List of directors of The Simpsons

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The three people are caricatures of (left to right) Rich Moore, Wes Archer and David Silverman[1]
The following is a list of directors who have worked on the Fox animated television series The Simpsons.

The list includes all the directors from seasons 1 through 18.

Directors

A

B

C

D

E

F

  • Matthew C. Faughnan
  • Pound Foolish (David Silverman)

G

  • Milton Gray

H

  • Klay Hall

K

L

M

N

O

  • Rob Oliver

P

R

S

V

Supervising directors

References

1. ^ Moore, Rich. (2004). The Simpsons season 4 DVD commentary for the episode "Marge vs. the Monorail" [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.

See also







The Simpsons is an animated American sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company. It is a soft-satirical parody of the "Middle American" lifestyle epitomized by its title family, which consists of Homer, Marge, Bart, Lisa, and Maggie.
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Neil Affleck was an animator on The Simpsons. He has also done work on Family Guy and is currently directing the children's cartoon, Miss Spider's Sunny Patch Friends, on Nick Jr..
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Bob Anderson is an animation director on The Simpsons. He also contributed additional sequence direction on The Simpsons Movie.

Simpsons Episodes

He has directed the following episodes:
  • "Bart's Inner Child"

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Mike B. Anderson is a television director who works on The Simpsons and has directed numerous episodes of the show, and was animated in "The Secret War of Lisa Simpson" as cadet Anderson.
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Wesley "Wes" Archer (born November 26, 1961) is a television animation director. He was one of the original three animators (along with David Silverman and Bill Kopp) on The Simpsons' Tracey Ullman shorts and subsequently directed a number of Simpsons episodes before becoming
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Carlos Baeza is an animation director. He has worked for The Simpsons and Futurama.

Directing credits

The Simpsons episodes

He is credited with directing the following episodes:
  • "Lisa's Pony"
  • "Radio Bart"

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Phillip Bradley Bird (born on September 11, 1957) is an American Academy Award-winning animator who wrote and directed the 1999 Warner Bros. film The Iron Giant, and Disney/Pixar's critical and box office hits The Incredibles (2004) and Ratatouille (2007).
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Shaun Cashman is an animation director who has directed for animated television shows such as The Simpson's and King of the Hill. Currently, he has just finished duties as Supervising Producer and Director on the Cartoon Network series, The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy, and is
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Susan E. Dietter, mainly known as Susie Dietter, is a television director. She has directed episodes of the TV series Futurama, Baby Blues, The Simpsons, Recess, and The Critic.
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Mark Ervin is an American animator. He has worked as a director on The Simpsons and Futurama. He also worked on The Simpsons as a background layout artist.
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Jen Kamerman is an animation director on The Simpsons. She has not directed an episode in 5 years, having left the show and animation entirely in order to get married and raise a family.
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Mark Kirkland is a director of episodes of The Simpsons. As of 2005, he has directed 58 episodes, the most of any director, similar to how many episodes John Swartzwelder has written.
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Lance Kramer is an animation director on The Simpsons. He also worked as an assistant animator on .

History

Kramer attended Bismarck High School in Bismarck, North Dakota.
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Nancy Kruse is an animation director on The Simpsons.

Simpsons Episodes

She has directed the following episodes:
  • "Simpsons Bible Stories"
  • "Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?"
  • "Faith Off"
  • "Last Tap Dance in Springfield"

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Jeffrey Lynch is an American animator and graphic artist. He has worked as an animation director on The Simpsons and an assistant director on Spider-Man, Spider-Man 2, and Spider-Man 3.
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Lauren MacMullan is an animation director. Her first primetime TV job was on The Critic, followed by directing for King of the Hill. She went on to become the supervising director and designer for Mission Hill.
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Michael Marcantel is an animation director on The Simpsons.

Simpsons episodes

He has directed the following episodes:
  • "Bart to the Future"
  • "Day of the Jackanapes"
  • "Weekend at Burnsie's"
  • "A Star Is Born-Again"

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Pete Michels is an animation director on Family Guy. He has also been the Supervising Director on Family Guy as well as on the short-lived TV show, Kid Notorious. He started working on The Simpsons in 1990 as a background layout artist.
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Rich Moore is an animation director whose credits include The Simpsons, Baby Blues, and Drawn Together. He was also the supervising director on Futurama and The Critic, and directed several episodes.
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Steven Dean Moore is an animation director who has helmed 34 episodes of The Simpsons. Moore was also one of four sequence directors on The Simpsons Movie.
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Matthew Nastuk is an animation director on The Simpsons. He started directing during the tenth season, and has since directed over a dozen episodes and continues to direct today.
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Raymond S. Persi is a director for episodes of The Simpsons. His directing credits include "Mobile Homer", "The Girl Who Slept Too Little", "The Seemingly Never-Ending Story", "The Monkey Suit", "Little Big Girl", and "24 Minutes"
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Dominic Polcino is an animation director who has worked on The Simpsons, Mission Hill, Dominic worked on the first season of Family Guy then left to direct for King of the Hill and then returned to Family Guy.
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Michael Polcino is an animation director on The Simpsons. His brother, Dominic Polcino, is a former Simpsons director and currently works on Family Guy.
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Jim Reardon is a director and storyboard consultant, best known for his work on the animated TV series The Simpsons. He has directed over 30 episodes of the series, and was credited as a supervising director for seasons 9 through 15.
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Swinton O. Scott III is an animation director best known for his work on The Simpsons.

He also directed four episodes of Futurama and one episode of Family Guy

Swinton currently works on Camp Lazlo

Directing credits


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Chuck Sheetz is an animation director on The Simpsons. He has also done work on King of the Hill and Recess, in addition to directing the Drawn Together episode "Captain Hero's Marriage Pact".
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David Silverman

Pseudonym: Pound Foolish, David 'Dry Bones' Silverman, David A. Silverman, Demonic David Silverman, The Tell-Tale Silverman
Born: March 15 1957 (1957--) (age 50)
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Alan Smart is an animator and an animation director best known for his work for SpongeBob SquarePants and The Simpsons.

He also did animation on the show CatDog, Hey Arnold!, Rocko's Modern Life and The Ren and Stimpy Show.
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Gregg Vanzo is an American animator. He has worked on several shows, including The Simpsons and Futurama. He is also the founder of Rough Draft Studios.

Career in television

Gregg Vanzo began his career as an animator on Steven Spielberg's
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