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{{Crew
 
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|name= Rob Oliver
 
|name= Rob Oliver
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|image= [[File:Rob Oliver.jpg|200px]]
 
|gender= {{Male cast}}
 
|gender= {{Male cast}}
 
|job= Character layout artist<br>Director<br>Storyboard artist<br>Technical director
 
|job= Character layout artist<br>Director<br>Storyboard artist<br>Technical director
|birthdate= 1977
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|birthdate= {{birthdate|1977|3|25}}
 
|deathdate=  
 
|deathdate=  
|status= Inactive
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|status= Active
|episodes= 145
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|episodes= 190
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|seasons= [[Season 8]] - Present
 
|first episode= "[[The Old Man and the Lisa]]"
 
|first episode= "[[The Old Man and the Lisa]]"
|latest episode= "[[Mathlete's Feat]]"
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|latest episode= "[[Night of the Living Wage]]"
 
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|first short= ''[[The Force Awakens from Its Nap]]''
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|latest short= ''[[Welcome to the Club]]''
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|first book= ''[[Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror: Heebie-Jeebie Hullabaloo]]''
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|latest book= ''[[The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Ominous Omnibus Vol. 2: Deadtime Stories for Boos & Ghouls]]''
 
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'''Robert Douglas''' "'''Rob'''" '''Oliver''' (born 1977) is an American animator. He currently serves as a second unit director and previously served as a character layout artist, director, storyboard artist and technical director for ''[[The Simpsons]]''.
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'''Robert Douglas "Rob" Oliver''' (born March 25, 1977) is an American animator and director. He currently serves as a director and previously served as a character layout artist, storyboard artist, second unit director and technical director for ''[[The Simpsons]]''.
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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|Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program}}|6}}
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{{TB|[[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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{{TRs|Nominated|3}}
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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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{{TB|Nominated}}
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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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}}
  
 
== Credits ==
 
== Credits ==
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=== Directed by ===
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|E6n=as Grave Rob-ber Oliver
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|E5=yes
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|E5n=as Rob Aaaaah!!!!liver
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|E10=yes
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|E13=yes
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{{TC}}
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=== Character layout ===
 
=== Character layout ===
 
{{Scroll|
 
{{Scroll|
*{{ep|The Old Man and the Lisa}}
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{{TO}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror VIII}}
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{{Season8A
*{{ep|Bart Carny}}
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|E21=yes
*{{ep|Dumbbell Indemnity}}
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*{{ep|Lisa the Simpson}}
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{{Season9A
*{{ep|Natural Born Kissers}}
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|E4=yes
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror IX}}
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|E12=yes
*{{ep|Homer Simpson in: 'Kidney Trouble'}}
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|E16=yes
*{{ep|I'm with Cupid}}
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|E17=yes
*{{ep|Make Room for Lisa}}
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|E25=yes
*{{ep|They Saved Lisa's Brain}}
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*{{ep|Brother's Little Helper}}
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{{Season10A
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror X}}
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|E2=yes
*{{ep|Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder}}
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|E4=yes
*{{ep|Little Big Mom}}
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|E8=yes
*{{ep|Saddlesore Galactica}}
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|E14=yes
*{{ep|Kill the Alligator and Run}}
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|E16=yes
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XI}}
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|E22=yes
*{{ep|A Tale of Two Springfields}}
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*{{ep|The Great Money Caper}}
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{{Season11A
*{{ep|Bye Bye Nerdie}}
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|E2=yes
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XII}}
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|E4=yes
*{{ep|She of Little Faith}}
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|E6=yes
*{{ep|Jaws Wired Shut}}
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|E10=yes
*{{ep|Gump Roast}}
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|E13=yes
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XIII}}
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|E19=yes
*{{ep|The Great Louse Detective}}
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*{{ep|A Star Is Born Again}}
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{{Season12A
*{{ep|Brake My Wife, Please}}
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|E1=yes
*{{ep|The Regina Monologues}}
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|E2=yes
*{{ep|Today, I Am a Clown}}
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|E7=yes
*{{ep|I, (Annoyed Grunt)-Bot}}
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|E16=yes
*{{ep|The Ziff Who Came to Dinner}}
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*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XV}}
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{{Season13A
*{{ep|Fat Man and Little Boy}}
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|E1=yes
*{{ep|Midnight Rx}}
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|E6=yes
*{{ep|Brick Like Me}}
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|E9=yes
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XXV}}
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|E17=yes
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}}
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{{Season14A
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|E1=yes
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|E6=yes
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|E13=yes
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|E20=yes
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|E4=yes
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|E6=yes
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|E9=yes
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|E14=yes
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|E1=yes
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|E5=yes
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|E6=yes
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|E20=yes
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{{Season26A
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|E4=yes
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|E6=yes
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|E17=yes
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|E20=yes
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|E7=yes
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|E21=yes
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|E13=yes
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|E5=yes
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|E13=yes
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|E19=yes
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|E20=yes
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{{Season34A
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|E13=yes
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|E17=yes
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|E18=yes
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|E22=yes
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{{Season35A
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|E3=yes
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|E14=yes
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}}
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{{SpecialsA
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|StarWars=yes
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|Billie=yes
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|WelcomeClub=yes
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}}
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{{TC}}
 
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=== Assistant director ===
 
=== Assistant director ===
*{{ep|The Father, the Son, and the Holy Guest Star}}
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{{TO}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XVI}}
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{{Season16A
*{{ep|Simpsons Christmas Stories}}
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|E21=yes
*{{ep|Bart Has Two Mommies}}
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*{{ep|Regarding Margie}}
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{{Season17A
*{{ep|Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Three Times}}
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|E4=yes
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|E9=yes
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|E14=yes
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|E20=yes
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}}
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{{Season18A
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|E11=yes
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}}
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{{TC}}
  
 
=== Storyboard revisions ===
 
=== Storyboard revisions ===
*{{ep|Regarding Margie}}
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{{TO}}
*{{ep|The Boys of Bummer}}
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{{Season17A
*{{ep|Boy Meets Curl}}
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|E20=yes
*{{ep|The Kid Is All Right}}
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{{Season18A
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|E18=yes
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{{Season21A
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|E12=yes
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}}
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{{Season25A
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|E6=yes
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}}
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{{TC}}
  
 
=== Storyboard ===
 
=== Storyboard ===
 
{{Scroll|
 
{{Scroll|
*{{ep|Revenge Is a Dish Best Served Three Times}}
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{{TO}}
*{{ep|Little Big Girl}}
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{{Season18A
*{{ep|No Loan Again, Naturally}}
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|E11=yes
*{{ep|The Good, the Sad and the Drugly}}
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|E12=yes
*{{ep|A Midsummer's Nice Dream}}
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*{{ep|Holidays of Future Passed}}
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{{Season20A
*{{ep|Homer Goes to Prep School}}
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|E12=yes
*{{ep|Changing of the Guardian}}
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|E17=yes
*{{ep|Gorgeous Grampa}}
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*{{ep|The Saga of Carl}}
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{{Season22A
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XXIV}}
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|E16=yes
*{{ep|Diggs}}
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*{{ep|The Wreck of the Relationship}}
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{{Season23A
*{{ep|Blazed and Confused}}
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|E9=yes
*{{ep|Sky Police}}
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|E2=yes
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|E7=yes
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|E16=yes
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|E9=yes
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{{Season31A
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|E16=yes
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{{Season33A
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|E1=yes
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|E9=yes
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}}
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{{Season35A
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|E13=yes
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}}
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{{TC}}
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
=== Additional sequence director ===
 
=== Additional sequence director ===
 
*{{mov}}
 
*{{mov}}
 
=== Director ===
 
*{{ep|The Boys of Bummer}}
 
*{{ep|Funeral for a Fiend}}
 
*{{ep|The Good, the Sad and the Drugly}}
 
*{{ep|Rednecks and Broomsticks}}
 
*{{ep|Holidays of Future Passed}}
 
*{{ep|Adventures in Baby-Getting}}
 
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XXIV|(as The Thing That Ate Rob Oliver)}}
 
*{{ep|Blazed and Confused}}
 
*{{ep|Sky Police}}
 
*{{ep|Puffless}}
 
<!-- *{{ep|Barthood}} -->
 
  
 
=== Technical director ===
 
=== Technical director ===
 
{{Scroll|
 
{{Scroll|
*{{ep|O Brother, Where Bart Thou?}}
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{{TO}}
*{{ep|Thursdays with Abie}}
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{{Season21A
*{{ep|Million Dollar Maybe}}
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|E8=yes
*{{ep|Boy Meets Curl}}
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|E9=yes
*{{ep|The Color Yellow}}
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|E11=yes
*{{ep|Postcards from the Wedge}}
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|E12=yes
*{{ep|Stealing First Base}}
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|E13=yes
*{{ep|The Greatest Story Ever D'ohed}}
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|E14=yes
*{{ep|American History X-cellent}}
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|E15=yes
*{{ep|Chief of Hearts}}
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|E16=yes
*{{ep|The Squirt and the Whale}}
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|E17=yes
*{{ep|To Surveil, with Love}}
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|E18=yes
*{{ep|Moe Letter Blues}}
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|E19=yes
*{{ep|The Bob Next Door}}
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|E20=yes
*{{ep|Judge Me Tender}}
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|E21=yes
*{{ep|Elementary School Musical}}
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|E22=yes
*{{ep|Loan-a Lisa}}
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|E23=yes
*{{ep|MoneyBart}}
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*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XXI}}
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{{Season22A|all=yes}}
*{{ep|Lisa Simpson, This Isn't Your Life}}
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{{Season23A
*{{ep|The Fool Monty}}
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|E1=yes
*{{ep|How Munched Is That Birdie in the Window?}}
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|E2=yes
*{{ep|The Fight Before Christmas}}
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|E4=yes
*{{ep|Donnie Fatso}}
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|E5=yes
*{{ep|Moms I'd Like to Forget}}
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|E7=yes
*{{ep|Flaming Moe}}
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|E8=yes
*{{ep|Homer the Father}}
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|E10=yes
*{{ep|The Blue and the Gray}}
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|E11=yes
*{{ep|Angry Dad: The Movie}}
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|E12=yes
*{{ep|The Scorpion's Tale}}
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|E13=yes
*{{ep|A Midsummer's Nice Dream}}
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|E14=yes
*{{ep|Love Is a Many Strangled Thing}}
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|E15=yes
*{{ep|The Great Simpsina}}
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|E16=yes
*{{ep|The Real Housewives of Fat Tony}}
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|E17=yes
*{{ep|Homer Scissorhands}}
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|E18=yes
*{{ep|500 Keys}}
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|E19=yes
*{{ep|The Ned-Liest Catch}}
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|E20=yes
*{{ep|The Falcon and the D'Ohman}}
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|E21=yes
*{{ep|Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts}}
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|E22=yes
*{{ep|Replaceable You}}
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*{{ep|The Food Wife}}
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{{Season24A
*{{ep|The Man in the Blue Flannel Pants}}
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|E1=yes
*{{ep|The Ten-Per-Cent Solution}}
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|E2=yes
*{{ep|Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson}}
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|E4=yes
*{{ep|The D'oh-cial Network}}
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|E5=yes
*{{ep|Moe Goes from Rags to Riches}}
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|E6=yes
*{{ep|The Daughter Also Rises}}
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|E7=yes
*{{ep|At Long Last Leave}}
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*{{ep|Exit Through the Kwik-E-Mart}}
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*{{ep|How I Wet Your Mother}}
 
*{{ep|Them, Robot}}
 
*{{ep|Beware My Cheating Bart}}
 
*{{ep|A Totally Fun Thing Bart Will Never Do Again}}
 
*{{ep|The Spy Who Learned Me}}
 
*{{ep|Ned 'N' Edna's Blend}}
 
*{{ep|Lisa Goes Gaga}}
 
*{{ep|Moonshine River}}
 
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XXIII}}
 
*{{ep|Gone Abie Gone}}
 
*{{ep|Penny-Wiseguys}}
 
*{{ep|A Tree Grows in Springfield}}
 
*{{ep|The Day the Earth Stood Cool}}
 
 
}}
 
}}
  
 
=== Animatic layout ===
 
=== Animatic layout ===
*{{ep|Married to the Blob}}
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{{TO}}
*{{ep|Days of Future Future}}
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{{Season25A
*{{ep|Pay Pal}}
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|E10=yes
*{{ep|The Wreck of the Relationship}}
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|E18=yes
*{{ep|Opposites A-Frack}}
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|E21=yes
*{{ep|Simpsorama}}
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}}
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{{Season26A
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|E2=yes
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|E5=yes
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|E6=yes
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}}
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{{TC}}
  
 
=== Second unit director ===
 
=== Second unit director ===
 
{{Scroll|
 
{{Scroll|
*{{ep|Changing of the Guardian}}
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{{TO}}
*{{ep|Love Is a Many Splintered Thing}}
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{{Season24A
*{{ep|Hardly Kirk-ing}}
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|E11=yes
*{{ep|Gorgeous Grampa}}
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|E12=yes
*{{ep|Black-Eyed, Please}}
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|E13=yes
*{{ep|What Animated Women Want}}
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|E14=yes
*{{ep|Dangers on a Train}}
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|E15=yes
*{{ep|Four Regrettings and a Funeral}}
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|E17=yes
*{{ep|The Man Who Grew Too Much}}
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|E22=yes
*{{ep|Diggs}}
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}}
*{{ep|The War of Art}}
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{{Season25A
*{{ep|You Don't Have to Live Like a Referee}}
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|E3=yes
*{{ep|Pay Pal}}
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|E13=yes
*{{ep|Super Franchise Me}}
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|E12=yes
*{{ep|The Man Who Came to Be Dinner}}
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|E15=yes
*{{ep|Bull-E}}
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|E16=yes
*{{ep|Mathlete's Feat}}
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|E21=yes
 +
}}
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{{Season26A
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|E3=yes
 +
|E10=yes
 +
|E21=yes
 +
|E22=yes
 +
}}
 +
{{Season27A
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|E1=yes
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}}
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{{Season32A
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|E21=yes
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}}
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{{TC}}
 
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=== Opening sequence assistant director ===
 
=== Opening sequence assistant director ===
 
*{{ep|The Winter of His Content}}
 
*{{ep|The Winter of His Content}}
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=== Character design ===
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{{Season30A
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|E3=yes
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|E11=yes
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{{Season33A
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|E1=yes
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|E18=yes
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{{Season34A
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|E7=yes
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{{TC}}
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=== Additional storyboards ===
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{{TO}}
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{{Season35A
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|E5=yes
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{{TC}}
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=== Lead character layout ===
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{{TO}}
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{{Season35A
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|E12=yes
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{{TC}}
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=== Contributing artist ===
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{{TO}}
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{{BooksA
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|THOH1=yes
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|THOH2=yes
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|THOHO1=yes
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|THOHO2=yes
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{{TC}}
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=== Character art by ===
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*{{bk|The Simpsons Handbook}}
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== References ==
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{{Reflist}}
  
 
== External links ==
 
== External links ==
*{{IMDB|name/nm2633347/}}
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*{{IMDb|name/nm2633347/}}
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*{{Wikipedialink}}
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*{{Twitterpage|Rob_Oliver_}}
  
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Revision as of 13:55, April 8, 2024

Rob Oliver
Rob Oliver.jpg
Crew Information
Gender:
Male ♂
Job: Character layout artist
Director
Storyboard artist
Technical director
Birth date: March 25, 1977 (1977-03-25) (age 47)
Status:
Active
Number of episodes: 190
Seasons active: Season 8 - Present
First short: The Force Awakens from Its Nap
Most recent short: Welcome to the Club
First episode: "The Old Man and the Lisa"
Most recent episode: "Night of the Living Wage"
Movie: The Simpsons Movie
First book: Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror: Heebie-Jeebie Hullabaloo
Most recent book: The Simpsons Treehouse of Horror Ominous Omnibus Vol. 2: Deadtime Stories for Boos & Ghouls


Robert Douglas "Rob" Oliver (born March 25, 1977) is an American animator and director. He currently serves as a director and previously served as a character layout artist, storyboard artist, second unit director and technical director for The Simpsons.

Awards

Award Year Episode Result
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program 2012[1] "Holidays of Future Passed" Nominated
2017[2] "The Town"
2018[3] "Gone Boy"
2019[4] "Mad About the Toy" Won
2020[5] "Thanksgiving of Horror" Nominated
2023[6] "Treehouse of Horror XXXIII" Won

Credits

Directed by

Character layout

Assistant director

Storyboard revisions

Storyboard

Additional sequence director

Technical director

Animatic layout

Second unit director

Animation director

Opening sequence assistant director

Character design

Additional storyboards

Lead character layout

Contributing artist

Character art by

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