Ely Lester

Ely Lester

Crew Information Gender: Male ♂ Job: Character layout artist Assistant director Status: Active Number of episodes: 146 Seasons active: Season 6 - 8, 14 - Present First episode: "Homer Badman" Most recent episode: "Desperately Seeking Lisa" Movie: The Simpsons Movie

Ely Lester is an animator. He currently serves as a character layout artist for The Simpsons and previously served as an assistant director.

Credits

Character layout

Episode – "Homer Badman" Episode – "And Maggie Makes Three" Episode – "The PTA Disbands" Episode – "The Springfield Connection" Episode – "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)" Episode – "Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily" Episode – "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular" Episode – "Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield" Episode – "Bart on the Road" Episode – "Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish"" Episode – "Much Apu About Nothing" Episode – "You Only Move Twice" Episode – "Lisa's Date with Density" Episode – "Three Gays of the Condo" Episode – "Brake My Wife, Please" Episode – "The Regina Monologues" Episode – "Diatribe of a Mad Housewife" Episode – "My Big Fat Geek Wedding" Episode – "All's Fair in Oven War" Episode – "Mommie Beerest" Episode – "Don't Fear the Roofer" Episode – "The Bonfire of the Manatees" Episode – "The Italian Bob" Episode – "Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore" Episode – "Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em" Episode – "Moe'N'a Lisa" Episode – "The Haw-Hawed Couple" Episode – "Little Big Girl" Episode – "Stop, or My Dog Will Shoot!" – The Simpsons Movie THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XVIII" Episode – "Husbands and Knives" Episode – "Smoke on the Daughter" Episode – "Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes" Episode – "How the Test Was Won" Episode – "Gone Maggie Gone" Episode – "Four Great Women and a Manicure" Episode – "Homer the Whopper" Episode – "Rednecks and Broomsticks" Episode – "Million Dollar Maybe" Episode – "The Fight Before Christmas" Episode – "The Great Simpsina" Episode – "500 Keys" Episode – "The D'oh-cial Network" Episode – "A Tree Grows in Springfield" Episode – "Pulpit Friction" Episode – "The Saga of Carl" Episode – "Married to the Blob" Episode – "Clown in the Dumps" Episode – "Blazed and Confused" Episode – "The Man Who Came to Be Dinner" Episode – "The Princess Guide" Episode – "Waiting for Duffman" Episode – "Mathlete's Feat" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXVI" Episode – "Love Is in the N2-O2-Ar-CO2-Ne-He-CH4" Episode – "Fland Canyon" Episode – "Havana Wild Weekend" Episode – "The Great Phatsby: Part One" Episode – "The Great Phatsby: Part Two" Episode – "The Cad and the Hat" Episode – "Looking for Mr. Goodbart" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXVIII" Episode – "Frink Gets Testy" Episode – "No Good Read Goes Unpunished" Episode – "Left Behind" Episode – "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" Episode – "Marge the Lumberjill" Episode – "Frinkcoin" Episode – "The Hateful Eight-Year-Olds" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXXI" Episode – "Do PizzaBots Dream of Electric Guitars?" Episode – "The Man from G.R.A.M.P.A." Episode – "Bart's in Jail!" Episode – "Lisa's Belly" Episode – "One Angry Lisa" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXXIII" Episode – "Fan-ily Feud" Episode – "Homer's Adventures Through the Windshield Glass" Episode – "Ae Bonny Romance" Special – The Simpsons Take the Bowl

Lead character layout

Episode – "Thursdays with Abie" Episode – "The Color Yellow" Episode – "The Greatest Story Ever D'ohed" Episode – "The Squirt and the Whale" Episode – "MoneyBart" Episode – "Moms I'd Like to Forget" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXII" Episode – "The Ten-Per-Cent Solution" Episode – "How I Wet Your Mother" Episode – "The Day the Earth Stood Cool" Episode – "A Test Before Trying" Episode – "YOLO" Episode – "Labor Pains" Episode – "Luca$" Episode – "The Yellow Badge of Cowardge" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXV" Episode – "Walking Big & Tall" Episode – "Let's Go Fly a Coot" Episode – "Friend with Benefit" Episode – "The Girl Code" Episode – "The Marge-ian Chronicles" Episode – "Orange Is the New Yellow" Episode – "There Will Be Buds" Episode – "22 for 30" Episode – "Springfield Splendor" Episode – "Whistler's Father" Episode – "King Leer" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXIX" Episode – "Baby You Can't Drive My Car" Episode – "Krusty the Clown" Episode – "The Girl on the Bus" Episode – "Bart vs. Itchy & Scratchy" Episode – "I'm Just a Girl Who Can't Say D'oh" Episode – "Crystal Blue-Haired Persuasion" Episode – "The Winter of Our Monetized Content" Episode – "Go Big or Go Homer" Episode – "Todd, Todd, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?" Episode – "Highway to Well" Episode – "The Way of the Dog" Episode – "Podcast News" Episode – "The Dad-Feelings Limited" Episode – "Uncut Femmes" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXXII" Episode – "A Serious Flanders (Part 2)" Episode – "Pixelated and Afraid" Episode – "You Won't Believe What This Episode Is About – Act Three Will Shock You!" Episode – "The Sound of Bleeding Gums" Episode – "Poorhouse Rock" Episode – "Habeas Tortoise" Episode – "Step Brother from the Same Planet" Episode – "Top Goon" Episode – "Carl Carlson Rides Again" Episode – "Pin Gal" Episode – "A Mid-Childhood Night's Dream" Episode – "Thirst Trap: A Corporate Love Story" Episode – "Iron Marge" Episode – "It's a Blunderful Life" Episode – "Murder, She Boat" Episode – "Night of the Living Wage" Episode – "The Tipping Point" Episode – "The Yellow Lotus" Episode – "Desperately Seeking Lisa"

Assistant director

• Episode – "The Scorpion's Tale"

• Episode – "Lisa Goes Gaga"

• Episode – "Black-Eyed, Please"

• Episode – "The Man Who Grew Too Much"

Animatic layout

• Episode – "The Food Wife"

External links

• Ely Lester at the Internet Movie Database

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