Joel Kuwahara

Joel Kuwahara

Crew Information

Gender:	Male ♂
Job:	Assistant to the producers Animation production coordinator Animation production manager Animation co-producer
Status:	Inactive
Number of episodes:	116
Seasons active:	Season 6 - 10
First episode:	"Bart of Darkness"
Most recent episode:	"Marge Simpson in: "Screaming Yellow Honkers""
Movie:	The Simpsons Movie
First album:	Songs in the Key of Springfield
Latest album:	Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons

Joel Kuwahara is a former producer for The Simpsons. He served as an assistant to the producers, animation production coordinator and animation production manager for Gracie Films and as an animation co-producer and served as an animation line producer for The Simpsons Movie. He also worked for The Critic and Bob's Burgers.

Awards[edit]

Award	Year	Episode	Result
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program	1999^[1]	"Viva Ned Flanders"	Nominated

Credits[edit]

Assistant to producers[edit]

Episode – "Bart of Darkness"
Episode – "Lisa's Rival"
Episode – "Another Simpsons Clip Show"
Episode – "Itchy & Scratchy Land"
Episode – "Sideshow Bob Roberts"
THOH – "Treehouse of Horror V"
Episode – "Bart's Girlfriend"
Episode – "Lisa on Ice"
Episode – "Homer Badman"
Episode – "Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy"
Episode – "Fear of Flying"
Episode – "Homer the Great"
Episode – "And Maggie Makes Three"
Episode – "Bart's Comet"
Episode – "Homie the Clown"
Episode – "Bart vs. Australia"
Episode – "Homer vs. Patty and Selma"
Episode – "A Star Is Burns"
Episode – "Lisa's Wedding"
Episode – "Two Dozen and One Greyhounds"
Episode – "The PTA Disbands"
Episode – "'Round Springfield"
Episode – "The Springfield Connection"
Episode – "Lemon of Troy"

Animation production coordinator for Gracie Films[edit]

Episode – "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)"

Episode – "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)"
Episode – "Radioactive Man"
Episode – "Home Sweet Homediddly-Dum-Doodily"
Episode – "Bart Sells His Soul"
Episode – "Lisa the Vegetarian"
THOH – "Treehouse of Horror VI" (as Joel Kuwa-Horror)
Episode – "King-Size Homer"
Episode – "Mother Simpson"
Episode – "Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming"
Episode – "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular"
Episode – "Marge Be Not Proud"
Episode – "Team Homer"
Episode – "Two Bad Neighbors"
Episode – "Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield"
Episode – "Bart the Fink"
Episode – "Lisa the Iconoclast"
Episode – "Homer the Smithers"
Episode – "The Day the Violence Died"
Episode – "A Fish Called Selma"
Episode – "Bart on the Road"
Episode – "22 Short Films About Springfield"
Episode – "Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish""
Episode – "Much Apu About Nothing"
Episode – "Homerpalooza"
Episode – "Summer of 4 Ft. 2"

Episode – "You Only Move Twice"

Episode – "El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer"
Episode – "The Springfield Files"

Episode – "Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious"

Episode – "Lisa's Sax"

Episode – "Simpson Tide"

Animation production manager for Gracie Films[edit]

THOH – "Treehouse of Horror VII" (as Krazy-Man Kuwahara)

Episode – "A Milhouse Divided"
Episode – "Lisa's Date with Density"

Episode – "Hurricane Neddy"

Episode – "The Twisted World of Marge Simpson"
Episode – "Mountain of Madness"

Episode – "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show"

Episode – "Homer's Phobia"
Episode – "Brother from Another Series"
Episode – "My Sister, My Sitter"
Episode – "Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment"
Episode – "Grade School Confidential"
Episode – "The Canine Mutiny"
Episode – "The Old Man and the Lisa"
Episode – "In Marge We Trust"
Episode – "Homer's Enemy"
Episode – "The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase"
Episode – "The Secret War of Lisa Simpson"

Episode – "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson"
Episode – "The Principal and the Pauper"

THOH – "Treehouse of Horror VIII" (as Joel "Puffy" Kuwahara)
Episode – "The Cartridge Family"
Episode – "Bart Star"
Episode – "The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons"
Episode – "Lisa the Skeptic"
Episode – "Realty Bites"
Episode – "Miracle on Evergreen Terrace"
Episode – "All Singing, All Dancing"
Episode – "Bart Carny"
Episode – "The Joy of Sect"

Episode – "Das Bus"
Episode – "The Last Temptation of Krust"
Episode – "Dumbbell Indemnity"
Episode – "Lisa the Simpson"
Episode – "This Little Wiggy"

Episode – "The Trouble with Trillions"
Episode – "Girly Edition"
Episode – "Trash of the Titans"
Episode – "King of the Hill"
Episode – "Lost Our Lisa"
Episode – "Natural Born Kissers"

Episode – "Lard of the Dance"
Episode – "The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace"

Episode – "Bart the Mother"

Episode – "When You Dish Upon a Star"

Animation co-producer[edit]

THOH – "Treehouse of Horror IX" (as Joel "Jump Ship" Kuwahara)

Episode – "D'oh-in' in the Wind"
Episode – "Lisa Gets an "A""
Episode – "Homer Simpson in: "Kidney Trouble""
Episode – "Mayored to the Mob"
Episode – "Viva Ned Flanders"
Episode – "Wild Barts Can't Be Broken"
Episode – "Sunday, Cruddy Sunday"
Episode – "Homer to the Max"
Episode – "I'm with Cupid"
Episode – "Marge Simpson in: "Screaming Yellow Honkers""

Animation line producer[edit]

– The Simpsons Movie

For The Simpsons[edit]

Album – Songs in the Key of Springfield
Album – Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons

References[edit]

↑ Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1999"

External links[edit]

Joel Kuwahara at the Internet Movie Database

Animation producers and Animation associate producers

view • talk • edit • past Current animation producers
Peter Gave • Nikki Isordia • Jaspreet Katrib • Tom Klein • Michael G. Mahan

view • talk • edit • past Former animation producers
Lolee Aries • Drew Arrison • Laurie Biernacki • John Bush • Chang, Myung Nam • Richard K. Chung • Gábor Csupó • Ken Duer • Film Roman • Joe Goyette • Scott D. Greenberg • Sherry Gunther • John Hyde • N. J. Kim • Klasky-Csupo, Inc. • Joel Kuwahara • J.C. Park • Margot Pipkin • Rick Polizzi • David Pritchard • Kent Rice • Phil Roman • Andrea Romero • Bill Schultz • Nelson Shin • Ken Tsumura • Jon F. Vein • Michael Wolf

view • talk • edit • past Other animation producers
Edward Chiodo • Ron Diamond • Sanjee Gupta • Denise Minter • Kwan-sic Park • Ishani Priyamvada • Al Shier • Craig Sost • Joshua R. Wexler

view • talk • edit • past Current animation associate producers
Kip Lewis

view • talk • edit • past Former animation associate producers
Laurie Biernacki • Jason Bikowski • Jaspreet Dhillon • Peter Gave • Nikki Isordia • Michael G. Mahan • Rebecca Totman

view • talk • edit • past Other animation associate producers
Elise Belknap • Katherine Cullano Concepcion • Brent Crowe • Karen Miller

Production managers and Animation production managers

view • talk • edit • past Episode production managers
Laurie Biernacki • Barbara J. Cordova • Margaret J. Glaser • Miles Lewis Horst • Raymond M. Iacovacci • Anne Luiting • Heliodoro Salvatierra • Shannon Scott

view • talk • edit • past Other production managers
Maria Andreotti • Matthew Copeland • Jaspreet Dhillon • Suzanne Giordano • Audrey Gustafson • Alice Huzar • Subin Jeong • Bill Luckey • Cambron McKeever • Michelle Pniewski • Rich Rogers • Art Seidel • Anjel Shehigian • Anet Sirna-Bruder • Byung-Ki Sohn • Chris Ungar • Ji-Yeun Yi

view • talk • edit • past Current animation production managers
Ashley Brooke Cooper • Derek Higgs • Jen Ligler • Ross McAlpine • Shelley McCully • Jane Rennegarbe • Heliodoro Salvatierra

view • talk • edit • past Former animation production managers
Elizabeth Ableson • Martin Alvarez • Laurie Biernacki • Jason Bikowski • Richard K. Chung • Barbara Donatelli • Peter Gave • Sherry Gunther • Nikki Isordia • Eric Kurland • Joel Kuwahara • Kip Lewis • Michael G. Mahan • Trista H. Navarro • Maria Elena Rodriguez • Steven Schweickart • Pamela Kleibrink Thompson • Rebecca Totman • Ken Tsumura • Eric Vesbit

Assistants

view • talk • edit • past Current assistants
Joe Clabby • Nick Dahan • Nik Daniels • N. Vyolet Diaz • Matt Kance • Juliet Kaufman • Dillon Kennedy • Alexa Patterson • Iyanna Sheree • Lisa Walder • Demi York

view • talk • edit • past Former assistants
Andrew Albenze • Neil Alsip • Drew Arrison • Stephanie Asch • Jacqueline Atkins • Stuart Baker • Katy Ballard • Ellen Barnett-Bendavid • Jane Becker • Lauren Biller • Josh Bornstein • Dominique Braud • Aileen Braun • Dee Cappelli • Justin Carter • Annette Caton • Robert Cohen • Colin Contreary • Vanessa Cropper • Daniel F. D'Lauro • Classie Davis • Claudia De La Roca • Ian Deitchman • Jenny Dewall • Alexander Duke • Barbara Duncan • Charleen Easton • Alison Elliott • Kim Everett • Sherry Falk • Craig Feeney • Louis Ferrara • Lisa Fetterman • Trixie Flynn • Carolyn Fox • Daniel Furlong • Dan Fybel • C.J. Gibson • Don Gilbert • Jeffrey Goldstein • Steve Gottfried • Sergio Guerra • Kelly Helstrom • Allison Higgins • Claudia Hitchcock • Eliza Hooper • Trisha Hoving • Debra Jackson • Elizabeth Jacobs • Victoria Kabakian • Maria Kavanaugh • Mick Kelly • Meghan Kiely • Danny Klein • Joel Kuwahara • Peter Kwong • Patrick Laffoon • Tod Lautenberg • Colleen Lawler • Grace Lee • Lawrence Lee • Mindi Lee • Drew Levin • Colin A.B.V. Lewis • Lana Repp Lewis • Jamie Loren • Grace Lowery • Patty MacDonald • Jane M. Mackie • Adam Macy • Nadine Mahasneh • Tammy Mandel • J. D. Maria • Matt Marshall • Mark McBride • Michael McCusker • Sean Messano • Jacob Meszaros • Jesse D. Miller • Mike Mitchell • Charles Montoya • Benjamin Morse • Amanda Moshay • T. J. Muncan • Brendan Murphy • Jamie Nachenberg • Felicia Nalivansky-Caplan • Jenifer Newman • George Niciforos • Michael Nobori • Laura Norton • Jane C. O'Brien • Jamie O'Connor • Roger Ouellette • Daria Paris • Jessica Petelle • Caitlin Pickall • Jeffrey Poliquin • Brooke Posch • Cait Raft • Isabelle Redman • Julie Restivo • Leslie Richter • Kate Riley • Regina R. Robertson • Tom Scarola • Andrea Schell • Jessica Schimmel • Brad Schultze • Christine Shinn • Brandon Showers • Jacqueline Sillo • Morgan Slate • Julie Steddom Smith • Troy Stauffer • Kyle Stegina • Todd Stein • Lisa Stewart • Richard-Kevin Stith • Debra Stolpp • Michelle Torrence • Nick Tschetter • Bonnie Vitti • Karolina Waclawiak • Danielle Weisberg • Cameron Wen • Rachel Wiegman • Lona Williams • Jean Wong • Emma Wright • Jane Yamashita • Alyson Yester • Paul Zerner

view • talk • edit • past Other assistants
Josh Adler • Eric Anderson • J. Alex Butler • John Chamberlin • Victor Cooke • Allie Crane • Guy DeFazio • Dominic Guzzetti • Rory Hamilton-Battenfeld • Joel Hurwitz • Jesse Kanner • Michael T. Kennedy • Laura Larson • Julie Last • Dave Levy • Daniel Lichtblau • Kristin Long • Larry Malinconico • Danielle Mays • Matt McElaney • Michael John Mollo • Taylor Mondshein • Matt Pabian • Blaine Pearson • Dan Peck • Larisa Perelman • Kira Randolph • Melissa Sahagian • Judi Samuels • Duane Seykora • Bart Stevens • Brett Swain

[1] Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 1999"

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