovieCove · 14 credits in all
What are Alan Yang's films like?
Across their 7 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Bonds and Self.
Themes
What they feel like to watch
Ironic 0 · Wry 0 · Earnest 2
Light 1 · Serious 2 · Dark 0
Grounded 2 · Stylized 1 · Heightened 0
Gentle 1 · Charged 2 · Intense 0
Steady 2 · Shifting 1 · Whiplash 0
A split, not a type: Straight-faced 1 · Some laughs 0 · Funny 2
Slow burn 1 · Even-paced 2 · Relentless 0
Casual 2 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 0
Easy watch 2 · Affecting 1 · Heavy 0
Resolved 2 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0
Moods and endings
- Happy2
- Bittersweet2
- Ambiguous2
- Cyclical1
AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.
Where can I watch Alan Yang's films?
As of October 24, 2026, 10 of their 11 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Prime Video (4).
Subscription and free streaming for Alan Yang's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.
Filmography
14 credits, 11 with a MovieCove page; 2 appearances as themselves are hidden until asked for.
Dang!(2026)
Midcredits score: 19th percentile of all shows
Good Fortune(2025)
Midcredits score: 59th percentile of all films
Loot(2022)
Midcredits score: 36th percentile of all shows
Tigertail(2020)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all films
Little America(2020)
Midcredits score: 66th percentile of all shows
Forever(2018)
Midcredits score: 48th percentile of all shows
Moonlight (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2017)
We Love You (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2016)
The Good Place(2016)
Midcredits score: 94th percentile of all shows
Master of None(2015)
Midcredits score: 91st percentile of all shows
Date and Switch(2014)
Midcredits score: 32nd percentile of all films
Parks and Recreation(2009)
Midcredits score: 98th percentile of all shows
Kappa Mikey(2006)
Midcredits score: 34th percentile of all showsThe Fortunes of Jaded Women (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)
Career shape
A full career of 13 titles, 12 of them dated from 2006 to 2025.
Biggest box office
Good Fortune (2025)
Highest rated
Ugly Delicious (2018)
Most popular right now
Good Fortune (2025)
Film career
- 2009Screen debut· Parks and Recreation
- 2009Primetime Emmy nomination· Parks and Recreation
Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it. The ring is the typical Midcredits score (the median percentile) of the role's titles that are on MovieCove, shown from 5 scored.
Awards
a Primetime Emmy from 13 major nominations, 2012–2021.
- BAFTA Award, nominated · International
+1 other major body · 1 nomination
- Independent Spirit Award, nominated · Best New Scripted Series
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Episodic Comedy
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy Series
- Producers Guild Award, nominated · Outstanding Producer of Episodic Television, Comedy
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy, won · Outstanding Writing for a Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Comedy Series
- Primetime Emmy, nominated · Outstanding Comedy Series
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy Series
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Episodic Comedy
- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy Series
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- Writers Guild Award, nominated · Comedy Series
Major bodies only: the Oscars, Primetime Emmys, Golden Globes, BAFTAs and Screen Actors Guild Awards are named; Cannes, Venice, the Berlinale, Sundance, the directors', writers' and producers' guilds, the Grammys, Critics Choice and the Independent Spirit Awards count as other major bodies. Festival and regional prizes are not counted. Source: IMDb.
How do Alan Yang's films land?
Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 59th percentile, the median of all 3; across a limited sample of 3 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 61st percentile for acclaim.
- 75th and up3
- 50th to 74th3
- 25th to 49th4
- Below 25th1
Shape of the crowd
5 of their 11 titles are Mixed.
- Universally Loved3
- Crowd Pleaser3
- Mixed5
Reviewers score the dialogue 48/100 and the plot and story 49/100 in their films, across 3 reviewed titles. The element that speaks to their work as a writer.
Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.
Who does Alan Yang work with?
People who share at least 2 of Alan Yang's MovieCove titles; Daniel Haworth shares the most, 3.
- Aziz AnsariShared titles: Good Fortune (2025), Ugly Delicious (2018)See all 2 shared titles with Aziz Ansari
- Daniel HaworthShared titles: Good Fortune (2025), Tigertail (2020), Forever (2018)See all 3 shared titles with Daniel Haworth