Nancy Kruse

Nancy Kruse

Crew Information Gender: Female ♀ Job: Director Cleanup artist Character layout artist Background layout artist Assistant director Storyboard artist Storyboard revisionist Status: Inactive Number of episodes: 97 Seasons active: Season 1 - 22 First episode: "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" Most recent episode: "MoneyBart" Movie: The Simpsons Movie

Nancy Lynne Kruse is a former animator and director for The Simpsons. She served as a director, cleanup artist, character layout artist, background layout artist, assistant director, storyboard artist and storyboard revisionist.

Credits

Directed by

Episode – "Simpsons Bible Stories" Episode – "Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?" Episode – "Faith Off" Episode – "Last Tap Dance in Springfield" Episode – "Hungry, Hungry Homer" Episode – "Jaws Wired Shut" Episode – "I'm Spelling As Fast As I Can" Episode – "My Mother the Carjacker" Episode – "Today I Am a Clown" Episode – "The Ziff Who Came to Dinner" Episode – "Midnight Rx" Episode – "There's Something About Marrying" Episode – "A Star Is Torn" Episode – "See Homer Run" Episode – "We're on the Road to D'ohwhere" Episode – "Girls Just Want to Have Sums" Episode – "G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)" Episode – "Rome-Old and Juli-Eh" Episode – "Husbands and Knives" Episode – "Apocalypse Cow" Episode – "Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words" Episode – "Eeny Teeny Maya, Moe" Episode – "The Devil Wears Nada" Episode – "The Bob Next Door" Episode – "MoneyBart"

Cleanup artist

Episode – "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire" Episode – "Homer's Odyssey" Episode – "There's No Disgrace Like Home" Episode – "Bart the General" Episode – "Moaning Lisa" Episode – "The Call of the Simpsons" Episode – "The Telltale Head" Episode – "Life on the Fast Lane" Episode – "Homer's Night Out" Episode – "The Crepes of Wrath" Episode – "Krusty Gets Busted" Episode – "Some Enchanted Evening"

Background supervisor

• Special – Do the Bartman

Background layout artist

Episode – "Simpson and Delilah" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror" Episode – "Dancin' Homer" Episode – "Dead Putting Society" Episode – "Bart vs. Thanksgiving" Episode – "Bart Gets Hit by a Car" Episode – "The Way We Was" Episode – "Homer vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment" Episode – "Lisa's Substitute" Episode – "Stark Raving Dad" Episode – "Bart the Murderer" Episode – "Homer Defined" Episode – "Flaming Moe's"

Character layout artist

Episode – "Lisa the Greek" Episode – "Homer Alone" Episode – "Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?" Episode – "A Streetcar Named Marge" Episode – "Lisa the Beauty Queen" Episode – "Marge Gets a Job" Episode – "Homer's Triple Bypass" Episode – "Marge vs. the Monorail" Episode – "Selma's Choice" Episode – "Duffless" Episode – "Krusty Gets Kancelled" Episode – "Cape Feare" Episode – "Homer Goes to College" Episode – "Rosebud" Episode – "Bart's Inner Child" Episode – "The Last Temptation of Homer" Episode – "Homer the Vigilante" Episode – "Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy" Episode – "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song" Episode – "Bart of Darkness" Episode – "Lisa's Rival" Episode – "Itchy & Scratchy Land" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror V" Episode – "Homer Badman" Episode – "Much Apu About Nothing" Episode – "Summer of 4 Ft. 2" Episode – "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show" Episode – "In Marge We Trust" Episode – "The Joy of Sect" Episode – "King of the Hill" Episode – "Bart the Mother"

Storyboard

• Episode – "Faith Off"
• Episode – "Hungry, Hungry Homer"
• Episode – "Brawl in the Family"
• Episode – "Jaws Wired Shut"
• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XIII"
• Episode – "I'm Spelling As Fast As I Can"
• Episode – "My Mother the Carjacker"
• Episode – "Rome-Old and Juli-Eh"
• Episode – "Eeny Teeny Maya, Moe"

Storyboard revisions

• Episode – "I'm Spelling As Fast As I Can"
• Episode – "Today I Am a Clown"
• Episode – "The Ziff Who Came to Dinner"
• Episode – "There's Something About Marrying"
• Episode – "Girls Just Want to Have Sums"
• Episode – "G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)"
• Episode – "Rome-Old and Juli-Eh"
• Episode – "Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words"

Assistant director

Episode – "Another Simpsons Clip Show" Episode – "Homie the Clown" Episode – "'Round Springfield" Episode – "Bart Sells His Soul" Episode – "Two Bad Neighbors" Episode – "The Day the Violence Died" Episode – "Homerpalooza" Episode – "A Milhouse Divided" Episode – "The Springfield Files" 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 – "Mayored to the Mob" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XII" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XIII"

Additional sequence director

• Episode – "The Monkey Suit"
• – The Simpsons Movie

Background clean-up

• Special – Deep, Deep Trouble

External links

• Nancy Kruse at the Internet Movie Database
• Nancy Kruse at Wikipedia

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

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