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|name= Mark Kirkland
 
|name= Mark Kirkland
 
|image= [[File:Mark Kirkland.png|250px]]
 
|image= [[File:Mark Kirkland.png|250px]]
|gender= Male  
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|gender= {{Male cast}}
|job= Director<br/>Supervising director<br/>Storyboarder
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|job= Director<br>Supervising director<br>Storyboard artist
|birthdate=  
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|birthdate= {{birthdate|1956|11|5}}
|status=Active
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|deathdate=  
|episodes= 92
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|status= Inactive
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|episodes= 132
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|seasons= [[Season 2]] - [[Season 31|31]]
 
|first episode= "[[Dancin' Homer]]"
 
|first episode= "[[Dancin' Homer]]"
|latest episode= "[[Homer Scissorhands]]"
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|latest episode= "[[Hail to the Teeth]]"
 
}}
 
}}
  
'''Mark Kirkland''' is a long-time animation director on the series who currently serves as supervising director. He is the son of Douglas Kirkland. He has directed the most Simpsons episodes, a total of 92.
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'''Mark Douglas Kirkland''' (born November 5, 1956) is an American animator and director for ''[[The Simpsons]]''. He served as a director, storyboard artist and supervising director.
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== Awards ==
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{{Table|width=50%|align=left|
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{{THT|Award}}
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{{TH|Year}}
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{{TH|Episode}}
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{{TH|Result}}
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{{TRsT|{{W|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program}}|4}}
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{{TB|[[2000]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2000/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 2000"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Behind the Laughter]]"}}
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{{TRs|'''Won'''|2}}
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{{TBT|[[2003]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2003/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less than One Hour) – 2003"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Three Gays of the Condo]]"}}
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{{TBT|[[2007]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2007/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2007"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[The Haw-Hawed Couple]]"}}
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{{TB|Nominated}}
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{{TBT|[[2008]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2008/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2008"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind]]"}}
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{{TB|'''Won'''}}
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}}
  
 
== Credits ==
 
== Credits ==
=== Director ===
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=== Directed by ===
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*{{ep|Dancin' Homer}}
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{{TO}}
*{{ep|Bart Gets Hit by a Car}}
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{{Season2A
*{{ep|Principal Charming}}
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|E5=yes
*{{ep|The War of the Simpsons}}
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|E10=yes
*{{ep|Homer Defined|(also storyboarder)}}
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|E14=yes
*{{ep|Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk}}
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|E20=yes
*{{ep|Homer Alone}}
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}}
*{{ep|Colonel Homer}}
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{{Season3A
*{{ep|Kamp Krusty}}
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|E5=yes
*{{ep|Lisa the Beauty Queen}}
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|E11=yes
*{{ep|Lisa's First Word}}
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|E15=yes
*{{ep|Last Exit to Springfield}}
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|E20=yes
*{{ep|Homer's Barbershop Quartet}}
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}}
*{{ep|Marge on the Lam}}
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{{Season4A
*{{ep|Homer and Apu}}
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|E1=yes
*{{ep|Burns' Heir}}
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|E4=yes
*{{ep|Lisa's Rival}}
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|E10=yes
*{{ep|Sideshow Bob Roberts}}
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|E17=yes
*{{ep|Fear of Flying}}
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}}
*{{ep|Homer vs. Patty & Selma}}
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{{Season5A
*{{ep|The Springfield Connection}}
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|E1=yes
*{{ep|Lisa the Vegetarian}}
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|E6=yes
*{{ep|Team Homer}}
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|E13=yes
*{{ep|A Fish Called Selma}}
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|E18=yes
*{{ep|Summer of 4 Ft. 2}}
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}}
*{{ep|The Homer They Fall}}
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{{Season6A
*{{ep|Mountain of Madness}}
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|E2=yes
*{{ep|The Old Man and the Lisa}}
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|E5=yes
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror VIII|as "Mad Dog Kirkland"}}
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|E11=yes
*{{ep|Bart Carny}}
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|E17=yes
*{{ep|Girly Edition}}
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|E23=yes
*{{ep|The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace}}
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}}
*{{ep|D'oh-in in the Wind|(with [[Matthew Nastuk]])}}
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{{Season7A
*{{ep|Marge Simpson in: "Screaming Yellow Honkers"}}
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|E5=yes
*{{ep|The Old Man and the "C" Student}}
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|E12=yes
*{{ep|Brother's Little Helper}}
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|E19=yes
*{{ep|Little Big Mom}}
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|E25=yes
*{{ep|Pygmoelian}}
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}}
*{{ep|Behind the Laughter}}
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{{Season8A
*{{ep|The Computer Wore Menace Shoes}}
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|E3=yes
*{{ep|Simpson Safari}}
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|E12=yes
*{{ep|The Parent Rap}}
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|E21=yes
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}}
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{{Season9A
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|E4=yes
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|E4n=as Mad Dog Kirkland
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|E12=yes
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|E21=yes
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}}
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{{Season10A
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|E2=yes
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|E6=yes
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|E15=yes
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|E20=yes
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}}
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{{Season11A
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|E2=yes
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|E10=yes
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|E16=yes
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|E22=yes
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}}
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{{Season12A
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|E6=yes
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|E17=yes
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}}
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{{Season13A
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|E2=yes
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|E8=yes
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|E17=yes
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}}
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{{Season14A
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|E5=yes
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|E8=yes
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|E17=yes
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}}
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{{Season15A
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|E4=yes
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|E10=yes
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|E17=yes
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}}
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{{Season16A
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|E2=yes
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|E7=yes
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|E16=yes
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}}
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{{Season17A
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|E1=yes
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|E8=yes
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|E17=yes
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}}
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{{Season18A
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|E6=yes
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}}
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{{Season19A
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|E1=yes
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|E11=yes
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}}
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{{Season20A
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|E8=yes
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|E12=yes
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}}
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{{Season21A
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|E2=yes
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|E14=yes
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|E19=yes
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}}
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{{Season22A
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|E1=yes
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|E12=yes
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|E20=yes
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}}
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{{Season23A
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|E4=yes
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|E10=yes
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|E18=yes
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}}
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{{Season24A
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|E5=yes
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|E9=yes
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|E16=yes
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}}
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{{Season25A
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|E3=yes
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|E6=yes
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|E16=yes
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}}
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{{Season26A
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|E3=yes
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|E9=yes
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|E18=yes
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}}
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{{Season27A
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|E13=yes
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}}
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{{Season28A
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|E14=yes
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}}
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{{Season29A
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|E15=yes
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}}
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{{Season30A
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|E15=yes
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}}
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{{Season31A
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|E11=yes
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}}
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{{TC}}
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}}
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=== Storyboard ===
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{{Scroll|
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{{TO}}
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{{Season2A
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|E5=yes
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}}
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{{Season3A
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|E5=yes
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}}
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{{Season4A
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|E4=yes
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}}
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{{Season5A
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|E6=yes
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}}
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{{Season6A
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|E5=yes
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}}
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{{Season7A
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|E5=yes
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}}
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{{Season8A
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|E3=yes
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}}
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{{Season9A
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|E4=yes
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}}
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{{Season20A
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|E12=yes
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}}
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{{Season27A
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|E13=yes
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}}
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{{Season28A
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|E5=yes
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|E7=yes
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|E8=yes
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|E12=yes
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|E13=yes
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|E14=yes
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}}
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{{Season29A
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|E2=yes
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|E4=yes
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|E9=yes
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|E11=yes
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|E15=yes
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}}
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{{Season30A
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|E5=yes
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|E6=yes
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|E11=yes
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|E15=yes
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}}
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{{Season31A
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|E8=yes
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|E11=yes
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}}
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{{TC}}
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}}
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=== Globe animation ===
 
*{{ep|Sweets and Sour Marge}}
 
*{{ep|Sweets and Sour Marge}}
*{{ep|Gump Roast}}
 
*{{ep|Helter Shelter}}
 
*{{ep|The Dad Who Knew Too Little}}
 
*{{ep|Three Gays of the Condo}}
 
*{{ep|The Regina Monologues}}
 
*{{ep|Diatribe of a Mad Housewife}}
 
*{{ep|My Big Fat Geek Wedding}}
 
*{{ep|All's Fair in Oven War}}
 
*{{ep|Mommie Beerest}}
 
*{{ep|Bonfire of the Manatees}}
 
*{{ep|The Italian Bob}}
 
*{{ep|Kiss Kiss, Bang Bangalore}}
 
*{{ep|Moe 'N' a Lisa}}
 
*{{ep|He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs}}
 
*{{ep|That '90s Show}}
 
*{{ep|The Burns and the Bees}}
 
*{{ep|No Loan Again, Naturally}}
 
*{{ep|Bart Gets a 'Z'}}
 
*{{ep|Postcards from the Wedge}}
 
*{{ep|The Squirt and the Whale}}
 
*{{ep|Elementary School Musical}}
 
*{{ep|Homer the Father}}
 
*{{ep|Homer Scissorhands}}
 
*{{ep|Replaceable You}}
 
*{{ep|Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson}}
 
}}
 
  
 
=== Supervising director ===
 
=== Supervising director ===
 
{{Scroll|
 
{{Scroll|
*{{Ep|Kill Gil, Volumes I & II}}
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{{TO}}
*{{Ep|The Wife Aquatic}}
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{{Season18A
*{{Ep|Revenge is a Dish Best Served Three Times}}
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|E8=yes
*{{Ep|Stop or My Dog Will Shoot}}
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|E9=yes
*{{Ep|He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs|(also as director)}}
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|E10=yes
*{{Ep|The Homer of Seville}}
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|E12=yes
*{{Ep|Midnight Towboy}}
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|E13=yes
*{{Ep|I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings}}
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|E14=yes
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XVIII|as "Mark 'Maniac' Kirkland"}}
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|E15=yes
*{{Ep|Little Orphan Millie}}
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|E16=yes
*{{Ep|Husbands and Knives}}
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|E17=yes
*{{Ep|Funeral for a Fiend}}
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|E18=yes
*{{Ep|Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind}}
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|E19=yes
*{{Ep|E. Pluribus Wiggum}}
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|E20=yes
*{{Ep|That '90s Show|(also as director)}}
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|E21=yes
*{{Ep|Love, Springfieldian Style}}
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|E22=yes
*{{Ep|The Debarted}}
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}}
*{{Ep|Dial 'N' for Nerder}}
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{{Season19A|all=yes|E5n=as Mark "Maniac" Kirkland}}
*{{Ep|Smoke on the Daughter}}
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{{Season20A
*{{Ep|Papa Don't Leech}}
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|E2=yes
*{{Ep|Apocalypse Cow}}
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|E3=yes
*{{Ep|Any Given Sundance}}
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|E4=yes
*{{Ep|Mona Leaves-a}}
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|E4n=as Mad Dog Kirkland
*{{Ep|Double, Double, Boy in Trouble}}
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}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XIX|as "Mad Dog Kirkland"}}
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{{TC}}
 
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}}
===Storyboarder===
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*{{Ep|Dancin' Homer|(also director)}}
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=== Animation director ===
*{{Ep|Homer Defined|(also director)}}
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*{{spec|The Simpsons Take the Bowl}}
*{{Ep|Lisa the Beauty Queen|(also director)}}
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*{{Ep|Marge on the Lam|(also director)}}
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=== Additional storyboards ===
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*{{ep|My Way or the Highway to Heaven}}
  
 
== Notes ==
 
== Notes ==
 
*At the time "[[D'oh-in' in the Wind]]" was being produced, Kirkland was going through a divorce, so [[Matthew Nastuk]] took over the directorial duties for the first act.
 
*At the time "[[D'oh-in' in the Wind]]" was being produced, Kirkland was going through a divorce, so [[Matthew Nastuk]] took over the directorial duties for the first act.
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== References ==
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{{Reflist}}
  
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==
*{{IMDB|name/nm0456658/}}
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*{{IMDb|name/nm0456658/}}
*{{wikipedialink|Mark Kirkland}}
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*{{Wikipedialink}}
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*{{Twitterpage|markk1914}}
  
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{{Animation directors|others=yes}}
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{{Storyboard artists|former=yes}}
 
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kirkland, Mark}}
 
{{DEFAULTSORT:Kirkland, Mark}}
{{Directors}}
 
  
[[Category:Directors]]
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[[Category:Animators]]
[[Category:Cast and crew]]
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[[Category:Primetime Emmy Award winning crew]]
[[Category:Supervising directors]]
 
[[Category:Outstanding Animated Program Emmy winning crew]]
 

Latest revision as of 20:40, October 22, 2024

Mark Kirkland
Mark Kirkland.png
Crew Information
Gender:
Male ♂
Job: Director
Supervising director
Storyboard artist
Birth date: November 5, 1956 (1956-11-05) (age 68)
Status:
Inactive
Number of episodes: 132
Seasons active: Season 2 - 31
First episode: "Dancin' Homer"
Most recent episode: "Hail to the Teeth"


Mark Douglas Kirkland (born November 5, 1956) is an American animator and director for The Simpsons. He served as a director, storyboard artist and supervising director.

Awards[edit]

Award Year Episode Result
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program 2000[1] "Behind the Laughter" Won
2003[2] "Three Gays of the Condo"
2007[3] "The Haw-Hawed Couple" Nominated
2008[4] "Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind" Won

Credits[edit]

Directed by[edit]

Storyboard[edit]

Globe animation[edit]

Supervising director[edit]

Animation director[edit]

Additional storyboards[edit]

Notes[edit]

References[edit]


External links[edit]