Chris Clements

Chris Clements

Crew Information Gender: Male ♂ Job: Character layout artist Director Assistant director Status: Active Number of episodes: 111 Number of comic stories: 6 Seasons active: Season 5 - Present First episode: "Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy" Most recent episode: "The Way of the Dog" Movie: The Simpsons Movie First comic: Don't Cry for Me, Jebediah! Most recent comic: Clip Clip Hooray! First book: Bart Simpson's Joke Book Most recent book: The Simpsons Guide to Springfield

Chris Clements is an animator and director for The Simpsons. He currently serves as a director, character layout artist, storyboard artist and assistant director. He also served as a penciller for Bongo Comics.

For "The Haw-Hawed Couple", he was nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award in 2007 for Outstanding Animated Program (Less Than One Hour).

Credits

Directed by

Episode – "Dude, Where's My Ranch?" Episode – "The Haw-Hawed Couple" Episode – "Papa Don't Leech" Episode – "Gone Maggie Gone" Episode – "Million Dollar Maybe" Episode – "Chief of Hearts" Episode – "Moms I'd Like to Forget" Episode – "The Great Simpsina" Episode – "The D'oh-cial Network" Episode – "A Totally Fun Thing Bart Will Never Do Again" Episode – "A Test Before Trying" Episode – "Pulpit Friction" Episode – "Married to the Blob" Episode – "Luca$" Episode – "Walking Big & Tall" Episode – "Let's Go Fly a Coot" Episode – "The Girl Code" Episode – "The Marge-ian Chronicles" Episode – "The Great Phatsby: Part One" Episode – "22 for 30" Episode – "Frink Gets Testy" Episode – "King Leer" Episode – "The Girl on the Bus" Episode – "Bart vs. Itchy & Scratchy" Episode – "Todd, Todd, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?" Episode – "Highway to Well"

Character layout artist

Episode – "Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy" Episode – "Sweet Seymour Skinner's Baadasssss Song" Episode – "Secrets of a Successful Marriage" Episode – "Lisa's Rival" Episode – "Another Simpsons Clip Show" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror V" Episode – "Homer Badman" Episode – "Homie the Clown" Episode – "'Round Springfield" Episode – "The Springfield Connection" Episode – "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)" Episode – "Radioactive Man" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror VI" Episode – "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular" Episode – "Marge Be Not Proud" Episode – "Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield" Episode – "Homer the Smithers" Episode – "Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish"" Episode – "Much Apu About Nothing" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror VII" Episode – "You Only Move Twice" Episode – "A Milhouse Divided" Episode – "The Twisted World of Marge Simpson" Episode – "Brother from Another Series" Episode – "Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment" Episode – "Grade School Confidential" Episode – "The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase" Episode – "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson" Episode – "Lisa's Sax" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror VIII" Episode – "Bart Star" Episode – "Bart Carny" Episode – "The Joy of Sect" Episode – "This Little Wiggy" Episode – "Lard of the Dance" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror IX" Episode – "When You Dish Upon a Star" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XIV" Episode – "The Ned-liest Catch" Episode – "The Man Who Grew Too Much" Episode – "The Yellow Badge of Cowardge" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXVI" Episode – "Woo-Hoo Dunnit?"

Assistant director

Episode – "This Little Wiggy" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror IX" Episode – "Sunday, Cruddy Sunday" Episode – "Mom and Pop Art" Episode – "Beyond Blunderdome" Episode – "Eight Misbehavin'" Episode – "Missionary: Impossible" Episode – "It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge" Episode – "Lisa the Tree Hugger" Episode – "New Kids on the Blecch" Episode – "The Blunder Years" Episode – "She of Little Faith" Episode – "Blame It on Lisa" Episode – "Bart vs. Lisa vs. the Third Grade" Episode – "The Great Louse Detective" Episode – "'Tis the Fifteenth Season" Episode – "Smart and Smarter" Episode – "Bart-Mangled Banner" Episode – "Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass" Episode – "Milhouse of Sand and Fog" Episode – "Simpsons Christmas Stories" Episode – "Million-Dollar Abie" Episode – "Jazzy and the Pussycats" Episode – "Stop or My Dog Will Shoot!" Episode – "Dangerous Curves" Episode – "The Great Wife Hope" Episode – "Loan-a Lisa" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXII" Episode – "The Day the Earth Stood Cool" Episode – "Labor Pains" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXV" Episode – "Friend with Benefit" Episode – "Orange Is the New Yellow" Episode – "There Will Be Buds" Episode – "Springfield Splendor" Episode – "Whistler's Father" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXIX" Episode – "Krusty the Clown" Episode – "Crystal Blue-Haired Persuasion" Episode – "Go Big or Go Homer" Episode – "The Way of the Dog"

Storyboard revisions

• Episode – "The Great Louse Detective"

• Episode – "The Haw-Hawed Couple"

• Episode – "Gone Maggie Gone"

Storyboard

• Episode – "Mommie Beerest"

• Episode – "Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass"

• Episode – "The Girl Code"

Additional sequence director

• – The Simpsons Movie

Lead character layout artist

• Episode – "Elementary School Musical"

Animation director

• Special – The Simpsons Take the Bowl

Second unit director

• Episode – "'Cue Detective"

Animatic layout

• Episode – "White Christmas Blues"

Pencils

• Comic story – Don't Cry for Me, Jebediah!
• Comic story – Krustonia
• Comic story – Bartman
• Comic story – Bartman - Part III: The Great Purple Hope
• Book – Bart Simpson's Joke Book

• Comic story – Lisa's Adventures in Wordland

Contributing artist

• Comic story – Clip Clip Hooray!
• Book – The Simpsons Guide to Springfield

External links

• Chris Clements at the Internet Movie Database
• Chris Clements at Wikipedia
• Chris Clements at the Grand Comics Database

Directors

Current directors Bob Anderson • Timothy Bailey • Chris Clements • Matthew Faughnan • Mark Kirkland • Lance Kramer • Jennifer Moeller • Steven Dean Moore • Matthew Nastuk • Rob Oliver • Michael Polcino Former directors Neil Affleck • Mike B. Anderson • Wes Archer • Carlos Baeza • Brad Bird • Kent Butterworth • Susie Dietter • Mark Ervin • Milton Gray • Jen Kamerman • Nancy Kruse • Jeffrey Lynch • Lauren MacMullan • Michael Marcantel • Pete Michels • Rich Moore • Raymond S. Persi • Dominic Polcino • Matthew Schofield • Swinton O. Scott III • Chuck Sheetz • David Silverman • Ralph Sosa One time directors Shaun Cashman • Klay Hall • Alan Smart • Gregg Vanzo Supervising directors Mike B. Anderson • Dominic Bianchi • Mark Kirkland • Pete Michels • James Purdum • Jim Reardon • David Silverman Second unit directors Timothy Bailey • Gabriel DeFrancesco • Karen Carnegie Johnson • Lance Kramer • Drew McPhail • Jennifer Moeller • Rob Oliver • Matthew Schofield 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

Current assistant directors Edwin E. Aguilar • Oscar Cervantes • Chris Clements • Matthew Faughnan • Yelena Geodakyan • Debbie Mahan • Oscar Pangestu • Alex Que • Dane Romley • Herman Sharaf Former assistant directors Neil Affleck • 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 • Gabriel DeFrancesco • Susie Dietter • Mark Ervin • Jess Espanola • Hunilla Fodor • Jonathan Gebhart • 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 • Michael Polcino • James Purdum • Jim Reardon • Stephen Reis • Jeremy Robinson • Eddie Rosas • Alex Ruiz • Matthew Schofield • Swinton O. Scott III • White Shadow • Chuck Sheetz • Alan Smart • Steve Socki • Ralph Sosa • Ethan Spaulding • Josh Taback • Cyndi Tang • Tommy Tejeda • Erick T. Tran • Paul Wee • Thomas Woodall Other assistant directors Colin Heck • Eric Koenig • Michael Rundle • Art Seidel • Gregg Vanzo

Animatic layout artists and Animatic editors

Current animatic layout artists Davy Lauterbach • Tom Madrid, Jr. 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 Mahan • Istvan Majoros • Matt Mantel • James Marquez • Drew McPhail • Jennifer Moeller • Mike Morris • Rob Oliver • Mary Orario-Natale • Steve Pilapil • Chance Raspberry • Jeremy Robinson • Eddie Rosas • Alex Ruiz • Fill Marc Sagadraca • Rick Salonga • Matthew Schofield • Ralph Sosa • Tommy Tejeda • Erick T. Tran • Paul Wee Animatic editors Taylor Allen • Martin Alvarez • Jennifer Dolce • Roger Injarusorn • Sean Isroelit • Monica Lee • Eric Loudon • Heliodoro Salvatierra • Mark Scheib • Rob Schulbaum

Storyboard artists and Storyboard revisionists

Current storyboard artists Norman P. Auble • Timothy Bailey • Gavin Freitas • Mark Kirkland • Matt Mantel • Michael Marcantel • Jennifer Moeller • Stephen Reis • Thomas E. Richner • Jeremy Robinson • Matthew Schofield • Ralph Sosa Former storyboard artists Brad Ableson • John Achenbach • Neil Affleck • Edwin E. Aguilar • Scott Alberts • Bob Anderson • Mike B. Anderson • Martin Archer • Wes Archer • Bob Arkwright • Peter Avanzino • Carlos Baeza • Orlando Baeza • David Bastian • Rudi Berden • Brad Bird • Tim Burgard • Kent Butterworth • Barry Caldwell • Shaun Cashman • Shawna Cha • Bev Chapman • Chris Clements • Vic Cook • Dave Cunningham • Gabriel DeFrancesco • Susie Dietter • Francis Dinglasan • Ralph Eggleston • John Eng • Mark Ervin • Luis Escobar • Dante Fabiero • Matthew Faughnan • Julia "Fitzy" Fitzmaurice • Steven Fonti • Tricia Garcia • Gary Graham • Lucas Gray • Klay Hall • Colin Heck • Matthew Herbert • Jon Hooper • Mark Howard • Kelly Spencer James • Karen Carnegie Johnson • Ray Johnson, Jr. • Mike Kazaleh • Celia Kendrick • Eric Koenig • Lance Kramer • Nancy Kruse • Adam Kuhlman • Ben Lane • Grant Lee • Glen Lovell • Greg Lovell • Jeffrey Lynch • Lauren MacMullan • Steven Markowski • Lila Martinez • John Mathot • Ted Mathot • Drew McPhail • Roy Meurin • Bob Miller • Chris Moeller • Rich Moore • Steven Dean Moore • Mike Morris • Erik Moxcey • Raymie Muzquiz • Jeff Myers • Matthew Nastuk • Kevin O'Brien • Michael O'Connor • Rob Oliver • Raymond S. Persi • Dominic Polcino • Dan Povenmire • Jim Reardon • Dexter Reed • John Rice • Jerry Richardson • Christian Roman • Eddie Rosas • David Salvador • David Schwartz • Swinton O. Scott III • Ira Sherak • Shane Sowell • Cyndi Tang • Vincenzo Trippetti • William Tucker • Adam Van Wyk • Gregg Vanzo • Jason D. Warnesky • Glen Wuthrich • Tomihiro Yamaguchi Other storyboard artists Dominic Bianchi • Rufino Camacho • Oscar Cervantes • Guy Davis • Edmund Fong • Cynthia French • Joshua David Gorczyca • Orlando Gumatay • Joe Healy • Boowan Lee • Will Lee • Mary Orario-Natale • Lena Podesta • Dane Romley • Stephen Sandoval • Cole Shortt • Tom Smith • Aaron Sowd • Dusty Wakefield • Matt Whitlock • Jung-A Yoo Current storyboard revisionists John Achenbach • Luis Escobar • Gavin Freitas • Geoffrey Johnson • Eric Koenig • Grant Lee • Matt Mantel • Michael Marcantel • Steven Dean Moore • Arlyne Ramirez • Ralph Sosa Former storyboard revisionists Brad Ableson • Sean Achenbach • Edwin E. Aguilar • Scott Alberts • Bob Anderson • Mike B. Anderson • Martin Archer • Norman P. Auble • Peter Avanzino • Orlando Baeza • Timothy Bailey • David Bastian • Rudi Berden • Oscar Cervantes • Shawna Cha • Bev Chapman • Chris Clements • Liz Climo • Christianna Lang Daley • Gabriel DeFrancesco • Susie Dietter • Jeanne Erickson • Mark Ervin • Matthew Faughnan • Tricia Garcia • Pete "Kid Flash" Gomez • Lucas Gray • Ken Harsha • Colin Heck • Chris Huicochea • Kelly Spencer James • Karen Carnegie Johnson • Jen Kamerman • Lance Kramer • Nancy Kruse • Adam Kuhlman • Ben Lane • Greg Lovell • Jeffrey Lynch • Lauren MacMullan • Bryan Maille • Lila Martinez • John Mathot • Drew McPhail • Bob Miller • Mike Morris • Raymie Muzquiz • Jeff Myers • Kevin O'Brien • Shannon O'Connor • Rob Oliver • Audu Paden • Howy Parkins • Dan Povenmire • Norman Quebedeau • Stephen Reis • Jerry Richardson • Thomas E. Richner • Jeremy Robinson • Christian Roman • Sondra Roy • Matthew Schofield • Ira Sherak • Shane Sowell • Ethan Spaulding • Cyndi Tang • Tommy Tejeda • Erick T. Tran • Jason D. Warnesky • JC Wegman • Celia Weiss • Glen Wuthrich Other storyboard revisionists Wincat Alcala • Ivaylo Anguelov • Perfecto Badillo • Young Baek • Rob Bou-Saab • David Boudreau • Kristina Bustamante • Won Ki Cho • Louis C. Gallegos • Mike Kim • Dante Leandado • Joseph Lee • Erik Moxcey • Michael Narren • Debbie Shin • Paul Wee • Stephen Wong • Julius Wu Storyboard assistants Martin Archer • Mark Ervin • Tricia Garcia • Ray Johnson, Jr. • Steven Markowski • Kevin O'Brien • Howy Parkins • John Rice • Bill Riling Storyboard consultants Mike B. Anderson • Jim Reardon • David Silverman Storyboard supervisors Steven Dean Moore • Kevin O'Brien • Christian Roman