Alex Ruiz

Alex Ruiz

Crew Information Gender: Male ♂ Job: Character layout artist Assistant director Status: Inactive Number of episodes: 50 Seasons active: Season 7 - 15, 20, 22 - 24 First episode: "Marge Be Not Proud" Most recent episode: "Pulpit Friction" Movie: The Simpsons Movie

Alex Ruiz is a former animator and assistant director for The Simpsons. He served as a character layout artist and assistant director.

Credits

Character layout

Episode – "Marge Be Not Proud" Episode – "Two Bad Neighbors" Episode – "Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield" Episode – "Lisa the Iconoclast" Episode – "A Fish Called Selma" Episode – "Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish"" Episode – "Summer of 4 Ft. 2" Episode – "A Milhouse Divided" Episode – "Mountain of Madness" Episode – "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show" Episode – "In Marge We Trust" Episode – "The Principal and the Pauper" Episode – "The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons" Episode – "The Joy of Sect" Episode – "The Last Temptation of Krust" Episode – "Simpson Tide" Episode – "Natural Born Kissers" Episode – "When You Dish Upon a Star" Episode – "D'oh-in' in the Wind" Episode – "Homer Simpson in: "Kidney Trouble"" Episode – "Wild Barts Can't Be Broken" Episode – "Simpsons Bible Stories" Episode – "Faith Off" Episode – "Lisa the Tree Hugger" Episode – "Homer vs. Dignity" Episode – "Pokey Mom" Episode – "Simpson Safari" Episode – "Trilogy of Error" Episode – "The Blunder Years" Episode – "Brawl in the Family" Episode – "Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XIII" Episode – "The Dad Who Knew Too Little" Episode – "C.E. D'oh" Episode – "Dude, Where's My Ranch?" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XIV" Episode – "The Regina Monologues" Episode – "Today I Am a Clown" Episode – "The Ziff Who Came to Dinner" – The Simpsons Movie Episode – "Lost Verizon" Episode – "The Great Simpsina"

Assistant director

• Episode – "Simpsons Bible Stories"
• Episode – "Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?"
• Episode – "Faith Off"
• Episode – "Last Tap Dance in Springfield"
• Episode – "Jaws Wired Shut"
• Episode – "Angry Dad: The Movie"

Animatic layout

• Episode – "Homer the Father"

Lead character layout

• Episode – "A Totally Fun Thing Bart Will Never Do Again"
• Episode – "The Day the Earth Stood Cool"
• Episode – "A Test Before Trying"
• Episode – "Pulpit Friction"

External links

• Alex Ruiz at the Internet Movie Database
• Alex Ruiz at Twitter
• Alex Ruiz at Facebook
• 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