Debbie Bruce Mahan

Debbie Bruce Mahan

Crew Information Gender: Female ♀ Job: Character layout artist Animation post production assistant Assistant director Director Status: Active Number of episodes: 172 Seasons active: Season 14 - Present Short: The Force Awakens from Its Nap First episode: "I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can" Most recent episode: "Women in Shorts"

Debbie Bruce Mahan is an animator. She currently serves as a director, character layout artist and assistant director for The Simpsons and previously served as an animation post production assistant.

Credits

Directed by

• Episode – "A Serious Flanders (Part 1)"

• Episode – "The King of Nice"

• Episode – "My Life as a Vlog"

• Episode – "McMansion & Wife"

Animation post production assistant

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 – "'Tis the Fifteenth Season" Episode – "Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens and Gays" Episode – "I, (Annoyed Grunt)-bot" Episode – "Diatribe of a Mad Housewife" Episode – "Margical History Tour" Episode – "Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore" Episode – "Smart and Smarter" Episode – "The Ziff Who Came to Dinner" Episode – "Co-Dependent's Day" Episode – "The Wandering Juvie" Episode – "My Big Fat Geek Wedding" Episode – "Catch 'Em If You Can" Episode – "Simple Simpson" Episode – "The Way We Weren't" Episode – "Bart-Mangled Banner" Episode – "Fraudcast News" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XV" Episode – "All's Fair in Oven War" Episode – "Sleeping with the Enemy" Episode – "She Used to Be My Girl" Episode – "Fat Man and Little Boy" Episode – "Midnight Rx"

Character layout

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 – "Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore" Episode – "Girls Just Want to Have Sums" Episode – "G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)" Episode – "Rome-Old and Juli-Eh" – The Simpsons Movie Episode – "Husbands and Knives" Episode – "Apocalypse Cow" Episode – "Mona Leaves-a" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XIX" Episode – "Dangerous Curves" Episode – "Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words" Episode – "MyPods and Boomsticks" Episode – "Eeny Teeny Maya, Moe" Episode – "Waverly Hills 9-0-2-1-D'oh" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XX" Episode – "The Devil Wears Nada" Episode – "Oh Brother, Where Bart Thou?" Episode – "Million Dollar Maybe" Episode – "Boy Meets Curl" Episode – "Stealing First Base" Episode – "Lisa Simpson, This Isn't Your Life" Episode – "Moms I'd Like to Forget" Episode – "The Great Simpsina" Episode – "500 Keys" Episode – "The Man in the Blue Flannel Pants" Episode – "Them, Robot" Episode – "The Day the Earth Stood Cool" Episode – "Love Is a Many-Splintered Thing" Episode – "Gorgeous Grampa" (original airing only) Episode – "Homerland" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXIV" Episode – "White Christmas Blues" Episode – "Diggs" Episode – "You Don't Have to Live Like a Referee" Episode – "Clown in the Dumps" Episode – "Simpsorama" Episode – "Blazed and Confused" Episode – "I Won't Be Home for Christmas" Episode – "The Princess Guide" Episode – "Sky Police" Episode – "Waiting for Duffman" Episode – "Bull-E" Episode – "Halloween of Horror" Episode – "Teenage Mutant Milk-Caused Hurdles" Episode – "The Burns Cage" Episode – "Orange Is the New Yellow" Episode – "The Town" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXVII" Episode – "There Will Be Buds" Episode – "The Nightmare After Krustmas" Episode – "The Cad and the Hat" Episode – "22 for 30" Episode – "Dogtown" Episode – "The Serfsons" Episode – "Springfield Splendor" Episode – "Singin' in the Lane" Episode – "Mr. Lisa's Opus" Episode – "Baby You Can't Drive My Car" Episode – "E My Sports" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXX" Episode – "Bobby, It's Cold Outside" Episode – "The Way of the Dog" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXXI" Episode – "Yokel Hero" Episode – "The Star of the Backstage" Episode – "You Won't Believe What This Episode Is About – Act Three Will Shock You!" Episode – "Marge the Meanie" Episode – "Habeas Tortoise" Episode – "Bartless" Episode – "Murder, She Boat" Episode – "Lisa Gets an F1" Episode – "Clan of the Cave Mom" Episode – "Bart's Brain" Special – The Simpsons Take the Bowl Special – The Force Awakens from Its Nap

Lead character layout

Episode – "The Greatest Story Ever D'ohed" Episode – "The Squirt and the Whale" Episode – "MoneyBart" Episode – "The Fool Monty" Episode – "Angry Dad: The Movie" Episode – "Homer Scissorhands" Episode – "The Falcon and the D'ohman" Episode – "The Food Wife" Episode – "Holidays of Future Passed" Episode – "The D'oh-cial Network" Episode – "Moe Goes from Rags to Riches" Episode – "At Long Last Leave" Episode – "Beware My Cheating Bart" Episode – "Adventures in Baby-Getting" Episode – "Gone Abie Gone" Episode – "A Tree Grows in Springfield" Episode – "To Cur, with Love" Episode – "Hardly Kirk-ing" Episode – "Dangers on a Train" Episode – "Steal This Episode" Episode – "What to Expect When Bart's Expecting" Episode – "Brick Like Me" Episode – "Opposites A-Frack" Episode – "The Musk Who Fell to Earth" Episode – "Every Man's Dream" Episode – "Puffless" Episode – "'Paths of Glory" Episode – "Gal of Constant Sorrow" Episode – "To Courier with Love" Episode – "Monty Burns' Fleeing Circus" Episode – "Dad Behavior" Episode – "Daddicus Finch" Episode – "A Mid-Childhood Night's Dream" Episode – "Cremains of the Day" Episode – "Women in Shorts"

Animatic layout

• Episode – "Steal This Episode"

Assistant director

Episode – "Pork and Burns" Episode – "Moho House" Episode – "The Old Blue Mayor She Ain't What She Used to Be" Episode – "3 Scenes Plus a Tag from a Marriage" Episode – "Flanders' Ladder" Episode – "From Russia Without Love" Episode – "I'm Dancing as Fat as I Can" Episode – "D'oh Canada" Episode – "Gorillas on the Mast" Episode – "The Miseducation of Lisa Simpson" Episode – "Warrin' Priests: Part Two" Episode – "The Road to Cincinnati" Episode – "Diary Queen" Episode – "Panic on the Streets of Springfield" Episode – "The Longest Marge" Episode – "Girls Just Shauna Have Fun" Episode – "Write Off This Episode" Episode – "Ae Bonny Romance"

Character design

• Episode – "McMansion & Wife"

External links

• Debbie Bruce Mahan at the Internet Movie 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

Animation production assistants

Current animation production assistants Alec Cannold • Kevin M. Dix • Gianna Jones • Kassandra Lima • Harold Ochoa • Carter Roodman • Brooks Stonestreet • Jesse Torres Jr. • Ali Woodruff Former animation production assistants Elizabeth Ableson • Zia Adsit-Metts • Juan Ramon Aguilar • Robyn Anderson • Lily Ardalan • Deanna Asato • Emma Barker • Matt Battle • Sean Batton • Dean Bauer • Alexandru Becea • Jason Bikowski • Jody Brooks • Amanda Byrnes-Higgs • Enzo Calandra • Sarah Carpenter • Ani Cash • Rielle Dizon • Lejon Douroux • Éva Enriquez • Heather Fields • Matthew Fisher • Jake Flores • Ariel Freeman • Laura A. Gaimaro • Stevie Gallardo • Margaret J. Glaser • Rachel Greenberg • Sarah Greyson • Sam Grinberg • Michael Hartman • Daniela Hoyos • Amber Ingram • Patrick Inness • Nikki Isordia • Chizorom Izeogu • Kyle Jaynes • David Kantrowitz • Reid Kramer • Ashlyn Lardinois • Esther H. Lee • Herman G. Lopez • Eric Loudon • Frank Magasich • Debbie Bruce Mahan • Michael G. Mahan • Andy Manley • Ross McAlpine • Connor McGlynn • James McKinnie • Ronald McNutt • Stephenie Moffatt • Cady Williams Moser • Ethan Ogilby • Everett A. Oliver • Natasha Presler-Wicke • Angela Quezada • Carlos Rivas • Ethan Robinson • Rio Sakurai • Heliodoro Salvatierra • Andrew Schaffer • Shannon Scott • Melody Severns • Pete Sickbert-Bennett • Jody Singleton • Trevor A. Smith • Brandon Michael Spear • Lilly Thorne • Matt Torres • Michael Tran • Sunday Tsai • Brittney Anne Vasquez • Daniel Vega • Angela Wixtrom Other animation production assistants Doug Anderson • Jenny Bettis • Ryan Garcia • Lisa Hallbauer • Scott Hill • Matthew Lathrop • Alice S. Lin • Hugo Linares • Amy V. Lodevico • Paul "Ping-Pong" Mangulabnan • Abner Pineda • Adam Rickabus • Leslie Andrew Ridings • Carolyn Roach • Laura Smalec • Peter Truss • Leonardy Veliz

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 designers

Current character designers 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 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 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

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