Matthew Faughnan

Matthew Faughnan

Crew Information Gender: Male ♂ Job: Character layout artist Assistant director Director Storyboard artist Birth date: February 26, 1975 (1975-02-26) Status: Active Number of episodes: 81 Seasons active: Season 9 - Present First episode: "The Last Temptation of Krust" Most recent episode: "Todd, Todd, Why Hast Thou Forsaken Me?" Movie: The Simpsons Movie

Matthew "Matt" C. Faughnan (born February 26, 1975) is an American animator and director for The Simpsons. He currently serves as a director, assistant director and storyboard artist and previously served as a character layout artist.

Credits

Directed by

THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XVII" (as Malicious Matthew C. Faughnan) Episode – "Stop or My Dog Will Shoot!" Episode – "Dangerous Curves" Episode – "The Great Wife Hope" Episode – "Loan-a Lisa" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXII" (as Merciless Matthew Faughnan) Episode – "The Day the Earth Stood Cool" Episode – "Labor Pains" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXV" (as The Infernal Matthew Faughnan) 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" (as The Ancient Unnameable Matthew Faughnan) Episode – "Krusty the Clown" Episode – "Crystal Blue-Haired Persuasion" Episode – "Go Big or Go Homer"

Character layout

Episode – "The Last Temptation of Krust" Episode – "Lost Our Lisa" Episode – "Natural Born Kissers" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror IX" Episode – "When You Dish Upon a Star" Episode – "Viva Ned Flanders" Episode – "Maximum Homerdrive" Episode – "The Old Man and the "C" Student" Episode – "Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo" Episode – "Brother's Little Helper" Episode – "Little Big Mom" Episode – "Faith Off" Episode – "HOMЯ" Episode – "The Wettest Stories Ever Told" Episode – "The Burns and the Bees" Episode – "Homer Scissorhands" Episode – "The Ned-liest Catch"

Assistant director

Episode – "Pygmoelian" Episode – "Behind the Laughter" Episode – "The Computer Wore Menace Shoes" Episode – "Simpson Safari" Episode – "The Parent Rap" Episode – "Sweets and Sour Marge" Episode – "Gump Roast" Episode – "Helter Shelter" Episode – "The Dad Who Knew Too Little" Episode – "Three Gays of the Condo" Episode – "The Regina Monologues" Episode – "Diatribe of a Mad Housewife" Episode – "My Big Fat Geek Wedding" Episode – "All's Fair in Oven War" Episode – "Mommie Beerest" Episode – "Don't Fear the Roofer" Episode – "The Bonfire of the Manatees" Episode – "The Italian Bob" 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 – "The Great Phatsby: Part Two" 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?"

Additional sequence director

• – The Simpsons Movie

Lead character layout

• Episode – "Elementary School Musical"

Storyboard

• Episode – "The Great Simpsina"

• Episode – "A Totally Fun Thing Bart Will Never Do Again"

• Episode – "Pulpit Friction"

• Episode – "Labor Pains"

• Episode – "Married to the Blob"

• Episode – "Luca$"

• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXV"
• Episode – "Walking Big & Tall"

• Episode – "Friend with Benefit"

• Episode – "The Girl Code"

Storyboard revisions

• Episode – "The D'oh-cial Network"

• Episode – "Pay Pal"

Character designer

• Episode – "Married to the Blob"

• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXV"

Animation director

• Special – The Simpsons Take the Bowl

Additional storyboards

• THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XXIX"

External links

• Matthew Faughnan at the Internet Movie Database
• Matthew Faughnan at Wikipedia

Directors

Current directors Bob Anderson • Timothy Bailey • Chris Clements • Matthew Faughnan • Mark Kirkland • Lance Kramer • 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 • Jennifer Moeller • Alan Smart • Gregg Vanzo Supervising directors Mike B. Anderson • Dominic Bianchi • Mark Kirkland • Pete Michels • James Purdum • Jim Reardon • David Silverman 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 • Michal 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 • Michael Rundle • Art Seidel • Gregg Vanzo