Yelena Geodakyan

Yelena Geodakyan

Crew Information Gender: Female ♀ Job: Character layout artist Assistant director Status: Active Number of episodes: 146 Seasons active: Season 18 - Present First short: The Force Awakens from Its Nap Most recent short: Welcome to the Club First episode: "24 Minutes" Most recent episode: "Desperately Seeking Lisa" Movie: The Simpsons Movie

Yelena Geodakyan is an Armenian artist and animator. She currently serves as a character layout artist for The Simpsons and previously served as an assistant director.

Credits

Character layout

Episode – "24 Minutes" – The Simpsons Movie Episode – "Love, Springfieldian Style" Episode – "Mona Leaves-a" Episode – "Lost Verizon" Episode – "In the Name of the Grandfather" Episode – "The Good, the Sad, and the Drugly" Episode – "Waverly Hills 9-0-2-1-D'oh" Episode – "Homer the Whopper" Episode – "Bart Gets a "Z"" Episode – "Thursdays with Abie" Episode – "The Color Yellow" Episode – "Moe Letter Blues" Episode – "Judge Me Tender" Episode – "Loan-a Lisa" Episode – "MoneyBart" Episode – "Lisa Simpson, This Isn't Your Life" Episode – "Donnie Fatso" Episode – "Moms I'd Like to Forget" Episode – "The Real Housewives of Fat Tony" Episode – "500 Keys" Episode – "Replaceable You" Episode – "Moe Goes from Rags to Riches" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXIII" Episode – "The Day the Earth Stood Cool" Episode – "Dark Knight Court" Episode – "Pulpit Friction" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXIV" Episode – "Labor Pains" Episode – "The Man Who Grew Too Much" Episode – "Luca$" Episode – "Days of Future Future" Episode – "I Won't Be Home for Christmas" Episode – "Bart's New Friend" Episode – "The Princess Guide" Episode – "The Kids Are All Fight" Episode – "Bull-E" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXVI" Episode – "Barthood" Episode – "Much Apu About Something" Episode – "To Courier with Love" Episode – "Orange Is the New Yellow" Episode – "Friends and Family" Episode – "The Nightmare After Krustmas" Episode – "The Great Phatsby: Part One" Episode – "The Great Phatsby: Part Two" Episode – "Kamp Krustier" Episode – "Dogtown" Episode – "Gone Boy" Episode – "King Leer" Episode – "Throw Grampa from the Dane" Episode – "Bart's Not Dead" Episode – "Heartbreak Hotel" Episode – "Baby You Can't Drive My Car" Episode – "Werking Mom" Episode – "Krusty the Clown" Episode – "The Clown Stays in the Picture" Episode – "101 Mitigations" Episode – "Go Big or Go Homer" Episode – "The Fat Blue Line" Episode – "Livin La Pura Vida" Episode – "Warrin' Priests: Part Two" Episode – "The Way of the Dog" Episode – "The Road to Cincinnati" Episode – "Sorry Not Sorry" Episode – "Uncut Femmes" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXXII" Episode – "A Serious Flanders (Part 2)" Episode – "Portrait of a Lackey on Fire" Episode – "Boyz N the Highlands" Episode – "Marge the Meanie" Episode – "Meat Is Murder" Episode – "Habeas Tortoise" Episode – "Lisa the Boy Scout" Episode – "Game Done Changed" Episode – "The Many Saints of Springfield" Episode – "Bartless" Episode – "Pin Gal" Episode – "Fan-ily Feud" Episode – "Do the Wrong Thing" Episode – "Desperately Seeking Lisa" Special – The Simpsons Take the Bowl Special – The Force Awakens from Its Nap Special – Plusaversary Special – When Billie Met Lisa Special – Welcome to the Club

Lead character layout

Episode – "The Greatest Story Ever D'ohed" Episode – "How Munched Is That Birdie in the Window?" Episode – "The Blue and the Gray" Episode – "Love Is a Many-Strangled Thing" Episode – "Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXII" Episode – "The Ten-Per-Cent Solution" Episode – "The Daughter Also Rises" Episode – "Them, Robot" Episode – "Lisa Goes Gaga" Episode – "To Cur, with Love" Episode – "The Changing of the Guardian" Episode – "Love Is a Many-Splintered Thing" Episode – "The Saga of Carl" Episode – "Four Regrettings and a Funeral" Episode – "YOLO" Episode – "Yellow Subterfuge" Episode – "Diggs" Episode – "Pay Pal" Episode – "Super Franchise Me" Episode – "Opposites A-Frack" Episode – "My Fare Lady" Episode – "Waiting for Duffman" Episode – "Mathlete's Feat" Episode – "Halloween of Horror" Episode – "Teenage Mutant Milk-Caused Hurdles" Episode – "Lisa the Veterinarian" Episode – "Fland Canyon" Episode – "Trust but Clarify" Episode – "Fatzcarraldo" Episode – "Looking for Mr. Goodbart" Episode – "The Serfsons" Episode – "Singin' in the Lane" Episode – "Homer Is Where the Art Isn't" Episode – "No Good Read Goes Unpunished" Episode – "Left Behind" Episode – "Daddicus Finch" Episode – "Woo-Hoo Dunnit?" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXX" Episode – "Better Off Ned" Episode – "I, Carumbus" Episode – "Now Museum, Now You Don't" Episode – "The Star of the Backstage" Episode – "A Serious Flanders (Part 1)" Episode – "Mothers and Other Strangers" Episode – "A Made Maggie" Episode – "Bart the Cool Kid" Episode – "My Octopus and a Teacher" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXXIII" Episode – "From Beer to Paternity" Episode – "Step Brother from the Same Planet" Episode – "Top Goon" Episode – "Homer's Adventures Through the Windshield Glass" Episode – "A Mid-Childhood Night's Dream" Episode – "Iron Marge" Episode – "It's a Blunderful Life" Episode – "Ae Bonny Romance" Episode – "Murder, She Boat" Episode – "Night of the Living Wage" Episode – "The Tipping Point" Episode – "The Yellow Lotus"

Animatic layout

• Episode – "The Fabulous Faker Boy"

Assistant director

• Episode – "Girl's in the Band"

• Episode – "Bart the Bad Guy"

• Episode – "Wad Goals"

• Episode – "The Man from G.R.A.M.P.A."

External links

• Yelena Geodakyan at the Internet Movie Database
• Official website

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

Animatic layout artists and Animatic editors

Former animatic layout artists John Achenbach • Edwin E. Aguilar • Jung A Anderson • Norman P. Auble • Oscar Cervantes • Chris Clements • Liz Climo • Lejon Douroux • Jeanne Erickson • Luis Escobar • Jess Espanola • Dante Fabiero • Yelena Geodakyan • Angela Gilman • Matthew Herbert • Karen Carnegie Johnson • Eric Koenig • Lance Kramer • Davy Lauterbach • Grant Lee • Ely Lester • Tom Madrid, Jr. • Debbie Bruce Mahan • Istvan Majoros • Matt Mantel • James Marquez • Drew McPhail • Jennifer Moeller • Mike Morris • Mary O. Natale • Rob Oliver • Steve Pilapil • Chance Raspberry • Jeremy Robinson • Eddie Rosas • Alex Ruiz • Fill Marc Sagadraca • Rick Salonga • Matthew Schofield • Ralph Sosa • Tommy Tejeda • Erick T. Tran • Paul Wee Animatic editors Taylor Allen • Martin Alvarez • Jennifer Dolce • Roger Injarusorn • Sean Isroelit • Monica Lee • Eric Loudon • Heliodoro Salvatierra • Mark Scheib • Rob Schulbaum

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