Joel Kuwahara

Joel Kuwahara

Crew Information

Gender:	Male ♂
Job:	Assistant to the producers Animation production coordinator Animation production manager Animation co-producer
Status:	Inactive
Number of episodes:	116
Seasons active:	Season 6 - 10
First episode:	"Bart of Darkness"
Most recent episode:	"Marge Simpson in: "Screaming Yellow Honkers""
Movie:	The Simpsons Movie
First album:	Songs in the Key of Springfield
Latest album:	Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons

Joel Kuwahara is a former producer for The Simpsons. He served as an assistant to the producers, animation production coordinator and animation production manager for Gracie Films and as an animation co-producer and served as an animation line producer for The Simpsons Movie. He also worked for The Critic and Bob's Burgers.

Awards

Award	Year	Episode	Result
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program	1999^[1]	"Viva Ned Flanders"	Nominated

Credits

Assistant to producers

Episode – "Bart of Darkness"
Episode – "Lisa's Rival"
Episode – "Another Simpsons Clip Show"
Episode – "Itchy & Scratchy Land"
Episode – "Sideshow Bob Roberts"
THOH – "Treehouse of Horror V"
Episode – "Bart's Girlfriend"
Episode – "Lisa on Ice"
Episode – "Homer Badman"
Episode – "Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy"
Episode – "Fear of Flying"
Episode – "Homer the Great"
Episode – "And Maggie Makes Three"
Episode – "Bart's Comet"
Episode – "Homie the Clown"
Episode – "Bart vs. Australia"
Episode – "Homer vs. Patty and Selma"
Episode – "A Star Is Burns"
Episode – "Lisa's Wedding"
Episode – "Two Dozen and One Greyhounds"
Episode – "The PTA Disbands"
Episode – "'Round Springfield"
Episode – "The Springfield Connection"
Episode – "Lemon of Troy"

Animation production coordinator for Gracie Films

Episode – "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)"

Episode – "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)"
Episode – "Radioactive Man"
Episode – "Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily"
Episode – "Bart Sells His Soul"
Episode – "Lisa the Vegetarian"
THOH – "Treehouse of Horror VI" (as Joel Kuwa-Horror)
Episode – "King-Size Homer"
Episode – "Mother Simpson"
Episode – "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming"
Episode – "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular"
Episode – "Marge Be Not Proud"
Episode – "Team Homer"
Episode – "Two Bad Neighbors"
Episode – "Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield"
Episode – "Bart the Fink"
Episode – "Lisa the Iconoclast"
Episode – "Homer the Smithers"
Episode – "The Day the Violence Died"
Episode – "A Fish Called Selma"
Episode – "Bart on the Road"
Episode – "22 Short Films About Springfield"
Episode – "Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish""
Episode – "Much Apu About Nothing"
Episode – "Homerpalooza"
Episode – "Summer of 4 Ft. 2"

Episode – "You Only Move Twice"

Episode – "El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer"
Episode – "The Springfield Files"

Episode – "Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious"

Episode – "Lisa's Sax"

Episode – "Simpson Tide"

Animation production manager for Gracie Films

THOH – "Treehouse of Horror VII" (as Krazy-Man Kuwahara)

Episode – "A Milhouse Divided"
Episode – "Lisa's Date with Density"

Episode – "Hurricane Neddy"

Episode – "The Twisted World of Marge Simpson"
Episode – "Mountain of Madness"

Episode – "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show"

Episode – "Homer's Phobia"
Episode – "Brother from Another Series"
Episode – "My Sister, My Sitter"
Episode – "Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment"
Episode – "Grade School Confidential"
Episode – "The Canine Mutiny"
Episode – "The Old Man and the Lisa"
Episode – "In Marge We Trust"
Episode – "Homer's Enemy"
Episode – "The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase"
Episode – "The Secret War of Lisa Simpson"

Episode – "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson"
Episode – "The Principal and the Pauper"

THOH – "Treehouse of Horror VIII" (as Joel "Puffy" Kuwahara)
Episode – "The Cartridge Family"
Episode – "Bart Star"
Episode – "The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons"
Episode – "Lisa the Skeptic"
Episode – "Realty Bites"
Episode – "Miracle on Evergreen Terrace"
Episode – "All Singing, All Dancing"
Episode – "Bart Carny"
Episode – "The Joy of Sect"

Episode – "Das Bus"
Episode – "The Last Temptation of Krust"
Episode – "Dumbbell Indemnity"
Episode – "Lisa the Simpson"
Episode – "This Little Wiggy"

Episode – "The Trouble with Trillions"
Episode – "Girly Edition"
Episode – "Trash of the Titans"
Episode – "King of the Hill"
Episode – "Lost Our Lisa"
Episode – "Natural Born Kissers"

Episode – "Lard of the Dance"
Episode – "The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace"

Episode – "Bart the Mother"

Episode – "When You Dish Upon a Star"

Animation co-producer

THOH – "Treehouse of Horror IX" (as Joel "Jump Ship" Kuwahara)

Episode – "D'oh-in' in the Wind"
Episode – "Lisa Gets an "A""
Episode – "Homer Simpson in: "Kidney Trouble""
Episode – "Mayored to the Mob"
Episode – "Viva Ned Flanders"
Episode – "Wild Barts Can't Be Broken"
Episode – "Sunday, Cruddy Sunday"
Episode – "Homer to the Max"
Episode – "I'm with Cupid"
Episode – "Marge Simpson in: "Screaming Yellow Honkers""

Animation line producer

– The Simpsons Movie

For The Simpsons

Album – Songs in the Key of Springfield
Album – Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons

References

↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1999"

External links

Joel Kuwahara at the Internet Movie Database

Animation production coordinators

view • talk • edit • past Current animation production coordinators
Alexandru Becea • Enzo Calandra • Éva Enriquez • Stevie Gallardo • Michael Hartman • Chizorom Izeogu • Ashlyn Lardinois • Connor McGlynn • Cady Williams Moser • Brittney Anne Vasquez • Angela Wixtrom

view • talk • edit • past Former animation production coordinators
Elizabeth Ableson • Taylor Allen • Martin Alvarez • Deanna Asato • Emma Barker • Matt Battle • Mike Battle • Sean Batton • Dean Bauer • Jason Bikowski • Edu Black • Jody Brooks • Robert Brunette • Amanda Byrnes-Higgs • Sarah Carpenter • Richard K. Chung • Minni Clark • Ashley Brooke Cooper • Ralph A. Eusebio • Jake Flores • Collin Fowler • Tony Garcia • Margaret J. Glaser • Sam Grinberg • Amber Ingram • Nikki Isordia • Darrell Kennedy • Joel Kuwahara • Andrew J. Lee • Frank Magasich • Michael G. Mahan • Nadine Mahasneh • Andy Manley • Ross McAlpine • James McKinnie • Stephenie Moffatt • Ethan Ogilby • Sean Patrick Rielly • Rio Sakurai • Heliodoro Salvatierra • Shannon Scott • Katherine Seibert • Kimball Shirley • Meghan Short • Trevor A. Smith • Brandon Michael Spear • Lilly Thorne • Matt Torres • Rebecca Totman

view • talk • edit • past Other animation production coordinators
Julia Kim

Animation producers and Animation associate producers

view • talk • edit • past Current animation producers
Peter Gave • Nikki Isordia • Jaspreet Katrib • Tom Klein • Michael G. Mahan

view • talk • edit • past Former animation producers
Lolee Aries • Drew Arrison • Laurie Biernacki • John Bush • Chang, Myung Nam • Richard K. Chung • Gábor Csupó • Ken Duer • Film Roman • Joe Goyette • Scott D. Greenberg • Sherry Gunther • John Hyde • N. J. Kim • Klasky-Csupo, Inc. • Joel Kuwahara • J.C. Park • Margot Pipkin • Rick Polizzi • David Pritchard • Kent Rice • Phil Roman • Andrea Romero • Bill Schultz • Nelson Shin • Ken Tsumura • Jon F. Vein • Michael Wolf

view • talk • edit • past Other animation producers
Edward Chiodo • Ron Diamond • Sanjee Gupta • Denise Minter • Kwan-sic Park • Ishani Priyamvada • Al Shier • Craig Sost • Joshua R. Wexler

view • talk • edit • past Current animation associate producers
Kip Lewis

view • talk • edit • past Former animation associate producers
Laurie Biernacki • Jason Bikowski • Jaspreet Dhillon • Peter Gave • Nikki Isordia • Michael G. Mahan • Rebecca Totman

view • talk • edit • past Other animation associate producers
Elise Belknap • Katherine Cullano Concepcion • Brent Crowe • Karen Miller

Production managers and Animation production managers

view • talk • edit • past Episode production managers
Laurie Biernacki • Barbara J. Cordova • Margaret J. Glaser • Miles Lewis Horst • Raymond M. Iacovacci • Anne Luiting • Heliodoro Salvatierra • Shannon Scott

view • talk • edit • past Other production managers
Maria Andreotti • Kelly Cassinerio • Matthew Copeland • Jaspreet Dhillon • Suzanne Giordano • Audrey Gustafson • Alice Huzar • Subin Jeong • Bill Luckey • Cambron McKeever • Michelle Pniewski • Rich Rogers • Art Seidel • Anjel Shehigian • Anet Sirna-Bruder • Byung-Ki Sohn • Chris Ungar • Ji-Yeun Yi

view • talk • edit • past Current animation production managers
Ashley Brooke Cooper • Derek Higgs • Jen Ligler • Frank Magasich • Ross McAlpine • Shelley McCully • Jane Rennegarbe • Heliodoro Salvatierra

view • talk • edit • past Former animation production managers
Elizabeth Ableson • Martin Alvarez • Laurie Biernacki • Jason Bikowski • Richard K. Chung • Barbara Donatelli • Peter Gave • Sherry Gunther • Nikki Isordia • Eric Kurland • Joel Kuwahara • Kip Lewis • Michael G. Mahan • Trista H. Navarro • Maria Elena Rodriguez • Steven Schweickart • Pamela Kleibrink Thompson • Rebecca Totman • Ken Tsumura • Eric Vesbit

Assistants

view • talk • edit • past Current assistants
Joe Clabby • Nick Dahan • Nik Daniels • N. Vyolet Diaz • Matt Kance • Juliet Kaufman • Dillon Kennedy • Alexa Patterson • Iyanna Sheree • Lisa Walder • Demi York

view • talk • edit • past Former assistants
Andrew Albenze • Neil Alsip • Drew Arrison • Stephanie Asch • Jacqueline Atkins • Stuart Baker • Katy Ballard • Ellen Barnett-Bendavid • Jane Becker • Lauren Biller • Josh Bornstein • Dominique Braud • Aileen Braun • Dee Cappelli • Justin Carter • Annette Caton • Robert Cohen • Colin Contreary • Vanessa Cropper • Daniel F. D'Lauro • Classie Davis • Claudia De La Roca • Ian Deitchman • Jenny Dewall • Alexander Duke • Barbara Duncan • Charleen Easton • Alison Elliott • Kim Everett • Sherry Falk • Craig Feeney • Louis Ferrara • Lisa Fetterman • Trixie Flynn • Carolyn Fox • Daniel Furlong • Dan Fybel • C.J. Gibson • Don Gilbert • Jeffrey Goldstein • Steve Gottfried • Sergio Guerra • Kelly Helstrom • Allison Higgins • Claudia Hitchcock • Eliza Hooper • Trisha Hoving • Debra Jackson • Elizabeth Jacobs • Victoria Kabakian • Maria Kavanaugh • Mick Kelly • Meghan Kiely • Danny Klein • Joel Kuwahara • Peter Kwong • Patrick Laffoon • Tod Lautenberg • Colleen Lawler • Grace Lee • Lawrence Lee • Mindi Lee • Drew Levin • Colin A.B.V. Lewis • Lana Repp Lewis • Jamie Loren • Grace Lowery • Patty MacDonald • Jane M. Mackie • Adam Macy • Nadine Mahasneh • Tammy Mandel • J. D. Maria • Matt Marshall • Mark McBride • Michael McCusker • Sean Messano • Jacob Meszaros • Jesse D. Miller • Mike Mitchell • Charles Montoya • Benjamin Morse • Amanda Moshay • T. J. Muncan • Brendan Murphy • Jamie Nachenberg • Felicia Nalivansky-Caplan • Jenifer Newman • George Niciforos • Michael Nobori • Laura Norton • Jane C. O'Brien • Jamie O'Connor • Roger Ouellette • Daria Paris • Jessica Petelle • Caitlin Pickall • Jeffrey Poliquin • Brooke Posch • Cait Raft • Isabelle Redman • Julie Restivo • Leslie Richter • Kate Riley • Regina R. Robertson • Tom Scarola • Andrea Schell • Jessica Schimmel • Brad Schultze • Christine Shinn • Brandon Showers • Jacqueline Sillo • Morgan Slate • Julie Steddom Smith • Troy Stauffer • Kyle Stegina • Todd Stein • Lisa Stewart • Richard-Kevin Stith • Debra Stolpp • Michelle Torrence • Nick Tschetter • Bonnie Vitti • Karolina Waclawiak • Danielle Weisberg • Cameron Wen • Rachel Wiegman • Lona Williams • Jean Wong • Emma Wright • Jane Yamashita • Alyson Yester • Paul Zerner

view • talk • edit • past Other assistants
Josh Adler • Eric Anderson • J. Alex Butler • John Chamberlin • Victor Cooke • Allie Crane • Guy DeFazio • Dominic Guzzetti • Rory Hamilton-Battenfeld • Joel Hurwitz • Jesse Kanner • Michael T. Kennedy • Laura Larson • Julie Last • Dave Levy • Daniel Lichtblau • Kristin Long • Larry Malinconico • Danielle Mays • Matt McElaney • Michael John Mollo • Taylor Mondshein • Matt Pabian • Blaine Pearson • Dan Peck • Larisa Perelman • Kira Randolph • Melissa Sahagian • Judi Samuels • Duane Seykora • Bart Stevens • Brett Swain

[1] Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1999"

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