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|seasons= [[Season 8]] - Present
 
|seasons= [[Season 8]] - Present
 
|first episode= "[[The Old Man and the Lisa]]"
 
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'''Robert Douglas "Rob" Oliver''' (born March 25, 1977) is an American animator and director. He currently serves as a director and previously served as a character layout artist, storyboard artist, second unit director and technical director for ''[[The Simpsons]]''.
 
'''Robert Douglas "Rob" Oliver''' (born March 25, 1977) is an American animator and director. He currently serves as a director and previously served as a character layout artist, storyboard artist, second unit director and technical director for ''[[The Simpsons]]''.
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== Awards ==
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{{TRsT|{{W|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program}}|6}}
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{{TB|[[2012]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2012/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2012"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Holidays of Future Passed]]"}}
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{{TRs|Nominated|3}}
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{{TBT|[[2017]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2017/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2017"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[The Town]]"}}
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{{TBT|[[2018]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2018/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2018"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Gone Boy]]"}}
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{{TBT|[[2019]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2019/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2019"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Mad About the Toy]]"}}
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{{TB|'''Won'''}}
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{{TBT|[[2020]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2020/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2020"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Thanksgiving of Horror]]"}}
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{{TB|Nominated}}
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{{TBT|[[2023]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2023/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2023"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Treehouse of Horror XXXIII]]"}}
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{{TB|'''Won'''}}
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== Credits ==
 
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*{{ep|Bart Has Two Mommies}}
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*{{ep|Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Three Times}}
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=== Storyboard revisions ===
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*{{ep|The Boys of Bummer}}
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=== Storyboard ===
 
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*{{ep|Little Big Girl}}
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=== Technical director ===
 
=== Technical director ===
 
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*{{ep|Thursdays with Abie}}
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*{{ep|Postcards from the Wedge}}
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*{{ep|Stealing First Base}}
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*{{ep|The Greatest Story Ever D'ohed}}
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*{{ep|American History X-cellent}}
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*{{ep|Chief of Hearts}}
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|E16=yes
*{{ep|The Squirt and the Whale}}
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|E17=yes
*{{ep|To Surveil with Love}}
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*{{ep|Moe Letter Blues}}
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*{{ep|The Bob Next Door}}
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*{{ep|The Blue and the Gray}}
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*{{ep|Love Is a Many-Strangled Thing}}
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*{{ep|The Real Housewives of Fat Tony}}
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*{{ep|Homer Scissorhands}}
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*{{ep|500 Keys}}
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*{{ep|How I Wet Your Mother}}
 
*{{ep|Them, Robot}}
 
*{{ep|Beware My Cheating Bart}}
 
*{{ep|A Totally Fun Thing Bart Will Never Do Again}}
 
*{{ep|The Spy Who Learned Me}}
 
*{{ep|Ned 'n Edna's Blend Agenda}}
 
*{{ep|Lisa Goes Gaga}}
 
*{{ep|Moonshine River}}
 
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*{{ep|Gone Abie Gone}}
 
*{{ep|Penny-Wiseguys}}
 
*{{ep|A Tree Grows in Springfield}}
 
*{{ep|The Day the Earth Stood Cool}}
 
 
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=== Animatic layout ===
 
=== Animatic layout ===
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*{{ep|Days of Future Future}}
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*{{ep|The Wreck of the Relationship}}
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=== Second unit director ===
 
=== Second unit director ===
 
{{Scroll|
 
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*{{ep|Love Is a Many-Splintered Thing}}
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*{{ep|Gorgeous Grampa}}
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|E12=yes
*{{ep|Black-Eyed, Please}}
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|E13=yes
*{{ep|What Animated Women Want}}
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|E14=yes
*{{ep|Dangers on a Train}}
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|E15=yes
*{{ep|Four Regrettings and a Funeral}}
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|E17=yes
*{{ep|The Man Who Grew Too Much}}
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|E22=yes
*{{ep|Diggs}}
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}}
*{{ep|The War of Art}}
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{{Season25A
*{{ep|You Don't Have to Live Like a Referee}}
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|E3=yes
*{{ep|Pay Pal}}
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|E13=yes
*{{ep|Super Franchise Me}}
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|E12=yes
*{{ep|The Man Who Came to Be Dinner}}
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|E15=yes
*{{ep|Bull-E}}
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|E16=yes
*{{ep|Mathlete's Feat}}
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|E21=yes
*{{ep|Every Man's Dream}}
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*{{ep|The Man from G.R.A.M.P.A.}}
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=== Character design ===
 
=== Character design ===
*{{ep|My Way or the Highway to Heaven}}
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{{TO}}
*{{ep|Mad About the Toy}}
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{{Season30A
*{{ep|The Star of the Backstage}}
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|E3=yes
*{{ep|My Octopus and a Teacher}}
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{{Season33A
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|E1=yes
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|E18=yes
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{{Season34A
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|E7=yes
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=== Contributing artist ===
 
=== Contributing artist ===
*{{bk|Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror: Heebie-Jeebie Hullabaloo}}
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*{{bk|The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Ominous Omnibus Vol. 1: Scary Tales & Scarier Tentacles}}
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*{{bk|The Simpsons Handbook}}
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== References ==
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Latest revision as of 08:50, October 29, 2024

Rob Oliver
Rob Oliver.jpg
Crew Information
Gender:
Male ♂
Job: Character layout artist
Director
Storyboard artist
Technical director
Birth date: March 25, 1977 (1977-03-25) (age 47)
Status:
Active
Number of episodes: 193
Seasons active: Season 8 - Present
First short: The Force Awakens from Its Nap
Most recent short: The Most Wonderful Time of the Year
First episode: "The Old Man and the Lisa"
Most recent episode: "Shoddy Heat"
Movie: The Simpsons Movie
First book: Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror: Heebie-Jeebie Hullabaloo
Most recent book: The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Ominous Omnibus Vol. 3: Fiendish Fables of Devilish Delicacies


Robert Douglas "Rob" Oliver (born March 25, 1977) is an American animator and director. He currently serves as a director and previously served as a character layout artist, storyboard artist, second unit director and technical director for The Simpsons.

Awards[edit]

Award Year Episode Result
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program 2012[1] "Holidays of Future Passed" Nominated
2017[2] "The Town"
2018[3] "Gone Boy"
2019[4] "Mad About the Toy" Won
2020[5] "Thanksgiving of Horror" Nominated
2023[6] "Treehouse of Horror XXXIII" Won

Credits[edit]

Directed by[edit]

Character layout[edit]

Assistant director[edit]

Storyboard revisions[edit]

Storyboard[edit]

Additional sequence director[edit]

Technical director[edit]

Animatic layout[edit]

Second unit director[edit]

Animation director[edit]

Opening sequence assistant director[edit]

Character design[edit]

Additional storyboards[edit]

Lead character layout[edit]

Contributing artist[edit]

Character art by[edit]

References[edit]


External links[edit]