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'''Mike B. Anderson''' is a [[television director]] who works on ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and has directed numerous episodes of the show, and was animated in "The Secret War of Lisa Simpson" as cadet Anderson. He was also a Consulting Producer on the animated show, "The Oblongs" and Story Consultant on "Tripping the Rift". He also directed the feature films ''[[Alone in the T-Shirt Zone]]'' (1986) and ''[[Kamillions]]'' (1989). For "[[Homer's Phobia]]" he won the ''Annie Award for Best Individual Achievement: Directing in a TV Production'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.annieawards.com/25thannieawardwinners.htm|title=25th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners|accessdate=2007-04-10|publisher=AnnieAwards.com}}</ref> and the ''WAC Winner Best Director for Primetime Series'' at the 1998 World Animation Celebration.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.imdb.com/Sections/Awards/World_Animation_Celebration/1998|title=World Animation Celebration: 1998|accessdate=2007-04-10|publisher=Internet Movie Database}}</ref> He has won two Emmy Awards for directing Simpsons episodes, "Homer's Phobia" in 1997 and "HOMR" in 2000.  He is also a sequence director on "The Simpsons Movie".
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{{Crew
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|name= Mike B. Anderson
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|image= [[File:Mike B. Anderson.jpg|200px]]
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|gender= {{Male cast}}
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|job= Supervising director<br>Character layout artist<br>Director
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|birthdate= {{birthyear|1973}}
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|deathdate=
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|status= Active
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|episodes= {{ActiveEN|220}}
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|seasons= [[Season 1]] - Present
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|first episode= "[[Simpson and Delilah]]"
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|latest episode= "[[{{Mostrecentep}}]]"
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|music= ''[[Do the Bartman]]''
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|movie=yes
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|comic= ''[[Lo, There Shall Come... A Bartman!!]]''
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|first short= ''[[The Longest Daycare]]''
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|latest short= ''[[The Force Awakens from Its Nap]]''
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|first book= ''[[The Simpsons Beyond Forever!]]''
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|latest book= ''[[The Simpsons Handbook]]''
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}}
  
=== ''The Simpsons'' episodes directed by Anderson ===
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'''Michael "Mike" B. Anderson''' (born 1973) is an American television director. He currently serves as a supervising director for ''[[The Simpsons]]'' and previously served as a director, character layout artist, storyboard artist, assistant director, and storyboard consultant.
*"[[Lisa the Iconoclast]]"
 
*"[[Treehouse of Horror VII]]"
 
*"[[You Only Move Twice]]"
 
*"[[Homer's Phobia]]"
 
*"[[The Secret War of Lisa Simpson]]"
 
*"[[The Last Temptation of Krust]]"
 
*"[[Homer Simpson in: "Kidney Trouble"]]
 
*"[[Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder]]"
 
*"[[HOMR]]"
 
*"[[Trilogy of Error]]"
 
*"[[Tales from the Public Domain]]"
 
*"[[How I Spent My Strummer Vacation]]
 
*"[[The President Wore Pearls]]"
 
*"[[Margical History Tour]]"
 
*"[[The Way We Weren't]]"
 
*"[[Fat Man and Little Boy]]"
 
*"[[Pranksta Rap]]"
 
*"[[Marge's Son Poisoning]]"
 
*"[[Homer's Paternity Coot]]"
 
*"[[The Wettest Stories Ever Told]]"
 
*"[[Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em...]]"
 
  
{{Directors}}
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He also served as a sequence director on ''[[The Simpsons Movie]]'' and was interviewed in ''[[The Simpsons: Access All Areas]]''.
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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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{{TBT|{{W|Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Directing in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production|Annie Award for Best Individual Achievement: Directing in a TV Production}}}}
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{{TB|[[1997]]<ref name="Annie1997">[https://web.archive.org/web/20110808193725/http://annieawards.org/25thwinners.html The Annie Awards - "Legacy: 25th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (1997)"] (archived on {{W|Wayback Machine}})</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Homer's Phobia]]"}}
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{{TB|'''Won'''}}
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{{TRsT|{{W|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program}}|18}}
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{{TB|[[1997]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/1997/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less.) – 1997"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Homer's Phobia]]"}}
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{{TRs|'''Won'''|2}}
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{{TBT|[[2001]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2001/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less than One Hour) – 2001"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[HOMЯ]]"}}
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{{TBT|[[2004]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2004/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2004"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[The Way We Weren't]]"}}
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{{TRs|Nominated|2}}
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{{TBT|[[2005]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2005/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2005"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Future-Drama]]"}}
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{{TBT|[[2009]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2009/outstanding-short-format-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2009"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Gone Maggie Gone]]"}}
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{{TRs|Nominated|9}}
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{{TBT|[[2010]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2010/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2010"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Once Upon a Time in Springfield]]"}}
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{{TBT|[[2011]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2011/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2011"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Angry Dad: The Movie]]"}}
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{{TBT|[[2012]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2012/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2012"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Holidays of Future Passed]]"}}
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{{TBT|[[2013]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2013/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2013"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Treehouse of Horror XXIII]]"}}
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{{TBT|[[2015]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2015/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2015"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Treehouse of Horror XXV]]"}}
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{{TBT|[[2016]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2016/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2016"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Halloween of Horror]]"}}
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{{TBT|[[2017]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2017/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2017"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[The Town]]"}}
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{{TBT|[[2018]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2018/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2018"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Gone Boy]]"}}
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{{TBT|[[2019]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2019/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2019"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Mad About the Toy]]"}}
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{{TB|'''Won'''}}
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{{TBT|[[2020]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2020/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2020"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Thanksgiving of Horror]]"}}
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{{TRs|Nominated|3}}
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{{TBT|[[2021]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2021/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2021"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[The Dad-Feelings Limited]]"}}
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{{TBT|[[2022]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2022/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2022"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Pixelated and Afraid]]"}}
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{{TBT|[[2023]]<ref>[https://www.emmys.com/awards/nominees-winners/2023/outstanding-animated-program Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program - 2023"]</ref>}}
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{{TB|"[[Treehouse of Horror XXXIII]]"}}
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{{TB|'''Won'''}}
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}}
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== Credits ==
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=== Directed by ===
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|E2=yes
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{{Season15A
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|E3=yes
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|E11=yes
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|E20=yes
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|E5=yes
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|E5=yes
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|E10=yes
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|E18=yes
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{{Season18A
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|E3=yes
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{{Season19A
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|E19=yes
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{{Season21A
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|E4=yes
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|E4n=as Mike Beheaded Anderson 2
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{{Season27A
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|E4=yes
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{{Season28A
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|E1=yes
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|E1n=Simpsons Time" couch gag
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*{{spec|The Simpsons Ride}}
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{{TC}}
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}}
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=== Character layout ===
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{{Scroll|
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{{TO}}
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{{Season2A
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|E2=yes
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|E3=yes
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|E6=yes
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|E10=yes
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|E13=yes
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|E14=yes
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|E19=yes
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{{Season3A
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|E1=yes
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|E2=yes
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|E4=yes
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|E7=yes
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|E8=yes
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|E10=yes
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|E13=yes
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|E16=yes
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|E22=yes
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|E24=yes
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}}
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{{Season4A
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|E3=yes
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|E8=yes
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|E12=yes
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|E13=yes
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|E17=yes
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|E19=yes
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}}
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{{Season5A
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|E1=yes
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|E2=yes
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|E4=yes
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|E5=yes
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|E7=yes
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|E22=yes
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}}
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{{Season6A
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|E5=yes
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}}
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{{SpecialsA
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|Bartman=yes
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}}
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{{TC}}
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}}
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=== Animation timer ===
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{{TO}}
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{{Season5A
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|E15=yes
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|E22=yes
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}}
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{{TC}}
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=== Storyboard ===
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{{Scroll|
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{{TO}}
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{{Season7A
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|E6=yes
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|E16=yes
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{{Season8A
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|E1=yes
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|E2=yes
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|E15=yes
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}}
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{{Season9A
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|E15=yes
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}}
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{{Season10A
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|E8=yes
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}}
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{{Season13A
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|E8=yes
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|E14=yes
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}}
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{{Season14A
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|E2=yes
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}}
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{{Season15A
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|E11=yes
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}}
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{{TC}}
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=== Artist supervisor ===
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{{Scroll|
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{{TO}}
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{{Season9A
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|E4=yes
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|E5=yes
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|E6=yes
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|E7=yes
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|E8=yes
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|E9=yes
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|E17=yes
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|E18=yes
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|E19=yes
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|E21=yes
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|E22=yes
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|E23=yes
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|E24=yes
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|E25=yes
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}}
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{{Season10A
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|E1=yes
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|E2=yes
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|E3=yes
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|E4=yes
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|E5=yes
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}}
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{{TC}}
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}}
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=== Assistant director ===
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{{TO}}
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{{Season5A
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|E7=yes
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|E12=yes
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|E19=yes
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}}
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{{Season6A
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|E8=yes
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|E14=yes
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|E20=yes
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}}
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{{Season7A
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|E6=yes
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}}
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{{TC}}
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=== Storyboard consultant ===
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{{Scroll|
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{{TO}}
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{{Season10A
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|E6=yes
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|E7=yes
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|E8=yes
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|E9=yes
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|E10=yes
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|E11=yes
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|E12=yes
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|E13=yes
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|E14=yes
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|E15=yes
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|E16=yes
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|E17=yes
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|E18=yes
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|E19=yes
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|E20=yes
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|E21=yes
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|E22=yes
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|E23=yes
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{{Season11A|all=yes}}
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{{Season12A|all=yes}}
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{{Season13A|all=yes}}
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{{Season14A|all=yes}}
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{{Season15A
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|E1=yes
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|E2=yes
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|E3=yes
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|E4=yes
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|E5=yes
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|E6=yes
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|E10=yes
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|E12=yes
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}}
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{{TC}}
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}}
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=== Additional timer ===
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*{{ep|The Parent Rap}}
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=== Storyboard revisions ===
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{{TO}}
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{{Season16A
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|E9=yes
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|E15=yes
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}}
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{{Season17A
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|E5=yes
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|E18=yes
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}}
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{{TC}}
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=== Supervising director ===
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{{Scroll|
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{{TO}}
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{{Season19A
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|E12=yes
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|E13=yes
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|E14=yes
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|E15=yes
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|E18=yes
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|E19=yes
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{{Season20A|all=yes|E4n=as Mikenstein B. Anderson}}
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{{Season21A|all=yes|E4n=as Mike Beheaded Anderson}}
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{{Season22A|all=yes|E4n=as Mike "Oblong" Anderson}}
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{{Season23A|all=yes|E3n=as Miskantonic B. Anderson}}
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{{Season24A|all=yes|E2n=as Mothra B. Anderson}}
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{{Season25A|all=yes|E2n=as Bite Me Anderson}}
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{{Season26A|all=yes|E4n=as Miketopuss vs. Andersaurus}}
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{{Season27A|all=yes|E5n=as Mad Bee Anderzzzzzon}}
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{{Season28A|all=yes|E4n=as Mike Bloodshot Anderson}}
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{{Season29A|all=yes|E4n=as Mike B. Head on Fire}}
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{{Season30A|all=yes|E4n=as Mike Hallow Weenie Anderson}}
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{{Season31A|all=yes|E4n=as Destroy All Monsters B. Anderson|E8n=as Mike Pecan-derson}}
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{{Season32A|all=yes|E4n=as Might B. Alien}}
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{{Season33A|all=yes|E3n=as Mike BRAiiiiiiNS Anderson}}
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{{Season34A|all=yes|E6n=as My Bloody Anderson}}
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{{Season35A|all=yes|E5n=as Maul, Bite, Eat, Repeat}}
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{{SpecialsA
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|Bowl=yes
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}}
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{{TC}}
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}}
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=== Animation director ===
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*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XXIV|(Opening Title)}}
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=== Sequence Director ===
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*{{mov}}
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=== Special thanks ===
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{{TO}}
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{{SpecialsA
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|Playdate=yes
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|StarWars=yes
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}}
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{{TC}}
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=== Inks ===
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{{TO}}
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'''Simpsons Comics and Stories:'''
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{{SCASA
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|I1S1=yes
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|I1S1n=as Jazzy Mike Anderson
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}}
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{{TC}}
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=== Production art and character designs ===
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*{{bk|The Simpsons Beyond Forever!}}
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=== Character art by ===
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*{{bk|The Simpsons Handbook}}
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=== Interviewee ===
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*{{spec|The Simpsons: Access All Areas}}
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== References ==
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{{Reflist}}
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== External links ==
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*{{IMDb|name/nm0027214/}}
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*{{Wikipedialink}}
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*{{GCD|9411}}
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{{Directors|former=yes|supervising=yes}}
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{{Assistant directors|former=yes}}
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{{Animation timers|former=yes}}
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{{Character layout artists|former=yes}}
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{{Storyboard artists|former=yes|formerrev=yes|consultants=yes}}
 
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[[Category:Book crew]]
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[[Category:Inkers]]
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[[Category:Special thanks]]
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[[Category:Annie Award winners]]
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[[Category:Primetime Emmy Award winning crew]]
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[[Category:The Simpsons Ride cast and crew]]

Latest revision as of 17:53, January 8, 2024

Mike B. Anderson
Mike B. Anderson.jpg
Crew Information
Gender:
Male ♂
Job: Supervising director
Character layout artist
Director
Birth date: 1973 (age 50–51)
Status:
Active
Number of episodes: 545
Seasons active: Season 1 - Present
First short: The Longest Daycare
Most recent short: The Force Awakens from Its Nap
First episode: "Simpson and Delilah"
Most recent episode: "Cremains of the Day"
Movie: The Simpsons Movie
Comic: Lo, There Shall Come... A Bartman!!
First book: The Simpsons Beyond Forever!
Most recent book: The Simpsons Handbook
Music video: Do the Bartman


Michael "Mike" B. Anderson (born 1973) is an American television director. He currently serves as a supervising director for The Simpsons and previously served as a director, character layout artist, storyboard artist, assistant director, and storyboard consultant.

He also served as a sequence director on The Simpsons Movie and was interviewed in The Simpsons: Access All Areas.

Awards[edit]

Award Year Episode Result
Annie Award for Best Individual Achievement: Directing in a TV Production 1997[1] "Homer's Phobia" Won
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program 1997[2] "Homer's Phobia" Won
2001[3] "HOMЯ"
2004[4] "The Way We Weren't" Nominated
2005[5] "Future-Drama"
2009[6] "Gone Maggie Gone" Nominated
2010[7] "Once Upon a Time in Springfield"
2011[8] "Angry Dad: The Movie"
2012[9] "Holidays of Future Passed"
2013[10] "Treehouse of Horror XXIII"
2015[11] "Treehouse of Horror XXV"
2016[12] "Halloween of Horror"
2017[13] "The Town"
2018[14] "Gone Boy"
2019[15] "Mad About the Toy" Won
2020[16] "Thanksgiving of Horror" Nominated
2021[17] "The Dad-Feelings Limited"
2022[18] "Pixelated and Afraid"
2023[19] "Treehouse of Horror XXXIII" Won

Credits[edit]

Directed by[edit]

Character layout[edit]

Animation timer[edit]

Storyboard[edit]

Artist supervisor[edit]

Assistant director[edit]

Storyboard consultant[edit]

Additional timer[edit]

Storyboard revisions[edit]

Supervising director[edit]

Animation director[edit]

Sequence Director[edit]

Special thanks[edit]

Inks[edit]

Simpsons Comics and Stories:

Production art and character designs[edit]

Character art by[edit]

Interviewee[edit]

References[edit]


External links[edit]