Matthew Faughnan

Matthew Faughnan

Crew Information

Gender:	Male ♂
Job:	Character layout artist Assistant director Director Storyboard artist
Birth date:	February 26, 1975 (1975-02-26) (age 49)
Status:	Active
Number of episodes:	101
Seasons active:	Season 9 - Present
First episode:	"The Last Temptation of Krust"
Most recent episode:	"O C'mon All Ye Faithful"
Movie:	The Simpsons Movie

Matthew "Matt" C. Faughnan (born February 26, 1975) is an American animator and director for The Simpsons. He currently serves as a director, assistant director and storyboard artist and previously served as a character layout artist.

Awards[edit]

Award	Year	Episode	Result
Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Storyboarding in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production	2014^[1]	N/A	Nominated
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program	2003^[2]	"Three Gays of the Condo"	Won
2007^[3]	"The Haw-Hawed Couple"	Nominated
2009^[4]	"Gone Maggie Gone"
2015^[5]	"Treehouse of Horror XXV"
2021^[6]	"The Dad-Feelings Limited"
2022^[7]	"Pixelated and Afraid"
2024^[8]	"Night of the Living Wage"

Credits[edit]

Directed by[edit]

THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XVII" (as Malicious Matthew C. Faughnan)

Episode – "Stop, or My Dog Will Shoot!"

Episode – "Dangerous Curves"

Episode – "The Great Wife Hope"

Episode – "Loan-a Lisa"

THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXII" (as Merciless Matthew Faughnan)

Episode – "The Day the Earth Stood Cool"

Episode – "Labor Pains"

THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXV" (as The Infernal Matthew Faughnan)

Episode – "Friend with Benefit"

Episode – "Orange Is the New Yellow"

Episode – "There Will Be Buds"

Episode – "Springfield Splendor"
Episode – "Whistler's Father"

THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXIX" (as The Ancient Unnameable Matthew Faughnan)

Episode – "Krusty the Clown"

Episode – "Crystal Blue-Haired Persuasion"

Episode – "Go Big or Go Homer"

Episode – "The Way of the Dog"

Episode – "Podcast News"

THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXXII" (as The Mysterious Matthew Faughnan)

Episode – "A Serious Flanders (Part 2)"

Episode – "Habeas Tortoise"

Episode – "Step Brother from the Same Planet"

Episode – "A Mid-Childhood Night's Dream"

Episode – "Iron Marge"

Episode – "The Yellow Lotus"

Episode – "O C'mon All Ye Faithful" (second half)

References[edit]

External links[edit]

Matthew Faughnan at the Internet Movie Database
Matthew Faughnan at Wikipedia

Directors

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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

view • talk • edit • past 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

view • talk • edit • past One time directors
Shaun Cashman • Sang-Yong Eom • Klay Hall • Eric Koenig • Alan Smart • Gregg Vanzo

view • talk • edit • past Supervising directors
Mike B. Anderson • Dominic Bianchi • Mark Kirkland • Pete Michels • James Purdum • Jim Reardon • David Silverman

view • talk • edit • past 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

view • talk • edit • past 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

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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

view • talk • edit • past 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

view • talk • edit • past Other assistant directors
Colin Heck • Eric Koenig • Drew McPhail • Michael Rundle • Art Seidel • Gregg Vanzo

Character designers

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Pete "Kid Flash" Gomez • Sam Grinberg • Matt Groening • Dale Hendrickson • Eric S. Keyes • Debbie Bruce Mahan • Kevin M. Newman • Ernie Ochoa • Rob Oliver • Dane Romley • Sam Simon* • Tommy Tejeda • Reza Zabardast

view • talk • edit • past Former character designers
Edwin E. Aguilar • Scott Alberts • Sean Applegate • Norman P. Auble • Timothy Bailey • Brad Bird • Darrel Bowen • Seth Cooper • Jarod Daetwiler • Matthew Faughnan • Istvan Fellner • Hunilla Fodor • Frederick J. Gardner III • Lucas Gray • Dan Haskett • Ken Hayashi Jr • John Holmquist • Mark Howard • Richard Manginsay • Drew McPhail • Nath Milburn • Jennifer Moeller • Kevin N. Moore • Rich Moore • Shannon O'Connor • Carlos Ortega • Phil Ortiz • Chuck Puntuvatana • John Rice • Thomas E. Richner • Matthew Schofield • Jiuwell Sunzhou • Joe Wack • José Zelaya

view • talk • edit • past Other character designers
Ed Acosta • Mick Cassidy • Shannon Denton • Jorge R. Gutierrez • K. Nakajima • Sharon Ross • David Silverman • Spiker Monster • Yasushi Takano • Noriyuki Yokoki

Character layout artists

view • talk • edit • past 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 • Eddie Rosas • Rick Salonga • Herman Sharaf • Jiyoon Shin • Kamoon Song • Ralph Sosa • Shane K. Sowell • Debbie J. Spafford • Joshua Taback • Michael Tran • Toni Tysen • Jason D. Warnesky • Paul Wee • Kathy Zielinski

view • talk • edit • past 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 • 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 • 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

view • talk • edit • past 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

view • talk • edit • past 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

Prop designers

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Darrel Bowen • Seth Cooper • John Krause • Kevin N. Moore • Ernie Ochoa • Jefferson R. Weekley

view • talk • edit • past Former prop designers
Brent M. Bowen • Andrew Burrell • Daniel Chiu • Jarod Daetwiler • Lance Falk • Matthew Faughnan • Lucas Gray • Heejin Han • Ken Harsha • Dale Hendrickson • Sam Ho • Trevor Johnson • Heejin Kim • Alexandra Kube • John MacFarlane • Richard Manginsay • Kevin M. Newman • Mike Pettengill • John Rice • Tommy Tejeda • Bill Thyen • Joe Wack

view • talk • edit • past Other prop designers
Lynna Blankenship • Liz Craig • Christy DeHoog • Lindse Fletcher • Nathan Gammill • Phillip Hartmann • Mark Mulgrew • Brent Noll • Gene Warren III

Storyboard artists and Storyboard revisionists

view • talk • edit • past 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

view • talk • edit • past 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

view • talk • edit • past 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

view • talk • edit • past Current storyboard revisionists
John Achenbach • Luis Escobar • Ben Lane • Grant Lee • Matt Mantel • Michael Marcantel • Whitney B. Martin • Arlyne Ramirez • Michael Tran

view • talk • edit • past 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

view • talk • edit • past 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

view • talk • edit • past Storyboard assistants
Martin Archer • Mark Ervin • Tricia Garcia • Ray Johnson, Jr. • Steven Markowski • Kevin O'Brien • Howy Parkins • John Rice • Bill Riling

view • talk • edit • past Storyboard consultants
Mike B. Anderson • Jim Reardon • David Silverman

view • talk • edit • past Storyboard supervisors
Steven Dean Moore • Kevin O'Brien • Christian Roman

[Annie2014-1] The Annie Awards - "42nd Annie Awards" (archived on Wayback Machine)

[2] Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less than One Hour) – 2003"

[3] Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2007"

[4] Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2009"

[5] Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2015"

[6] Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2021"

[7] Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2022"

[8] Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2024"

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Matthew Faughnan

Contents

Awards[edit]

Credits[edit]

Directed by[edit]

Character layout[edit]

Assistant director[edit]

Additional sequence director[edit]

Lead character layout[edit]

Storyboard[edit]

Storyboard revisions[edit]

Character design[edit]

Animation director[edit]

Additional storyboards[edit]

Prop design[edit]

References[edit]

External links[edit]