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|gender= {{Male cast}}
 
|gender= {{Male cast}}
 
|job= Director<br>Assistant director<br>Storyboard artist
 
|job= Director<br>Assistant director<br>Storyboard artist
|birthdate=  
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|birthdate= {{birthyear|1965}}
 
|status= Active
 
|status= Active
|episodes= 81
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|episodes= 87
 
|seasons= [[Season 2]] - Present
 
|seasons= [[Season 2]] - Present
 
|first episode= "[[Itchy & Scratchy & Marge]]"
 
|first episode= "[[Itchy & Scratchy & Marge]]"
|latest episode= "[[Undercover Burns]]"
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|latest episode= "[[Lisa Gets an F1]]"
 
|movie=yes
 
|movie=yes
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|short= ''[[Playdate with Destiny]]''
 
}}
 
}}
  
'''Bob Anderson''' is a director and animator. He currently serves as a director for ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and previously served as an assistant director and storyboard artist. He also served as an additional sequence director for ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]''.
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'''Bob Anderson''' (born 1965) is a director and animator. He currently serves as a director for ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and previously served as an assistant director and storyboard artist. He also served as an additional sequence director for ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]''.
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== Awards ==
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{{Table|width=50%|align=left|
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{{THT|Award}}
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{{TH|Year}}
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{{TH|Episode}}
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{{TH|Result}}
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{{TRsT|{{W|Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production|Annie Award for Directing in a Television Production}}|2}}
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{{TB|[[2008]]<ref name="Annie2008">[https://web.archive.org/web/20100815022758/http://annieawards.org/legacy36th.html The Annie Awards - "36th Annual Annie Nominations and Awards Recipients"] (archived on {{W|Wayback Machine}})</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Treehouse of Horror XIX]]"}}
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{{TRs|Nominated|2}}
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{{TBT|[[2010]]<ref name="Annie2010">[https://web.archive.org/web/20111216232924/http://annieawards.org/legacy38th.html The Annie Awards - "38th Annual Annie Nominations"] (archived on {{W|Wayback Machine}})</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Treehouse of Horror XXI]]"}}
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{{TBT|{{W|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program}}}}
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{{TB|[[1996]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1996/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1996"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Treehouse of Horror VI]]"}}
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{{TB|Nominated}}
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}}
  
 
== Credits ==
 
== Credits ==
 
=== Directed by ===
 
=== Directed by ===
 
{{Scroll|
 
{{Scroll|
*{{ep|Bart's Inner Child}}
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{{TO}}
*{{ep|Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song}}
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{{Season5A
*{{ep|Lisa on Ice}}
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|E7=yes
*{{ep|Bart's Comet}}
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|E19=yes
*{{ep|Two Dozen and One Greyhounds}}
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}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror VI|(as Bedlam Bob Anderson)}}
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{{Season6A
*{{ep|Hurricane Neddy}}
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|E8=yes
*{{ep|Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment}}
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|E14=yes
*{{ep|Miracle on Evergreen Terrace}}
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|E20=yes
*{{ep|Lisa Gets an "A"}}
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}}
*{{ep|I'm with Cupid}}
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{{Season7A
*{{ep|E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)}}
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|E6=yes
*{{ep|Insane Clown Poppy}}
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|E6n=as Bedlam Bob Anderson
*{{ep|Pokey Mom}}
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}}
*{{ep|Simpsons Tall Tales}}
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{{Season8A
*{{ep|The Lastest Gun in the West}}
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|E8=yes
*{{ep|Special Edna}}
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|E18=yes
*{{ep|Old Yeller-Belly}}
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}}
*{{ep|Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens and Gays}}
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{{Season9A
*{{ep|Co-Dependent's Day}}
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|E10=yes
*{{ep|Fraudcast News}}
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}}
*{{ep|On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister}}
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{{Season10A
*{{ep|Home Away from Homer}}
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|E7=yes
*{{ep|My Fair Laddy}}
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|E14=yes
*{{ep|Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play}}
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}}
*{{ep|Kill Gil, Volumes I & II}}
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{{Season11A
*{{ep|Marge Gamer}}
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|E5=yes
*{{ep|I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings}}
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}}
*{{ep|Dial "N" for Nerder}}
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{{Season12A
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XIX|(as Beelze-Bob Anderson)}}
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|E3=yes
*{{ep|Rednecks and Broomsticks}}
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|E10=yes
*{{ep|American History X-cellent}}
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|E21=yes
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XXI|(as Sponge Bob Anderson Pants)}}
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}}
*{{ep|The Fight Before Christmas}}
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{{Season13A
*{{ep|The Blue and the Gray}}
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|E12=yes
*{{ep|500 Keys}}
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}}
*{{ep|The Book Job}}
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{{Season14A
*{{ep|Moe Goes from Rags to Riches}}
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|E7=yes
*{{ep|The Spy Who Learned Me}}
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|E19=yes
*{{ep|Moonshine River}}
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}}
*{{ep|Changing of the Guardian}}
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{{Season15A
*{{ep|Homerland}}
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|E8=yes
*{{ep|Yellow Subterfuge}}
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|E15=yes
*{{ep|Days of Future Future}}
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|E22=yes
*{{ep|Simpsorama}}
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}}
*{{ep|Bart's New Friend}}
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{{Season16A
*{{ep|The Kids Are All Fight}}
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|E11=yes
*{{ep|Lisa with an "S"}}
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|E20=yes
*{{ep|Much Apu About Something}}
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}}
*{{ep|How Lisa Got Her Marge Back}}
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{{Season17A
*{{ep|Havana Wild Weekend}}
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|E12=yes
*{{ep|The Last Traction Hero}}
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|E22=yes
*{{ep|A Father's Watch}}
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}}
*{{ep|Grampy Can Ya Hear Me}}
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{{Season18A
*{{ep|Haw-Haw Land}}
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|E9=yes
*{{ep|Lisa Gets the Blues}}
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|E17=yes
*{{ep|Bart's Not Dead}}
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}}
*{{ep|The Winter of Our Monetized Content}}
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{{Season19A
*{{ep|The Incredible Lightness of Being a Baby}}
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|E4=yes
*{{ep|Warrin' Priests: Part One}}
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|E14=yes
*{{ep|Undercover Burns}}
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}}
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{{Season20A
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|E4=yes
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|E4n=as Beelze-Bob Anderson
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}}
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{{Season21A
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|E7=yes
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|E17=yes
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}}
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{{Season22A
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|E4=yes
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|E4n=as Sponge Bob Anderson Pants
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|E8=yes
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|E13=yes
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|E21=yes
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}}
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{{Season23A
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|E6=yes
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|E12=yes
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|E20=yes
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}}
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{{Season24A
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|E1=yes
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|E11=yes
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}}
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{{Season25A
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|E1=yes
 +
|E7=yes
 +
|E18=yes
 +
}}
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{{Season26A
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|E6=yes
 +
|E11=yes
 +
|E19=yes
 +
}}
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{{Season27A
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|E7=yes
 +
|E12=yes
 +
|E18=yes
 +
}}
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{{Season28A
 +
|E7=yes
 +
|E9=yes
 +
|E18=yes
 +
}}
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{{Season29A
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|E5=yes
 +
|E10=yes
 +
|E17=yes
 +
}}
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{{Season30A
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|E1=yes
 +
}}
 +
{{Season31A
 +
|E1=yes
 +
|E18=yes
 +
|E19=yes
 +
}}
 +
{{Season32A
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|E1=yes
 +
}}
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{{Season33A
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|E13=yes
 +
|E21=yes
 +
}}
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{{Season34A
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|E13=yes
 +
|E22=yes
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}}
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{{TC}}
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
=== Assistant director ===
 
=== Assistant director ===
 
{{Scroll|
 
{{Scroll|
*{{ep|Itchy & Scratchy & Marge}}
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{{TO}}
*{{ep|Bart's Dog Gets an "F"}}
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{{Season2A
*{{ep|Brush with Greatness}}
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|E9=yes
*{{ep|When Flanders Failed}}
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|E16=yes
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror II}}
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|E18=yes
*{{ep|Saturdays of Thunder}}
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}}
*{{ep|Homer at the Bat}}
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{{Season3A
*{{ep|Dog of Death}}
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|E3=yes
*{{ep|Bart's Friend Falls in Love}}
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|E7=yes
*{{ep|Homer the Heretic}}
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|E9=yes
*{{ep|Mr. Plow}}
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|E17=yes
*{{ep|Duffless}}
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|E19=yes
*{{ep|Marge in Chains}}
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|E23=yes
*{{ep|Homer Goes to College}}
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}}
*{{ep|Homer and Apu}}
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{{Season4A
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|E3=yes
 +
|E9=yes
 +
|E16=yes
 +
|E21=yes
 +
}}
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{{Season5A
 +
|E3=yes
 +
|E13=yes
 +
}}
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{{TC}}
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
=== Character layout artist ===
 
=== Character layout artist ===
*{{ep|Brush with Greatness}}
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{{TO}}
*{{ep|When Flanders Failed}}
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{{Season2A
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror II}}
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|E18=yes
*{{ep|Mr. Plow}}
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}}
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{{Season3A
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|E3=yes
 +
|E7=yes
 +
}}
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{{Season4A
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|E9=yes
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}}
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{{TC}}
  
 
=== Storyboard ===
 
=== Storyboard ===
 
{{Scroll|
 
{{Scroll|
*{{ep|Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song}}
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{{TO}}
*{{ep|Lisa on Ice}}
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{{Season5A
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror VI}}
+
|E19=yes
*{{ep|Hurricane Neddy}}
+
}}
*{{ep|Lisa's Sax}}
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{{Season6A
*{{ep|Miracle on Evergreen Terrace}}
+
|E8=yes
*{{ep|Grift of the Magi}}
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}}
*{{ep|Saddlesore Galactica}}
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{{Season7A
*{{ep|Insane Clown Poppy}}
+
|E6=yes
*{{ep|Pokey Mom}}
+
}}
*{{ep|Simpsons Tall Tales}}
+
{{Season8A
*{{ep|The Lastest Gun in the West}}
+
|E8=yes
*{{ep|Special Edna}}
+
}}
*{{ep|On a Clear Day I Can't See My Sister}}
+
{{Season9A
*{{ep|Kill Gil, Volumes I & II}}
+
|E3=yes
 +
|E10=yes
 +
}}
 +
{{Season11A
 +
|E9=yes
 +
|E13=yes
 +
}}
 +
{{Season12A
 +
|E3=yes
 +
|E10=yes
 +
|E21=yes
 +
}}
 +
{{Season13A
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|E12=yes
 +
}}
 +
{{Season14A
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|E7=yes
 +
}}
 +
{{Season16A
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|E11=yes
 +
}}
 +
{{Season17A
 +
|E12=yes
 +
}}
 +
{{Season18A
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|E9=yes
 +
}}
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{{TC}}
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
=== Storyboard revisions ===
 
=== Storyboard revisions ===
*{{ep|Home Away from Homer}}
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{{TO}}
*{{ep|My Fair Laddy}}
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{{Season16A
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XIX|(as Beelze-Bob Anderson)}}
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|E20=yes
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}}
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{{Season17A
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|E12=yes
 +
}}
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{{Season20A
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|E4=yes
 +
|E4n=as Beelze-Bob Anderson
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}}
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{{TC}}
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=== Animation timer ===
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{{TO}}
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{{Season35A
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|E9=yes
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|E12=yes
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}}
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{{TC}}
  
 
=== Additional sequence director ===
 
=== Additional sequence director ===
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=== Special thanks ===
 
=== Special thanks ===
 
*{{spec|Playdate with Destiny}}
 
*{{spec|Playdate with Destiny}}
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== References ==
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{{Reflist}}
  
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==
*{{IMDB|name/nm0026433/}}
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*{{IMDb|name/nm0026433/}}
 
*{{Wikipedialink2|Bob Anderson|director}}
 
*{{Wikipedialink2|Bob Anderson|director}}
  
 
{{Directors|current=yes}}
 
{{Directors|current=yes}}
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{{Animation timers|current=yes}}
 
{{Assistant directors|former=yes}}
 
{{Assistant directors|former=yes}}
 
{{Character layout artists|former=yes}}
 
{{Character layout artists|former=yes}}
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[[Category:Sequence directors]]
 
[[Category:Sequence directors]]
 
[[Category:Special thanks]]
 
[[Category:Special thanks]]
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[[Category:Annie Award nominees]]
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[[Category:Primetime Emmy Award nominated crew]]

Revision as of 13:42, February 26, 2024

Bob Anderson
Crew Information
Gender:
Male ♂
Job: Director
Assistant director
Storyboard artist
Birth date: 1965 (age 58–59)
Status:
Active
Number of episodes: 87
Seasons active: Season 2 - Present
Short: Playdate with Destiny
First episode: "Itchy & Scratchy & Marge"
Most recent episode: "Lisa Gets an F1"
Movie: The Simpsons Movie


Bob Anderson (born 1965) is a director and animator. He currently serves as a director for The Simpsons and previously served as an assistant director and storyboard artist. He also served as an additional sequence director for The Simpsons Movie.

Awards

Award Year Episode Result
Annie Award for Directing in a Television Production 2008[1] "Treehouse of Horror XIX" Nominated
2010[2] "Treehouse of Horror XXI"
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program 1996[3] "Treehouse of Horror VI" Nominated

Credits

Directed by

Assistant director

Character layout artist

Storyboard

Storyboard revisions

Animation timer

Additional sequence director

Special thanks

References


External links