Drew McPhail

Drew McPhail

Crew Information Gender: Male ♂ Job: Character layout artist Retake director Character designer Status: Active Number of episodes: 173 Seasons active: Season 12 - Present First episode: "New Kids on the Blecch" Most recent episode: "The Way of the Dog"

Andrew "Drew" McPhail is an animator for The Simpsons. He currently serves as a retake director and character layout artist. He has also served as a character designer and assistant retake director.

Credits

Character layout

Episode – "New Kids on the Blecch" Episode – "Children of a Lesser Clod" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XII" Episode – "Brawl in the Family" Episode – "Half-Decent Proposal" Episode – "Weekend at Burnsie's" Episode – "Large Marge" Episode – "Helter Shelter" Episode – "Special Edna" Episode – "Mr. Spritz Goes to Washington" Episode – "Three Gays of the Condo" Episode – "The President Wore Pearls" Episode – "Margical History Tour" Episode – "Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore" Episode – "Simple Simpson" Episode – "The Way We Weren't" Episode – "All's Fair in Oven War" Episode – "Fat Man and Little Boy" Episode – "Mommie Beerest" Episode – "Homer and Ned's Hail Mary Pass" Episode – "Mobile Homer" Episode – "The Bonfire of the Manatees" Episode – "The Girl Who Slept Too Little" Episode – "My Fair Laddy" Episode – "The Seemingly Never-Ending Story" Episode – "The Monkey Suit" Episode – "Marge and Homer Turn a Couple Play" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XVII" Episode – "Kill Gil, Volumes I & II" Episode – "Little Big Girl" Episode – "24 Minutes" Episode – "The Homer of Seville" Episode – "Funeral for a Fiend" Episode – "Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind" Episode – "Waverly Hills 9-0-2-1-D'oh" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XX" Episode – "Replaceable You" Episode – "The Food Wife" Episode – "Dangers on a Train" Episode – "White Christmas Blues" Episode – "What to Expect When Bart's Expecting" Episode – "Pay Pal" Episode – "The Yellow Badge of Cowardge" Episode – "Mathlete's Feat" Episode – "Paths of Glory" Episode – "The Burns Cage" Episode – "How Lisa Got Her Marge Back" Episode – "To Courier with Love" Episode – "Simprovised" Episode – "Monty Burns' Fleeing Circus" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXVII" Episode – "The Great Phatsby: Part One" Episode – "The Great Phatsby: Part Two" Episode – "The Cad and the Hat" Episode – "Kamp Krustier" Episode – "A Father's Watch" Episode – "The Caper Chase" Episode – "King Leer" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXIX" Episode – "I'm Just a Girl Who Can't Say D'oh" Episode – "The Winter of Our Monetized Content" Episode – "The Fat Blue Line" Episode – "Marge the Lumberjill" Special – Playdate with Destiny Episode – "The Incredible Lightness of Being a Baby" Episode – "The Hateful Eight-Year-Olds"

Character designer

• Episode – "Yokel Chords"

• Episode – "Homerazzi"

• Episode – "24 Minutes"

• Episode – "You Kent Always Say What You Want"

• Episode – "Husbands and Knives"

Storyboard revisions

• Episode – "24 Minutes"

• Episode – "Little Orphan Millie"

Assistant retake director

Episode – "Midnight Towboy" Episode – "Funeral for a Fiend" Episode – "E Pluribus Wiggum" Episode – "Love, Springfieldian Style" Episode – "The Debarted" Episode – "Smoke on the Daughter" Episode – "Apocalypse Cow" Episode – "Mona Leaves-a" Episode – "Double, Double, Boy in Trouble" Episode – "Take My Life, Please" Episode – "No Loan Again, Naturally" Episode – "The Good, the Sad, and the Drugly"

Retake director

Episode – "Sex, Pies and Idiot Scrapes" Episode – "Homer and Lisa Exchange Cross Words" Episode – "MyPods and Boomsticks" Episode – "Lisa the Drama Queen" Episode – "Wedding for Disaster" Episode – "Waverly Hills 9-0-2-1-D'oh" Episode – "Bart Gets a "Z"" Episode – "The Devil Wears Nada" Episode – "Pranks and Greens" Episode – "Million Dollar Maybe" Episode – "The Color Yellow" Episode – "Chief of Hearts" Episode – "To Surveil, with Love" Episode – "Judge Me Tender" Episode – "MoneyBart" Episode – "Lisa Simpson, This Isn't Your Life" Episode – "How Munched Is That Birdie in the Window?" Episode – "Homer the Father" Episode – "Angry Dad: The Movie" Episode – "The Scorpion's Tale" Episode – "The Great Simpsina" Episode – "500 Keys" Episode – "Bart Stops to Smell the Roosevelts" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXII" Episode – "The Man in the Blue Flannel Pants" Episode – "The D'oh-cial Network" Episode – "At Long Last Leave" Episode – "Them, Robot" Episode – "The Spy Who Learned Me" Episode – "Adventures in Baby-Getting" Episode – "Gone Abie Gone" Episode – "Penny-Wiseguys" Episode – "A Test Before Trying" Episode – "Gorgeous Grampa" Episode – "What Animated Women Want" Episode – "The Fabulous Faker Boy" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXIV" Episode – "Four Regrettings and a Funeral" Episode – "The Kid Is All Right" Episode – "Steal This Episode" Episode – "Diggs" Episode – "You Don't Have to Live Like a Referee" Episode – "What to Expect When Bart's Expecting" Episode – "Brick Like Me" Episode – "The Wreck of the Relationship" Episode – "Simpsorama" Episode – "Blazed and Confused" Episode – "The Man Who Came to Be Dinner" Episode – "Bart's New Friend" Episode – "My Fare Lady" Episode – "Waiting for Duffman" Episode – "Let's Go Fly a Coot" Episode – "Every Man's Dream" Episode – "Puffless" Episode – "Halloween of Horror" Episode – "The Girl Code" Episode – "Gal of Constant Sorrow" Episode – "The Marge-ian Chronicles" Episode – "Fland Canyon" Episode – "Orange Is the New Yellow" Episode – "The Town" Episode – "Havana Wild Weekend" Episode – "Dad Behavior" Episode – "The Nightmare After Krustmas" Episode – "The Great Phatsby: Part One" Episode – "The Great Phatsby: Part Two" Episode – "Fatzcarraldo" Episode – "22 for 30" Episode – "Looking for Mr. Goodbart" Episode – "Springfield Splendor" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXVIII" Episode – "Mr. Lisa's Opus" Episode – "Haw-Haw Land" Episode – "3 Scenes Plus a Tag from a Marriage" Episode – "Forgive and Regret" Episode – "Left Behind" Episode – "Heartbreak Hotel" Episode – "Werking Mom" Episode – "Mad About the Toy" Episode – "The Clown Stays in the Picture" Episode – "I Want You (She's So Heavy)" Episode – "Girl's in the Band" Episode – "D'oh Canada" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXX" Episode – "Gorillas on the Mast" Episode – "Todd, Todd, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?" Episode – "Bobby, It's Cold Outside" Episode – "Frinkcoin" Episode – "Highway to Well" Episode – "Warrin' Priests: Part One" Episode – "The Way of the Dog"

Animatic layout

• Episode – "Steal This Episode"

Storyboard

• Episode – "The Last Traction Hero"

• Episode – "The Great Phatsby: Part One"

• Episode – "The Great Phatsby: Part Two"

Second unit director

• Episode – "'Tis the 30th Season"

• Episode – "The Girl on the Bus"

• Episode – "I'm Dancing as Fat as I Can"

• Episode – "101 Mitigations"

External links

• Drew McPhail at the Internet Movie 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

Retake directors

Current retake directors Gabriel DeFrancesco • Karen Carnegie Johnson • Drew McPhail Former retake directors Timothy Bailey • Carlton Batten • Zeon Davush • Susie Dietter • Hunilla Fodor • Douglas Gallery • Lance Kramer • Grant Lee • Chris Loudon • Tom Mazzocco • Michael Polcino • Stephen Reis • Jeremy Robinson • Chuck Sheetz • Josh Taback Other retake directors Anthony Agrusa • Mee Hwa Ahn • Deborah Cone • Yong Nam Park

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

Character designers

Current character designers Seth Cooper • Pete "Kid Flash" Gomez • Sam Grinberg • Matt Groening • Ken Hayashi Jr • Dale Hendrickson • Eric S. Keyes • Jennifer Moeller • Kevin M. Newman • Ernesto Ochoa • Sam Simon* • Tommy Tejeda Former character designers Edwin E. Aguilar • Scott Alberts • Sean Applegate • Norman P. Auble • Timothy Bailey • Brad Bird • Darrel Bowen • Jarod Daetwiler • Matthew Faughnan • Istvan Fellner • Hunilla Fodor • Frederick J. Gardner III • Lucas Gray • Dan Haskett • John Holmquist • Mark Howard • Richard Manginsay • Drew McPhail • Nath Milburn • Kevin N. Moore • Rich Moore • Shannon O'Connor • Phil Ortiz • Carlos Ortega • Chuck Puntuvatana • John Rice • Matthew Schofield • Joe Wack • José Zelaya Other character designers Ed Acosta • Mick Cassidy • K. Nakajima • Sharon Ross • David Silverman • Yasushi Takano • Noriyuki Yokoki

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