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|gender= {{Male cast}}
 
|gender= {{Male cast}}
 
|job= Director<br>Assistant director<br>Storyboard artist
 
|job= Director<br>Assistant director<br>Storyboard artist
|birthdate=  
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|birthdate= {{birthyear|1965}}
 
|status= Active
 
|status= Active
|episodes= 76
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|episodes= 92
 
|seasons= [[Season 2]] - Present
 
|seasons= [[Season 2]] - Present
|first episode= "[[Itchy and Scratchy and Marge]]"
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|first episode= "[[Itchy & Scratchy & Marge]]"
|latest episode= "[[Lisa Gets the Blues]]"
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|latest episode= "[[Treehouse of Horror XXXV]]"
 
|movie=yes
 
|movie=yes
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|short= ''[[Playdate with Destiny]]''
 
}}
 
}}
  
'''Bob Anderson''' is a director and animator for ''[[The Simpsons]]''. He currently serves as a director and previously served as an assistant director and storyboard artist. He also served as an additional sequence director for ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]''.
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'''Bob Anderson''' (born 1965) is a director and animator. He currently serves as a director for ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and previously served as an assistant director and storyboard artist. He also served as an additional sequence director for ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]''.
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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|Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production|Annie Award for Directing in a Television Production}}|2}}
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{{TB|[[2008]]<ref name="Annie2008">[https://web.archive.org/web/20100815022758/http://annieawards.org/legacy36th.html The Annie Awards - "36th Annual Annie Nominations and Awards Recipients"] (archived on {{W|Wayback Machine}})</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Treehouse of Horror XIX]]"}}
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{{TRs|Nominated|2}}
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{{TBT|[[2010]]<ref name="Annie2010">[https://web.archive.org/web/20111216232924/http://annieawards.org/legacy38th.html The Annie Awards - "38th Annual Annie Nominations"] (archived on {{W|Wayback Machine}})</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Treehouse of Horror XXI]]"}}
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{{TBT|{{W|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program}}}}
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{{TB|[[1996]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1996/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1996"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Treehouse of Horror VI]]"}}
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{{TB|Nominated}}
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}}
  
 
== Credits ==
 
== Credits ==
 
=== Directed by ===
 
=== Directed by ===
 
{{Scroll|
 
{{Scroll|
*{{ep|Bart's Inner Child}}
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{{TO}}
*{{ep|Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song}}
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{{Season5A
*{{ep|Lisa on Ice}}
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|E7=yes
*{{ep|Bart's Comet}}
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|E19=yes
*{{ep|Two Dozen and One Greyhounds}}
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}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror VI|(as Bedlam Bob Anderson)}}
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{{Season6A
*{{ep|Hurricane Neddy}}
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|E8=yes
*{{ep|Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment}}
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|E14=yes
*{{ep|Miracle on Evergreen Terrace}}
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|E20=yes
*{{ep|Lisa Gets an "A"}}
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}}
*{{ep|I'm with Cupid}}
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{{Season7A
*{{ep|E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)}}
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|E6=yes
*{{ep|Insane Clown Poppy}}
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|E6n=as Bedlam Bob Anderson
*{{ep|Pokey Mom}}
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}}
*{{ep|Simpsons Tall Tales}}
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{{Season8A
*{{ep|The Lastest Gun in the West}}
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|E8=yes
*{{ep|Special Edna}}
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|E18=yes
*{{ep|Old Yeller-Belly}}
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}}
*{{ep|Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens and Gays}}
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{{Season9A
*{{ep|Co-Dependent's Day}}
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|E10=yes
*{{ep|Fraudcast News}}
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}}
*{{ep|On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister}}
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{{Season10A
*{{ep|Home Away from Homer}}
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|E7=yes
*{{ep|My Fair Laddy}}
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|E14=yes
*{{ep|Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play}}
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}}
*{{ep|Kill Gil, Volumes I & II}}
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{{Season11A
*{{ep|Marge Gamer}}
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|E5=yes
*{{ep|I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings}}
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}}
*{{ep|Dial "N" for Nerder}}
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{{Season12A
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XIX|(as Beelze-Bob Anderson)}}
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|E3=yes
*{{ep|Rednecks and Broomsticks}}
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|E10=yes
*{{ep|American History X-cellent}}
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|E21=yes
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XXI|(as Sponge Bob Anderson Pants)}}
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}}
*{{ep|The Fight Before Christmas}}
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{{Season13A
*{{ep|The Blue and the Gray}}
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|E12=yes
*{{ep|500 Keys}}
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}}
*{{ep|The Book Job}}
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{{Season14A
*{{ep|Moe Goes from Rags to Riches}}
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|E7=yes
*{{ep|The Spy Who Learned Me}}
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|E19=yes
*{{ep|Moonshine River}}
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}}
*{{ep|Changing of the Guardian}}
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{{Season15A
*{{ep|Homerland}}
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|E8=yes
*{{ep|Yellow Subterfuge}}
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|E15=yes
*{{ep|Days of Future Future}}
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|E22=yes
*{{ep|Simpsorama}}
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}}
*{{ep|Bart's New Friend}}
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{{Season16A
*{{ep|The Kids Are All Fight}}
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|E11=yes
*{{ep|Lisa with an "S"}}
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|E20=yes
*{{ep|Much Apu About Something}}
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}}
*{{ep|How Lisa Got Her Marge Back}}
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{{Season17A
*{{ep|Havana Wild Weekend}}
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|E12=yes
*{{ep|The Last Traction Hero}}
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|E22=yes
*{{ep|A Father's Watch}}
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}}
*{{ep|Grampy Can Ya Hear Me}}
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{{Season18A
*{{ep|Haw-Haw Land}}
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|E9=yes
*{{ep|Lisa Gets the Blues}}
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|E17=yes
*{{ep|Bart's Not Dead}}
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}}
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{{Season19A
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|E4=yes
 +
|E14=yes
 +
}}
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{{Season20A
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|E4=yes
 +
|E4n=as Beelze-Bob Anderson
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}}
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{{Season21A
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|E7=yes
 +
|E17=yes
 +
}}
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{{Season22A
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|E4=yes
 +
|E4n=as Sponge Bob Anderson Pants
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|E8=yes
 +
|E13=yes
 +
|E21=yes
 +
}}
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{{Season23A
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|E6=yes
 +
|E12=yes
 +
|E20=yes
 +
}}
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{{Season24A
 +
|E1=yes
 +
|E11=yes
 +
|E20=yes
 +
}}
 +
{{Season25A
 +
|E1=yes
 +
|E7=yes
 +
|E18=yes
 +
}}
 +
{{Season26A
 +
|E6=yes
 +
|E11=yes
 +
|E19=yes
 +
}}
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{{Season27A
 +
|E7=yes
 +
|E12=yes
 +
|E18=yes
 +
}}
 +
{{Season28A
 +
|E7=yes
 +
|E9=yes
 +
|E18=yes
 +
}}
 +
{{Season29A
 +
|E5=yes
 +
|E10=yes
 +
|E17=yes
 +
}}
 +
{{Season30A
 +
|E1=yes
 +
}}
 +
{{Season31A
 +
|E1=yes
 +
|E18=yes
 +
|E19=yes
 +
}}
 +
{{Season32A
 +
|E1=yes
 +
}}
 +
{{Season33A
 +
|E13=yes
 +
|E21=yes
 +
}}
 +
{{Season34A
 +
|E13=yes
 +
|E22=yes
 +
}}
 +
{{TC}}
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
=== Assistant director ===
 
=== Assistant director ===
 
{{Scroll|
 
{{Scroll|
*{{ep|Itchy and Scratchy and Marge}}
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{{TO}}
*{{ep|Bart's Dog Gets an "F"}}
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{{Season2A
*{{ep|Brush with Greatness}}
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|E9=yes
*{{ep|When Flanders Failed}}
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|E16=yes
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror II}}
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|E18=yes
*{{ep|Saturdays of Thunder}}
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}}
*{{ep|Homer at the Bat}}
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{{Season3A
*{{ep|Dog of Death}}
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|E3=yes
*{{ep|Bart's Friend Falls in Love}}
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|E7=yes
*{{ep|Homer the Heretic}}
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|E9=yes
*{{ep|Mr. Plow}}
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|E17=yes
*{{ep|Duffless}}
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|E19=yes
*{{ep|Marge in Chains}}
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|E23=yes
*{{ep|Homer Goes to College}}
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}}
*{{ep|Homer and Apu}}
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{{Season4A
 +
|E3=yes
 +
|E9=yes
 +
|E16=yes
 +
|E21=yes
 +
}}
 +
{{Season5A
 +
|E3=yes
 +
|E13=yes
 +
}}
 +
{{TC}}
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
=== Character layout artist ===
 
=== Character layout artist ===
*{{ep|Brush with Greatness}}
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{{TO}}
*{{ep|When Flanders Failed}}
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{{Season2A
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror II}}
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|E18=yes
*{{ep|Mr. Plow}}
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}}
 +
{{Season3A
 +
|E3=yes
 +
|E7=yes
 +
}}
 +
{{Season4A
 +
|E9=yes
 +
}}
 +
{{TC}}
  
 
=== Storyboard ===
 
=== Storyboard ===
 
{{Scroll|
 
{{Scroll|
*{{ep|Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song}}
+
{{TO}}
*{{ep|Lisa on Ice}}
+
{{Season5A
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror VI}}
+
|E19=yes
*{{ep|Hurricane Neddy}}
+
}}
*{{ep|Lisa's Sax}}
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{{Season6A
*{{ep|Miracle on Evergreen Terrace}}
+
|E8=yes
*{{ep|Grift of the Magi}}
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}}
*{{ep|Saddlesore Galactica}}
+
{{Season7A
*{{ep|Insane Clown Poppy}}
+
|E6=yes
*{{ep|Pokey Mom}}
+
}}
*{{ep|Simpson Tall Tales}}
+
{{Season8A
*{{ep|The Lastest Gun in the West}}
+
|E8=yes
*{{ep|Special Edna}}
+
}}
*{{ep|On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister}}
+
{{Season9A
*{{ep|Kill Gil, Volumes I & II}}
+
|E3=yes
 +
|E10=yes
 +
}}
 +
{{Season11A
 +
|E9=yes
 +
|E13=yes
 +
}}
 +
{{Season12A
 +
|E3=yes
 +
|E10=yes
 +
|E21=yes
 +
}}
 +
{{Season13A
 +
|E12=yes
 +
}}
 +
{{Season14A
 +
|E7=yes
 +
}}
 +
{{Season16A
 +
|E11=yes
 +
}}
 +
{{Season17A
 +
|E12=yes
 +
}}
 +
{{Season18A
 +
|E9=yes
 +
}}
 +
{{TC}}
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
=== Storyboard revisions ===
 
=== Storyboard revisions ===
*{{ep|Home Away from Homer}}
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{{TO}}
*{{ep|My Fair Laddy}}
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{{Season16A
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XIX|(as Beelze-Bob Anderson)}}
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|E20=yes
 +
}}
 +
{{Season17A
 +
|E12=yes
 +
}}
 +
{{Season20A
 +
|E4=yes
 +
|E4n=as Beelze-Bob Anderson
 +
}}
 +
{{TC}}
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=== Animation timer ===
 +
{{TO}}
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{{Season35A
 +
|E9=yes
 +
|E12=yes
 +
|E15=yes
 +
|E17=yes
 +
}}
 +
{{Season36A
 +
|E2=yes
 +
|E3=yes
 +
|E5=yes
 +
}}
 +
{{TC}}
  
 
=== Additional sequence director ===
 
=== Additional sequence director ===
 
*{{mov}}
 
*{{mov}}
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=== Special thanks ===
 +
*{{spec|Playdate with Destiny}}
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== References ==
 +
{{Reflist}}
  
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==
*{{IMDB|name/nm0026433/}}
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*{{IMDb|name/nm0026433/}}
*{{Wikipedialink|Bob Anderson (director)|Bob Anderson}}
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*{{Wikipedialink2|Bob Anderson|director}}
  
{{Directors}}
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{{Directors|current=yes}}
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{{Animation timers|current=yes}}
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{{Assistant directors|former=yes}}
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{{Character layout artists|former=yes}}
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{{Storyboard artists|former=yes|formerrev=yes}}
 
{{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, Bob}}
 
{{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, Bob}}
  
[[Category:Directors]]
 
[[Category:Storyboard artists]]
 
[[Category:Storyboard revisionists]]
 
[[Category:Character layout artists]]
 
[[Category:Assistant directors]]
 
 
[[Category:Sequence directors]]
 
[[Category:Sequence directors]]
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[[Category:Special thanks]]
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[[Category:Annie Award nominees]]
 +
[[Category:Primetime Emmy Award nominated crew]]

Latest revision as of 16:40, November 5, 2024

Bob Anderson
Crew Information
Gender:
Male ♂
Job: Director
Assistant director
Storyboard artist
Birth date: 1965 (age 58–59)
Status:
Active
Number of episodes: 92
Seasons active: Season 2 - Present
Short: Playdate with Destiny
First episode: "Itchy & Scratchy & Marge"
Most recent episode: "Treehouse of Horror XXXV"
Movie: The Simpsons Movie


Bob Anderson (born 1965) is a director and animator. He currently serves as a director for The Simpsons and previously served as an assistant director and storyboard artist. He also served as an additional sequence director for The Simpsons Movie.

Awards[edit]

Award Year Episode Result
Annie Award for Directing in a Television Production 2008[1] "Treehouse of Horror XIX" Nominated
2010[2] "Treehouse of Horror XXI"
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program 1996[3] "Treehouse of Horror VI" Nominated

Credits[edit]

Directed by[edit]

Assistant director[edit]

Character layout artist[edit]

Storyboard[edit]

Storyboard revisions[edit]

Animation timer[edit]

Additional sequence director[edit]

Special thanks[edit]

References[edit]


External links[edit]