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:	170
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:	"Cremains of the Day"

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

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 – "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"

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"

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

view • talk • edit • past 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

view • talk • edit • past 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

view • talk • edit • past One time directors
Shaun Cashman • Sang-Yong Eom • Klay Hall • Alan Smart • Gregg Vanzo

view • talk • edit • past Supervising directors
Mike B. Anderson • Dominic Bianchi • Mark Kirkland • Pete Michels • James Purdum • Jim Reardon • David Silverman

view • talk • edit • past 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

view • talk • edit • past Other directors
Bill Brown • Stephen Chiodo • Sylvain Chomet • Guillermo del Toro • Bernard Derriman • David Green • John Harvatine IV • Garry Kitchen • Eric Koenig • 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

view • talk • edit • past Current assistant directors
Oscar Cervantes • Chris Clements • Manny DeGuzman • Matthew Faughnan • Debbie Bruce Mahan • Oscar Pangestu • Dane Romley • Herman Sharaf • Shane K. Sowell • Toni Tysen • Kathy Zielinski

view • talk • edit • past 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 • Yelena Geodakyan • 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

view • talk • edit • past Other assistant directors
Colin Heck • Eric Koenig • Michael Rundle • Art Seidel • Gregg Vanzo

Animatic layout artists and Animatic editors

view • talk • edit • past Current animatic layout artists
Davy Lauterbach • Tom Madrid, Jr. • Steve Pilapil

view • talk • edit • past 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 • Grant Lee • Ely Lester • Debbie Bruce Mahan • Istvan Majoros • Matt Mantel • James Marquez • Drew McPhail • Jennifer Moeller • Mike Morris • Mary O. Natale • Rob Oliver • Chance Raspberry • Jeremy Robinson • Eddie Rosas • Alex Ruiz • Fill Marc Sagadraca • Rick Salonga • Matthew Schofield • Ralph Sosa • Tommy Tejeda • Erick T. Tran • Paul Wee

view • talk • edit • past Animatic editors
Taylor Allen • Martin Alvarez • Jennifer Dolce • Roger Injarusorn • Sean Isroelit • Monica Lee • Eric Loudon • Heliodoro Salvatierra • Mark Scheib • Rob Schulbaum

Character designers

view • talk • edit • past Current character designers
Pete "Kid Flash" Gomez • Sam Grinberg • Matt Groening • Dale Hendrickson • Eric S. Keyes • Debbie Bruce Mahan • Kevin M. Newman • Rob Oliver • Dane Romley • Sam Simon* • Tommy Tejeda • Reza Zabardast

view • talk • edit • past 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 • Ernesto Ochoa • Carlos Ortega • Phil Ortiz • Chuck Puntuvatana • John Rice • Thomas E. Richner • Matthew Schofield • Jiuwell Sunzhou • Joe Wack • José Zelaya

view • talk • edit • past Other character designers
Ed Acosta • Mick Cassidy • Shannon Denton • K. Nakajima • Sharon Ross • David Silverman • Spiker Monster • Yasushi Takano • Noriyuki Yokoki

Character layout artists

view • talk • edit • past Current character layout artists
Jung A Anderson • Michael E. Atniel • Norman P. Auble • Jody Brooks • Oscar Cervantes • Greg Checketts • Joung Kyu Choi • Caroline Cruikshank • Gabriel DeFrancesco • Manny DeGuzman • Lejon Douroux • Adam Dykstra • Jeanne Erickson • Luis Escobar • Natalie J. Fosdick • Yelena Geodakyan • Steven Pierre Gordon • 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 • 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 • Paul Wee • Kathy Zielinski

view • talk • edit • past 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 • Timothy Bailey • 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 • 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 • Colin Heck • 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 • Maeve McGrath • 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 • Jason D. Warnesky • 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

view • talk • edit • past 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

view • talk • edit • past 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

Debbie Bruce Mahan

Contents

Credits

Directed by

Animation post production assistant

Character layout

Lead character layout

Animatic layout

Assistant director

Character design

External links