Mike B. Anderson

Mike B. Anderson

Crew Information Gender: Male ♂ Job: Supervising director Character layout artist Director Birth date: 1973 (age 50–51) Status: Active Number of episodes: 528 Seasons active: Season 1 - Present First short: The Longest Daycare Most recent short: The Force Awakens from Its Nap First episode: "Simpson and Delilah" Most recent episode: "Women in Shorts" Movie: The Simpsons Movie Comic: Lo, There Shall Come... A Bartman!! First book: The Simpsons Beyond Forever! Most recent book: The Simpsons Handbook Music video: Do the Bartman

Michael "Mike" B. Anderson (born 1973) is an American television director. He currently serves as a supervising director for The Simpsons and previously served as a director, character layout artist, storyboard artist, assistant director, and storyboard consultant.

He also served as a sequence director on The Simpsons Movie and was interviewed in The Simpsons: Access All Areas.

Awards

Award Year Episode Result Annie Award for Best Individual Achievement: Directing in a TV Production 1997 "Homer's Phobia" Won Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program 1997 "Homer's Phobia" Won 2001 "HOMЯ" 2004 "The Way We Weren't" Nominated 2005 "Future-Drama" 2009 "Gone Maggie Gone" Nominated 2010 "Once Upon a Time in Springfield" 2011 "Angry Dad: The Movie" 2012 "Holidays of Future Passed" 2013 "Treehouse of Horror XXIII" 2015 "Treehouse of Horror XXV" 2016 "Halloween of Horror" 2017 "The Town" 2018 "Gone Boy" 2019 "Mad About the Toy" Won 2020 "Thanksgiving of Horror" Nominated 2021 "The Dad-Feelings Limited" 2022 "Pixelated and Afraid"

Credits

Directed by

Episode – "Lisa the Iconoclast" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror VII" (as Mutant Mike B. Anderson) Episode – "You Only Move Twice" Episode – "Homer's Phobia" Episode – "The Secret War of Lisa Simpson" Episode – "The Last Temptation of Krust" Episode – "Homer Simpson in: "Kidney Trouble"" Episode – "Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder" Episode – "HOMЯ" Episode – "Trilogy of Error" Episode – "Tales from the Public Domain" Episode – "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation" Episode – "C.E. D'oh" Episode – "The President Wore Pearls" Episode – "Margical History Tour" Episode – "The Way We Weren't" Episode – "Fat Man and Little Boy" Episode – "Pranksta Rap" Episode – "Future-Drama" Episode – "Marge's Son Poisoning" Episode – "Homer's Paternity Coot" Episode – "The Wettest Stories Ever Told" Episode – "Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em" Episode – "Mona Leaves-a" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XX" (as Mike Beheaded Anderson 2) Episode – "Halloween of Horror" Episode – "Monty Burns' Fleeing Circus" (Simpsons Time" couch gag) Special – The Simpsons Ride

Character layout

Episode – "Simpson and Delilah" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror" Episode – "Dancin' Homer" Episode – "Dead Putting Society" Episode – "Bart Gets Hit by a Car" Episode – "Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment" Episode – "Principal Charming" Episode – "Lisa's Substitute" Episode – "Stark Raving Dad" Episode – "Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington" Episode – "Bart the Murderer" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror II" Episode – "Lisa's Pony" Episode – "Flaming Moe's" Episode – "Radio Bart" Episode – "Bart the Lover" Episode – "The Otto Show" Episode – "Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?" Episode – "Homer the Heretic" Episode – "New Kid on the Block" Episode – "Marge vs. the Monorail" Episode – "Selma's Choice" Episode – "Last Exit to Springfield" Episode – "The Front" Episode – "Homer's Barbershop Quartet" Episode – "Cape Feare" Episode – "Rosebud" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror IV" Episode – "Bart's Inner Child" Episode – "Secrets of a Successful Marriage" Episode – "Sideshow Bob Roberts" Special – Do the Bartman

Animation timer

• Episode – "Deep Space Homer"

• Episode – "Secrets of a Successful Marriage"

Storyboard

THOH – "Treehouse of Horror VI" Episode – "Lisa the Iconoclast" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror VII" Episode – "You Only Move Twice" Episode – "Homer's Phobia" Episode – "The Last Temptation of Krust" Episode – "Homer Simpson in: "Kidney Trouble"" Episode – "Sweets and Sour Marge" Episode – "Tales from the Public Domain" Episode – "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation" Episode – "Margical History Tour"

Artist supervisor

THOH – "Treehouse of Horror VIII" Episode – "The Cartridge Family" Episode – "Bart Star" Episode – "The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons" Episode – "Lisa the Skeptic" Episode – "Realty Bites" Episode – "Miracle on Evergreen Terrace" Episode – "All Singing, All Dancing" Episode – "Bart Carny" Episode – "The Joy of Sect" Episode – "Das Bus" Episode – "The Last Temptation of Krust" Episode – "Dumbbell Indemnity" Episode – "Lisa the Simpson" Episode – "This Little Wiggy" Episode – "Simpson Tide" Episode – "The Trouble with Trillions" Episode – "Girly Edition" Episode – "Trash of the Titans" Episode – "King of the Hill" Episode – "Lost Our Lisa" Episode – "Natural Born Kissers" Episode – "Lard of the Dance" Episode – "The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace" Episode – "Bart the Mother" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror IX" Episode – "When You Dish Upon a Star"

Assistant director

• Episode – "Bart's Inner Child"

• Episode – "Bart Gets Famous"

• Episode – "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song"

• Episode – "Lisa on Ice"

• Episode – "Bart's Comet"

• Episode – "Two Dozen and One Greyhounds"

• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror VI"

Storyboard consultant

Episode – "D'oh-in' in the Wind" Episode – "Lisa Gets an "A"" Episode – "Homer Simpson in: "Kidney Trouble"" Episode – "Mayored to the Mob" Episode – "Viva Ned Flanders" Episode – "Wild Barts Can't Be Broken" Episode – "Sunday, Cruddy Sunday" Episode – "Homer to the Max" Episode – "I'm with Cupid" Episode – "Marge Simpson in: "Screaming Yellow Honkers"" Episode – "Make Room for Lisa" Episode – "Maximum Homerdrive" Episode – "Simpsons Bible Stories" Episode – "Mom and Pop Art" Episode – "The Old Man and the "C" Student" Episode – "Monty Can't Buy Me Love" Episode – "They Saved Lisa's Brain" Episode – "Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo" Episode – "Beyond Blunderdome" Episode – "Brother's Little Helper" Episode – "Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror X" Episode – "E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)" Episode – "Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder" Episode – "Eight Misbehavin'" Episode – "Take My Wife, Sleaze" Episode – "Grift of the Magi" Episode – "Little Big Mom" Episode – "Faith Off" Episode – "The Mansion Family" Episode – "Saddlesore Galactica" Episode – "Alone Again, Natura-Diddily" Episode – "Missionary: Impossible" Episode – "Pygmoelian" Episode – "Bart to the Future" Episode – "Days of Wine and D'oh'ses" Episode – "Kill the Alligator and Run" Episode – "Last Tap Dance in Springfield" Episode – "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge" Episode – "Behind the Laughter" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XI" Episode – "A Tale of Two Springfields" Episode – "Insane Clown Poppy" Episode – "Lisa the Tree Hugger" Episode – "Homer vs. Dignity" Episode – "The Computer Wore Menace Shoes" Episode – "The Great Money Caper" Episode – "Skinner's Sense of Snow" Episode – "HOMЯ" Episode – "Pokey Mom" Episode – "Worst Episode Ever" Episode – "Tennis the Menace" Episode – "Day of the Jackanapes" Episode – "New Kids on the Blecch" Episode – "Hungry, Hungry Homer" Episode – "Bye, Bye, Nerdie" Episode – "Simpson Safari" Episode – "Trilogy of Error" Episode – "I'm Goin' to Praiseland" Episode – "Children of a Lesser Clod" Episode – "Simpsons Tall Tales" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XII" Episode – "The Parent Rap" Episode – "Homer the Moe" Episode – "A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love" Episode – "The Blunder Years" Episode – "She of Little Faith" Episode – "Brawl in the Family" Episode – "Sweets and Sour Marge" Episode – "Jaws Wired Shut" Episode – "Half-Decent Proposal" Episode – "The Bart Wants What It Wants" Episode – "The Lastest Gun in the West" Episode – "The Old Man and the Key" Episode – "Tales from the Public Domain" Episode – "Blame It on Lisa" Episode – "Weekend at Burnsie's" Episode – "Gump Roast" Episode – "I Am Furious (Yellow)" Episode – "The Sweetest Apu" Episode – "Little Girl in the Big Ten" Episode – "The Frying Game" Episode – "Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XIII" Episode – "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation" Episode – "Bart vs. Lisa vs. the Third Grade" Episode – "Large Marge" Episode – "Helter Shelter" Episode – "The Great Louse Detective" Episode – "Special Edna" Episode – "The Dad Who Knew Too Little" Episode – "The Strong Arms of the Ma" Episode – "Pray Anything" Episode – "Barting Over" Episode – "I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can" Episode – "A Star Is Born Again" Episode – "Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington" Episode – "C.E. D'oh" Episode – "'Scuse Me While I Miss the Sky" Episode – "Three Gays of the Condo" Episode – "Dude, Where's My Ranch?" Episode – "Old Yeller-Belly" Episode – "Brake My Wife, Please" Episode – "The Bart of War" Episode – "Moe Baby Blues" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XIV" Episode – "My Mother the Carjacker" Episode – "The President Wore Pearls" Episode – "The Regina Monologues" Episode – "The Fat and the Furriest" Episode – "Today I Am a Clown" Episode – "Diatribe of a Mad Housewife" Episode – "Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore"

Additional timer

• Episode – "The Parent Rap"

Storyboard revisions

• Episode – "Pranksta Rap"

• Episode – "Future-Drama"

• Episode – "Marge's Son Poisoning"

• Episode – "The Wettest Stories Ever Told"

Supervising director

Episode – "Love, Springfieldian Style" Episode – "The Debarted" Episode – "Dial "N" for Nerder" Episode – "Smoke on the Daughter" Episode – "Apocalypse Cow" Episode – "Any Given Sundance" Episode – "Mona Leaves-a" Episode – "All About Lisa" Episode – "Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes" Episode – "Lost Verizon" Episode – "Double, Double, Boy in Trouble" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XIX" (as Mikenstein B. Anderson) Episode – "Dangerous Curves" Episode – "Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words" Episode – "MyPods and Boomsticks" Episode – "The Burns and the Bees" Episode – "Lisa the Drama Queen" Episode – "Take My Life, Please" Episode – "How the Test Was Won" Episode – "No Loan Again, Naturally" Episode – "Gone Maggie Gone" Episode – "In the Name of the Grandfather" Episode – "Wedding for Disaster" Episode – "Eeny Teeny Maya, Moe" Episode – "The Good, the Sad, and the Drugly" Episode – "Father Knows Worst" Episode – "Waverly Hills 9-0-2-1-D'oh" Episode – "Four Great Women and a Manicure" Episode – "Coming to Homerica" Episode – "Homer the Whopper" Episode – "Bart Gets a "Z"" Episode – "The Great Wife Hope" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XX" (as Mike Beheaded Anderson) Episode – "The Devil Wears Nada" Episode – "Pranks and Greens" Episode – "Rednecks and Broomsticks" Episode – "Oh Brother, Where Bart Thou?" Episode – "Thursdays with Abie" Episode – "Once Upon a Time in Springfield" Episode – "Million Dollar Maybe" Episode – "Boy Meets Curl" Episode – "The Color Yellow" Episode – "Postcards from the Wedge" Episode – "Stealing First Base" Episode – "The Greatest Story Ever D'ohed" Episode – "American History X-cellent" Episode – "Chief of Hearts" Episode – "The Squirt and the Whale" Episode – "To Surveil with Love" Episode – "Moe Letter Blues" Episode – "The Bob Next Door" Episode – "Judge Me Tender" Episode – "Elementary School Musical" Episode – "Loan-a Lisa" Episode – "MoneyBart" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXI" (as Mike "Oblong" Anderson) Episode – "Lisa Simpson, This Isn't Your Life" Episode – "The Fool Monty" Episode – "How Munched Is That Birdie in the Window?" Episode – "The Fight Before Christmas" Episode – "Donnie Fatso" Episode – "Moms I'd Like to Forget" Episode – "Flaming Moe" Episode – "Homer the Father" Episode – "The Blue and the Gray" Episode – "Angry Dad: The Movie" Episode – "The Scorpion's Tale" Episode – "A Midsummer's Nice Dreams" Episode – "Love Is a Many-Strangled Thing" Episode – "The Great Simpsina" Episode – "The Real Housewives of Fat Tony" Episode – "Homer Scissorhands" Episode – "500 Keys" Episode – "The Ned-liest Catch" Episode – "The Falcon and the D'ohman" Episode – "Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXII" (as Miskantonic B. Anderson) Episode – "Replaceable You" Episode – "The Food Wife" Episode – "The Book Job" Episode – "The Man in the Blue Flannel Pants" Episode – "The Ten-Per-Cent Solution" Episode – "Holidays of Future Passed" Episode – "Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson" Episode – "The D'oh-cial Network" Episode – "Moe Goes from Rags to Riches" Episode – "The Daughter Also Rises" Episode – "At Long Last Leave" Episode – "Exit Through the Kwik-E-Mart" Episode – "How I Wet Your Mother" Episode – "Them, Robot" Episode – "Beware My Cheating Bart" Episode – "A Totally Fun Thing Bart Will Never Do Again" Episode – "The Spy Who Learned Me" Episode – "Ned 'n Edna's Blend Agenda" Episode – "Lisa Goes Gaga" Episode – "Moonshine River" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXIII" (as Mothra B. Anderson) Episode – "Adventures in Baby-Getting" Episode – "Gone Abie Gone" Episode – "Penny-Wiseguys" Episode – "A Tree Grows in Springfield" Episode – "The Day the Earth Stood Cool" Episode – "To Cur, with Love" Episode – "Homer Goes to Prep School" Episode – "A Test Before Trying" Episode – "The Changing of the Guardian" Episode – "Love Is a Many-Splintered Thing" Episode – "Hardly Kirk-ing" Episode – "Gorgeous Grampa" Episode – "Black-Eyed, Please" Episode – "Dark Knight Court" Episode – "What Animated Women Want" Episode – "Pulpit Friction" Episode – "Whiskey Business" Episode – "The Fabulous Faker Boy" Episode – "The Saga of Carl" Episode – "Dangers on a Train" Episode – "Homerland" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXIV" (as Bite Me Anderson) Episode – "Four Regrettings and a Funeral" Episode – "YOLO" Episode – "Labor Pains" Episode – "The Kid Is All Right" Episode – "Yellow Subterfuge" Episode – "White Christmas Blues" Episode – "Steal This Episode" Episode – "Married to the Blob" Episode – "Specs and the City" Episode – "Diggs" Episode – "The Man Who Grew Too Much" Episode – "The Winter of His Content" Episode – "The War of Art" Episode – "You Don't Have to Live Like a Referee" Episode – "Luca$" Episode – "Days of Future Future" Episode – "What to Expect When Bart's Expecting" Episode – "Brick Like Me" Episode – "Pay Pal" Episode – "The Yellow Badge of Cowardge" Episode – "Clown in the Dumps" Episode – "The Wreck of the Relationship" Episode – "Super Franchise Me" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXV" (as Miketopuss vs. Andersaurus) Episode – "Opposites A-Frack" Episode – "Simpsorama" Episode – "Blazed and Confused" Episode – "Covercraft" Episode – "I Won't Be Home for Christmas" Episode – "The Man Who Came to Be Dinner" Episode – "Bart's New Friend" Episode – "The Musk Who Fell to Earth" Episode – "Walking Big & Tall" Episode – "My Fare Lady" Episode – "The Princess Guide" Episode – "Sky Police" Episode – "Waiting for Duffman" Episode – "Peeping Mom" Episode – "The Kids Are All Fight" Episode – "Let's Go Fly a Coot" Episode – "Bull-E" Episode – "Mathlete's Feat" Episode – "Every Man's Dream" Episode – "'Cue Detective" Episode – "Puffless" Episode – "Halloween of Horror" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXVI" (as Mad Bee Anderzzzzzon) Episode – "Friend with Benefit" Episode – "Lisa with an "S"" Episode – "'Paths of Glory" Episode – "Barthood" Episode – "The Girl Code" Episode – "Teenage Mutant Milk-Caused Hurdles" Episode – "Much Apu About Something" Episode – "Love Is in the N2-O2-Ar-CO2-Ne-He-CH4" Episode – "Gal of Constant Sorrow" Episode – "Lisa the Veterinarian" Episode – "The Marge-ian Chronicles" Episode – "The Burns Cage" Episode – "How Lisa Got Her Marge Back" Episode – "Fland Canyon" Episode – "To Courier with Love" Episode – "Simprovised" Episode – "Orange Is the New Yellow" Episode – "Monty Burns' Fleeing Circus" Episode – "Friends and Family" Episode – "The Town" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXVII" (as Mike Bloodshot Anderson) Episode – "Trust but Clarify" Episode – "There Will Be Buds" Episode – "Havana Wild Weekend" Episode – "Dad Behavior" Episode – "The Last Traction Hero" Episode – "The Nightmare After Krustmas" Episode – "Pork and Burns" Episode – "The Great Phatsby: Part One" Episode – "The Great Phatsby: Part Two" Episode – "Fatzcarraldo" Episode – "The Cad and the Hat" Episode – "Kamp Krustier" Episode – "22 for 30" Episode – "A Father's Watch" Episode – "The Caper Chase" Episode – "Looking for Mr. Goodbart" Episode – "Moho House" Episode – "Dogtown" Episode – "The Serfsons" Episode – "Springfield Splendor" Episode – "Whistler's Father" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXVIII" (as Mike B. Head on Fire) Episode – "Grampy Can Ya Hear Me" Episode – "The Old Blue Mayor She Ain't What She Used to Be" Episode – "Singin' in the Lane" Episode – "Mr. Lisa's Opus" Episode – "Gone Boy" Episode – "Haw-Haw Land" Episode – "Frink Gets Testy" Episode – "Homer Is Where the Art Isn't" Episode – "3 Scenes Plus a Tag from a Marriage" Episode – "Fears of a Clown" Episode – "No Good Read Goes Unpunished" Episode – "King Leer" Episode – "Lisa Gets the Blues" Episode – "Forgive and Regret" Episode – "Left Behind" Episode – "Throw Grampa from the Dane" Episode – "Flanders' Ladder" Episode – "Bart's Not Dead" Episode – "Heartbreak Hotel" Episode – "My Way or the Highway to Heaven" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXIX" (as Mike Hallow Weenie Anderson) Episode – "Baby You Can't Drive My Car" Episode – "From Russia Without Love" Episode – "Werking Mom" Episode – "Krusty the Clown" Episode – "Daddicus Finch" Episode – "'Tis the 30th Season" Episode – "Mad About the Toy" Episode – "The Girl on the Bus" Episode – "I'm Dancing as Fat as I Can" Episode – "The Clown Stays in the Picture" Episode – "101 Mitigations" Episode – "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" Episode – "E My Sports" Episode – "Bart vs. Itchy & Scratchy" Episode – "Girl's in the Band" Episode – "I'm Just a Girl Who Can't Say D'oh" Episode – "D'oh Canada" Episode – "Woo-Hoo Dunnit?" Episode – "Crystal Blue-Haired Persuasion" Episode – "The Winter of Our Monetized Content" Episode – "Go Big or Go Homer" Episode – "The Fat Blue Line" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXX" (as Destroy All Monsters B. Anderson) Episode – "Gorillas on the Mast" Episode – "Marge the Lumberjill" Episode – "Livin La Pura Vida" Episode – "Thanksgiving of Horror" (as Mike Pecan-derson) Episode – "Todd, Todd, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?" Episode – "Bobby, It's Cold Outside" Episode – "Hail to the Teeth" Episode – "The Miseducation of Lisa Simpson" Episode – "Frinkcoin" Episode – "Bart the Bad Guy" Episode – "Screenless" Episode – "Better Off Ned" Episode – "Highway to Well" Episode – "The Incredible Lightness of Being a Baby" Episode – "Warrin' Priests: Part One" Episode – "Warrin' Priests: Part Two" Episode – "The Hateful Eight-Year-Olds" Episode – "The Way of the Dog" Episode – "Undercover Burns" Episode – "I, Carumbus" Episode – "Now Museum, Now You Don't" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXXI" (as Might B. Alien) Episode – "The 7 Beer Itch" Episode – "Podcast News" Episode – "Three Dreams Denied" Episode – "The Road to Cincinnati" Episode – "Sorry Not Sorry" Episode – "A Springfield Summer Christmas for Christmas" Episode – "The Dad-Feelings Limited" Episode – "Diary Queen" Episode – "Wad Goals" Episode – "Yokel Hero" Episode – "Do PizzaBots Dream of Electric Guitars?" Episode – "Manger Things" Episode – "Uncut Femmes" Episode – "Burger Kings" Episode – "Panic on the Streets of Springfield" Episode – "Mother and Child Reunion" Episode – "The Man from G.R.A.M.P.A." Episode – "The Last Barfighter" Episode – "The Star of the Backstage" Episode – "Bart's in Jail!" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXXII" (as Mike BRAiiiiiiNS Anderson) Episode – "The Wayz We Were" Episode – "Lisa's Belly" Episode – "A Serious Flanders (Part 1)" Episode – "A Serious Flanders (Part 2)" Episode – "Portrait of a Lackey on Fire" Episode – "Mothers and Other Strangers" Episode – "A Made Maggie" Episode – "The Longest Marge" Episode – "Pixelated and Afraid" Episode – "Boyz N the Highlands" Episode – "You Won't Believe What This Episode Is About – Act Three Will Shock You!" Episode – "Bart the Cool Kid" Episode – "Pretty Whittle Liar" Episode – "The Sound of Bleeding Gums" Episode – "My Octopus and a Teacher" Episode – "Girls Just Shauna Have Fun" Episode – "Marge the Meanie" Episode – "Meat Is Murder" Episode – "Poorhouse Rock" Episode – "Habeas Tortoise" Episode – "One Angry Lisa" Episode – "Lisa the Boy Scout" Episode – "The King of Nice" THOH – "Not It" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXXIII" (as My Bloody Anderson) Episode – "From Beer to Paternity" Episode – "Step Brother from the Same Planet" Episode – "When Nelson Met Lisa" Episode – "Game Done Changed" Episode – "Top Goon" Episode – "My Life as a Vlog" Episode – "The Many Saints of Springfield" Episode – "Carl Carlson Rides Again" Episode – "Bartless" Episode – "Hostile Kirk Place" Episode – "Pin Gal" Episode – "Fan-ily Feud" Episode – "Write Off This Episode" Episode – "The Very Hungry Caterpillars" Episode – "Clown V. Board of Education" Episode – "Homer's Adventures Through the Windshield Glass" Special – The Simpsons Take the Bowl

Animation director

• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXIV" (Opening Title)

Sequence Director

• – The Simpsons Movie

Special thanks

• Special – Playdate with Destiny

• Special – The Force Awakens from Its Nap

Inks

Simpsons Comics and Stories:

• Comic story – Lo, There Shall Come... A Bartman!! (as Jazzy Mike Anderson)

Production art and character designs

• Book – The Simpsons Beyond Forever!

Character art by

• Book – The Simpsons Handbook

Interviewee

• Special – The Simpsons: Access All Areas

External links

• Mike B. Anderson at the Internet Movie Database
• Mike B. Anderson at Wikipedia
• Mike B. Anderson at the Grand Comics Database

Directors

Current directors Bob Anderson • Timothy Bailey • Chris Clements • Gabriel DeFrancesco • Matthew Faughnan • Lance Kramer • Debbie Bruce Mahan • Steven Dean Moore • Matthew Nastuk • Rob Oliver • Mike Frank Polcino Former directors Neil Affleck • Mike B. Anderson • Wes Archer • Carlos Baeza • Brad Bird • Kent Butterworth • Susie Dietter • Milton Gray • Jen Kamerman • Mark Kirkland • Nancy Kruse • Jeffrey Lynch • Lauren MacMullan • Michael Marcantel • Pete Michels • Jennifer Moeller • Rich Moore • Raymond S. Persi • Dominic Polcino • Jim Reardon • Matthew Schofield • Swinton O. Scott III • Chuck Sheetz • David Silverman • Ralph Sosa One time directors Shaun Cashman • Sang-Yong Eom • Klay Hall • Eric Koenig • Alan Smart • Gregg Vanzo Supervising directors Mike B. Anderson • Dominic Bianchi • Mark Kirkland • Pete Michels • James Purdum • Jim Reardon • David Silverman Second unit directors Timothy Bailey • Oscar Cervantes • Gabriel DeFrancesco • Karen Carnegie Johnson • Eric Koenig • Lance Kramer • Drew McPhail • Jennifer Moeller • Rob Oliver • Matthew Schofield • Shane K. Sowell Other directors Bill Brown • Stephen Chiodo • Sylvain Chomet • Guillermo del Toro • Bernard Derriman • David Green • Jorge R. Gutierrez • John Harvatine IV • Garry Kitchen • Selina Mehta • Juan Meza-León • Chris Palmer • Bill Plympton • John Rice • Paul Robertson • Hal Rushton • Peter Shin • Bartek Socha • Jakob Socha • Jakub Socha • Kuba Socha • Michał Socha • Morgan Spurlock • Eric Towner

Assistant directors

Current assistant directors Oscar Cervantes • Chris Clements • Manny DeGuzman • Matthew Faughnan • Yelena Geodakyan • Debbie Bruce Mahan • Oscar Pangestu • Dane Romley • Herman Sharaf • Shane K. Sowell • Toni Tysen • Kathy Zielinski Former assistant directors Neil Affleck • Edwin E. Aguilar • Bob Anderson • Mike B. Anderson • Norman P. Auble • Carlos Baeza • Orlando Baeza • Timothy Bailey • David Bastian • David Blum • Scott Brutz • Shaun Cashman • Christianna Lang Daley • Susie Dietter • Mark Ervin • Jess Espanola • Hunilla Fodor • Jonathan Gebhart • Pete "Kid Flash" Gomez • Klay Hall • Mickey Handsome • Matthew Herbert • Sean Hobin • Brian Iles • Jen Kamerman • Lance Kramer • Nancy Kruse • Ben Lane • Davy Lauterbach • Grant Lee • Ely Lester • Chris Loudon • Michael Ludy • Richard Manginsay • Michael Marcantel • Tom Mazzocco • Pete Michels • Jennifer Moeller • Steven Dean Moore • Matthew Nastuk • James O'Brien • Shannon O'Connor • Rob Oliver • Howy Parkins • Raymond S. Persi • Dominic Polcino • Mike Frank Polcino • James Purdum • Alex Que • Jim Reardon • Stephen Reis • Jeremy Robinson • Eddie Rosas • Alex Ruiz • Matthew Schofield • Swinton O. Scott III • Chuck Sheetz • Alan Smart • Steve Socki • Ralph Sosa • Debbie J. Spafford • Ethan Spaulding • Josh Taback • Cyndi Tang • Tommy Tejeda • Erick T. Tran • Paul Wee • Thomas Woodall Other assistant directors Colin Heck • Eric Koenig • Drew McPhail • Michael Rundle • Art Seidel • Gregg Vanzo

Animation timers

Current animation timers Bob Anderson • Carlton Batten • Scott Brutz • Acacia Caputo • Ray Claffey • Doug Gallery • Sam Im • Robert Ingram • Karen Carnegie Johnson • Adam Kuhlman • Esther H. Lee • Mike Frank Polcino • Larry Smith • Cyndi Tang Former animation timers Neil Affleck • Scott Alberts • Mike B. Anderson • Timothy Bailey • Jackie Banks • David Bastian • Dean Bauer • Dave Brian • Patrick Buchanan • Rick Bugental • Mark Bykov • Shaun Cashman • George S. Chialtas • Lee Crowe • Eric Daniels • Susie Dietter • Michael Dante DiMartino • Holly du Rivage • Jack Dyer • John Dyer • Mark Ervin • Istvan Fellner • Hunilla Fodor • Sarah Frost • Richard Gasparian • Nichole Graham • Milton Gray • Paul Gruwell • Klay Hall • Younghee Higa • Peter Hixson • Jeff Howard • Ben Jones • Jen Kamerman • Andi Klein • Lance Kramer • William Kulhman • Grant Lee • Jon Lopez • Chris Loudon • Randy Ludensky • Jeffrey Lynch • Lauren MacMullan • Henry Madden • Michael Marcantel • Tom Mazzocco • Gary McCarver • Jeff McGrath • Emily Michels • Pete Michels • Lee Mishkin • James O'Brien • Howy Parkins • Brenda Piluso • Dominic Polcino • Sherie Pollack • Lindsey Pollard • James Purdum • Thomas E. Richner • Jeremy Robinson • Christian Roman • Brian Sheesley • Chuck Sheetz • Peter Shin • Pat Shinagawa • Alan Smart • Steve Socki • William Tucker • Celeste Williams Other animation timers Jerilyn Sedgewick Blair • Craig Elliott • Sylvia Keulen • Christine Smith Timing directors Neil Affleck • Patrick Buchanan • Ray Claffey • Jack Dyer • Doug Gallery • Richard Gasparian • Peter Hixson • Robert Ingram • Adam Kuhlman • Frank Marino • Maureen Mlynarczyk • Pat Shinagawa • Larry Smith • Steve Socki

Character layout artists

Current character layout artists Jung A Anderson • Michael E. Atniel • Norman P. Auble • Timothy Bailey • Jody Brooks • Oscar Cervantes • Greg Checketts • Joung Kyu Choi • Gabriel DeFrancesco • Manny DeGuzman • Lejon Douroux • Adam Dykstra • Jeanne Erickson • Luis Escobar • Natalie J. Fosdick • Yelena Geodakyan • Steven Pierre Gordon • Colin Heck • Matthew Herbert • Daniela Hoyos • Alexander Jenson • Jeff Johnson • Karen Carnegie Johnson • Eric Koenig • Lance Kramer • Tina Kügler • Christianna Lang Daley • Eric Lara • Davy Lauterbach • Ely Lester • Michael Ludy • Tom Madrid, Jr. • Debbie Bruce Mahan • Tanja Majerus • Andy Manley • Maeve McGrath • Drew McPhail • Mary O. Natale • Tuan Nguyen • Rob Oliver • Oscar Pangestu • Lena Podesta • Silvia Pompei • Alex Que • Arlyne Ramirez • Nik Ranieri • Thomas E. Richner • Ryan Rivette • Jeremy Robinson • Dustin Romero • Dane Romley • Rick Salonga • Herman Sharaf • Jiyoon Shin • Kamoon Song • Ralph Sosa • Shane K. Sowell • Debbie J. Spafford • Michael Tran • Toni Tysen • Jason D. Warnesky • Paul Wee • Kathy Zielinski Former character layout artists Brad Ableson • John Achenbach • Albert Acosta • Edwin E. Aguilar • Victor E. Almaguer • Bob Anderson • Mike B. Anderson • Tony Anselmo • John Aoshima • Martin Archer • Craig Armstrong • Stephanie Arnett • Marcos Asprec • Orlando Baeza • Brenda Banks • Tibor Belay • Anthony Bell • John Berado • Sue Bielenberg • Mark Borok • Jeannette Bose • Scott Brutz • Tricia Buchanan-Benson • Rufino Camacho • Nathan Cash • Shaun Cashman • Kendis Chase • Shavonne Cherry • Moon Choi • Utit Choomuang • Craig Clark • Jeff Clark • Chris Clements • Liz Climo • Casey Coffey • Mark Colangelo • Pam Cooke • Tom Coppola • Noel Cox • Caroline Cruikshank • Kirin Daughtery • Tim Decker • Gavin Dell • Susie Dietter • Francis Dinglasan • Orlando Distor • Arthur Ebuen • Ernesto Elicanal • Mark Ervin • Jess Espanola • Dante Fabiero • Matthew Faughnan • Istvan Fellner • Bonnie Fishbon • Julia "Fitzy" Fitzmaurice • Hunilla Fodor • Mike Fontanelli • Julie Forte • Sandra Frame • Bryan Francis • Cynthia French • Adriana Galvez • Philip Garcia • Raul Garcia • Tricia Garcia • Frederick J. Gardner III • Jonathan Gebhart • Brett Gehrs • Ed Ghertner • Neal Goldstein • Pete "Kid Flash" Gomez • Roger Gonzales • Joshua David Gorczyca • Gordon Stanfield Animation • Lucas Gray • Orlando Gumatay • Ted Hanik • Mary Hanley • Joe Healy • Lynne Healy • Krystal Hernandez • Seth Hippen • Bill Ho • Jennie Hoffer • James Huang • Chris Huicochea • Brian Iles • Kelly Spencer James • Geoffrey Johnson • Ray Johnson, Jr. • Jen Kamerman • Mark Kausler • Seth Kearsley • Ernest Keen • Dean Kelly • Celia Kendrick • Eric S. Keyes • Andy Kim • S.J. Kim • Sooan Kim • Andi Klein • Bert Klein • Julianna Korsborn • Nancy Kruse • Jeff LaFlamme • Ben Lane • Phil Langone • Boowan Lee • Grant Lee • Ashley Lenz • Bob Logan • Jon Lopez • Miguel Lopez • Chris Loudon • Greg Lovell • Matt Luhn • Jeffrey Lynch • Jason Magness • Istvan Majoros • Maryann Malcomb • Anna Maltese • Richard Manginsay • Tammy Manis • Matt Mantel • Michael Marcantel • James Marquez • John Mathot • Ted Mathot • Linda McCall • Gary McCarver • Steve Mealue • Andre Medina • Emily Michels • Pete Michels • Noah Miller • Chris Moeller • Jennifer Moeller • Leo Moran • Jeanette Moreno • Mike Morris • Sarge Morton • Erik Moxcey • Jeff Myers • Kimberly Narsete • Matthew Nastuk • Joey Nilges • James O'Brien • Shannon O'Connor • Eduardo Olivares • Eric Oliver • Kenji Ono • Tyler Pagan • Howy Parkins • Sanjay Patel • John Pearson • Jack Perkins • Raymond S. Persi • Jeff Pidgeon • Dominic Polcino • Mike Frank Polcino • Michael Polvani • Teresa Potter-Heimark • Dan Povenmire • Julius Preite • Natasha Presler-Wicke • James Purdum • Chance Raspberry • Bill Recinos • Dexter Reed • Jordan Reichek • Stephen Reis • Jay Robinson • Art Roman • Christian Roman • Eddie Rosas • Sondra Roy • Aaron Rozenfeld • Alex Ruiz • Fill Marc Sagadraca • David Salvador • Alberto Santiago • Sydney Sata • Matthew Schofield • Andy Schuhler • Melody Severns • Peter Shin • Tony Siruno • Kevin M. Smith • Steve Smith • Ethan Spaulding • Julie Spencer • Eric Stefani • Aimee Steinberger • Jennifer Stillwell • Charlotte Stout • Josh Taback • Betty Tang • Cyndi Tang • Lewis Tate • Noel Taylor • Tommy Tejeda • Gary Terry • Erick T. Tran • Elan Trinidad • Tuck Tucker • Bob Tyler • Brad Vandergrift • Gregg Vanzo • Viorel Voronca • Dusty Wakefield • Mark Watts • JC Wegman • Brian Wells • Tom Winkler • Byun Kwang Won • Anthony Wong • Thomas Woodall • Glen Wuthrich • Tomihiro Yamaguchi • Gary Yap • Jung-A Yoo • Young Yoo • Jordan Young One time character layout artists Scott Alberts • Charles Alleneck • Ed Bell • Brad Bird • Clint Bond • Ian Chen • Kevin Davis • Eric Elder • Marvin Ervin • Brad Forbush • Steve Garcia • Klay Hall • Sam Ho • Jeff Howard • Chris Hubbard • Nora Johnson • Jason Katz • Jang Woo Lee • Derek Lestrange • Jeff "Swampy" Marsh • Bob Miller • Chris Mitchell • Angel Pastrana • Charles Ragins • Marc Ratner • Christopher Reccardi • Domingo Rivera • Stephen Robertson • Amy Rychlick • Ericka Schwartz • Elaina Scott • Alan Smart • Chad Stewart • Matt Sullivan • Eric Thomas • Janice Tolentino • Arthur Valencia • Jim Van der Keyl • Barry Vodos • Dave Warren • Celia Weiss Other character layout artists Ivaylo Anguelov • David Au • Abe Audish • Matthias Bauer • Wayne Carlisi • Roberto Casale • Kathi Castillo • Rick Farmiloe • Mike Girard • Rick Hoppe • Jay Jackson • Cathy Jones • Megan Kelly • Craig Kemplin • Jiwook Kim • Erik Kuska • Lois Lee • Joseph Lowe • Carlos Lutterbach • Leonardo Matsuda • Frank Molieri • Steven Muller • David Nam • Phillip Pignotti • Chris Rutkowski • David Silverman • Chris Minki Song • Mike Swofford • Derek Thompson • Kurt Vanzo • Franz Vischer • William Waldman

Storyboard artists and Storyboard revisionists

Current storyboard artists John Achenbach • Norman P. Auble • Timothy Bailey • Bryan Francis • Eric Koenig • Ben Lane • Matt Mantel • Whitney B. Martin • Steven Dean Moore • Arlyne Ramirez • Stephen Reis • Thomas E. Richner • Jeremy Robinson • Matthew Schofield • Ralph Sosa • Michael Tran Former storyboard artists Brad Ableson • Neil Affleck • Edwin E. Aguilar • Scott Alberts • Bob Anderson • Mike B. Anderson • Martin Archer • Wes Archer • Bob Arkwright • Peter Avanzino • Carlos Baeza • Orlando Baeza • David Bastian • Rudi Berden • Brad Bird • Tim Burgard • Kent Butterworth • Barry Caldwell • Shaun Cashman • Shawna Cha • Bev Chapman • Chris Clements • Vic Cook • Dave Cunningham • Gabriel DeFrancesco • Susie Dietter • Francis Dinglasan • Ralph Eggleston • John Eng • Mark Ervin • Luis Escobar • Dante Fabiero • Matthew Faughnan • Julia "Fitzy" Fitzmaurice • Steven Fonti • Gavin Freitas • Tricia Garcia • Gary Graham • Lucas Gray • Klay Hall • Colin Heck • Matthew Herbert • Jon Hooper • Mark Howard • Kelly Spencer James • Karen Carnegie Johnson • Ray Johnson, Jr. • Mike Kazaleh • Celia Kendrick • Mark Kirkland • Lance Kramer • Nancy Kruse • Adam Kuhlman • Grant Lee • Glen Lovell • Greg Lovell • Jeffrey Lynch • Lauren MacMullan • Michael Marcantel • Steven Markowski • Lila Martinez • John Mathot • Ted Mathot • Drew McPhail • Roy Meurin • Bob Miller • Chris Moeller • Jennifer Moeller • Rich Moore • Mike Morris • Erik Moxcey • Raymie Muzquiz • Jeff Myers • Matthew Nastuk • Kevin O'Brien • Michael O'Connor • Rob Oliver • Raymond S. Persi • Dominic Polcino • Dan Povenmire • Jim Reardon • Dexter Reed • John Rice • Jerry Richardson • Christian Roman • Eddie Rosas • David Salvador • David Schwartz • Swinton O. Scott III • Ira Sherak • Shane K. Sowell • Cyndi Tang • Vincenzo Trippetti • William Tucker • Adam Van Wyk • Gregg Vanzo • Jason D. Warnesky • Glen Wuthrich • Tomihiro Yamaguchi Other storyboard artists Dominic Bianchi • Rufino Camacho • Oscar Cervantes • Gus Cosio • Guy Davis • Manny DeGuzman • Shannon Denton • Edmund Fong • Cynthia French • Joshua David Gorczyca • Orlando Gumatay • Joe Healy • Boowan Lee • Will Lee • Mary O. Natale • Lena Podesta • Kaley Powers • Dane Romley • Stephen Sandoval • Cole Shortt • Mike Smith • Tom Smith • Aaron Sowd • Dusty Wakefield • Matt Whitlock • Jung-A Yoo Current storyboard revisionists John Achenbach • Luis Escobar • Ben Lane • Grant Lee • Matt Mantel • Michael Marcantel • Whitney B. Martin • Arlyne Ramirez • Michael Tran Former storyboard revisionists Brad Ableson • Edwin E. Aguilar • Scott Alberts • Bob Anderson • Mike B. Anderson • Martin Archer • Norman P. Auble • Peter Avanzino • Orlando Baeza • Timothy Bailey • David Bastian • Rudi Berden • Oscar Cervantes • Shawna Cha • Bev Chapman • Chris Clements • Liz Climo • Christianna Lang Daley • Gabriel DeFrancesco • Susie Dietter • Jeanne Erickson • Mark Ervin • Matthew Faughnan • Gavin Freitas • Tricia Garcia • Pete "Kid Flash" Gomez • Lucas Gray • Ken Harsha • Colin Heck • Chris Huicochea • Kelly Spencer James • Geoffrey Johnson • Karen Carnegie Johnson • Jen Kamerman • Eric Koenig • Lance Kramer • Nancy Kruse • Adam Kuhlman • Greg Lovell • Jeffrey Lynch • Lauren MacMullan • Bryan Maille • Lila Martinez • John Mathot • Drew McPhail • Bob Miller • Steven Dean Moore • Mike Morris • Raymie Muzquiz • Jeff Myers • Kevin O'Brien • Shannon O'Connor • Rob Oliver • Audu Paden • Howy Parkins • Dan Povenmire • Norman Quebedeau • Stephen Reis • Jerry Richardson • Thomas E. Richner • Jeremy Robinson • Christian Roman • Sondra Roy • Matthew Schofield • Ira Sherak • Ralph Sosa • Shane K. Sowell • Ethan Spaulding • Cyndi Tang • Tommy Tejeda • Erick T. Tran • Jason D. Warnesky • JC Wegman • Celia Weiss • Glen Wuthrich Other storyboard revisionists Wincat Alcala • Ivaylo Anguelov • Perfecto Badillo • Young Baek • Rob Bou-Saab • David Boudreau • Kristina Bustamante • Won Ki Cho • Louis C. Gallegos • Mike Kim • Dante Leandado • Joseph Lee • Erik Moxcey • Michael Narren • Debbie Shin • Paul Wee • Stephen Wong • Julius Wu Storyboard assistants Martin Archer • Mark Ervin • Tricia Garcia • Ray Johnson, Jr. • Steven Markowski • Kevin O'Brien • Howy Parkins • John Rice • Bill Riling Storyboard consultants Mike B. Anderson • Jim Reardon • David Silverman Storyboard supervisors Steven Dean Moore • Kevin O'Brien • Christian Roman