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Neil Affleck

Bob Anderson

Mike Anderson

Wesley Archer

Carlos Baeza

Brad Bird

Kent Butterworth

Shaun Cashman

Chris Clemens

Susie Dietter

Mark Ervin

Pound Foolish

Milton Gray

Klay Hall

Jen Kamerman

Mark Kirkland

Lance Kramer

Nancy Kruse

Jeffrey Lynch

Lauren MacMullan

Michael Marcantel

Pete Michels

Rich Moore

Steven Dean Moore

Matthew Nastuk

Dominic Polcino

Michael Polcino

Jim Reardon

Swinton Scott

Chuck Sheetz

David Silverman

Alan Smart

Gregg Vanzo


Curiosities

  • The most prolific Simpsons director is Mark Kirkland, with 48 episodes directed until the 15th season, but one of them was co-directed by Matthew Nastuk.
  • The longest break ever taken by a Simpsons director goes to Milton Gray, who, after co-directing 7G13 on season one, returned after 8 years to direct 3G04 (although the direction of this episode was done probably way before 1998).
  • Season 4 (the 9F series) and season 14 (the DABF series) are the only series so far that has not featured new directors.
  • Jim Reardon has directed many episodes since his start in season 2, however beginning season 9 (the 5F series) he only directs one per series.


    Neil Affleck

    [4F20] The Simpsons Spin-Off Showcase
    [5F05] Lisa The Skeptic
    [5F13] This Little Wiggy
    [AABF06] Viva Ned Flanders
    [BABF05] Take My Wife, Sleaze
    [BABF14] Days of Wines and D'oh'ses
    [CABF04] Homer vs. Dignity


    Bob Anderson

    [1F05] Bart's Inner Child
    [1F18] Sweet Seymour Skinner's Bad-Ass Song
    [2F05] Lisa on Ice
    [2F11] Bart's Comet
    [2F18] Two Dozen and One Greyhounds
    [3F04] Treehouse of Horror VI
    [4F07] Hurricane Neddy
    [4F15] Homer vs. the Eighteenth Amendment
    [5F07] Miracle on Evergreen Terrace
    [AABF03] Lisa Gets an "A"
    [AABF11] I'm With Cupid
    [AABF19] E-I-E-I-(Annoyed Grunt)
    [BABF17] Insane Clown Poppy
    [CABF05] Pokey Mom
    [CABF17] Simpsons Tall Tales
    [DABF07] The Lastest Gun in the West
    [EABF02] Special Edna
    [EABF14] Old Yeller Belly
    [FABF03] Marge vs. Singles, Seniors, Childless Couples and Teens, and Gays
    [FABF10] Co-Dependent's Day
    [FABF18] Fraudcast News


    Mike Anderson (Also credited as Mike B. Anderson)

    [3F13] Lisa The Iconoclast
    [4F02] Treehouse of Horror VII
    [3F23] You Only Move Twice
    [4F11] Homer's Phobia
    [4F21] The Secret War of Lisa Simpson
    [5F10] The Last Temptation of Krust
    [AABF04] Homer Simpson in: Kidney Trouble
    [BABF02] Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder
    [BABF22] HOMR
    [CABF14] Trilogy of Error
    [DABF08] Tales from the Public Domain
    [DABF22] How I Spent my Strummer Vacation
    [EABF10] C.E. D'oh
    [EABF20] The President Wore Pearls
    [FABF06] Margical History Tour
    [FABF13] The Way we Weren't


    Wesley Archer (also credited as Wes Archer, Wesley Meyer Archer and W.M. "Bud" Archer)

    [7G03] Homer's Odyssey
    [7G06] Moaning Lisa
    [7G09] Call of The Simpsons
    [7G13] The Crepes of Wrath (With Milton Gray)
    [7F04] Treehouse of Horror ("Bad Dream House" short only)
    [7F01] Two Cars on Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish
    [7F06] Bart The Daredevil
    [7F11] One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Bluefish
    [7F16] Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?
    [7F21] Three Men And a Comic Book
    [8F01] Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington
    [8F21] The Otto Show
    [9F06] New Kid on The Block
    [9F13] I Love Lisa
    [1F01] Rosebud
    [1F08] $pringfield
    [1F14] Homer Loves Flanders
    [1F21] Lady Bouvier's Lover
    [2F01] Itchy & Scratchy Land
    [2F07] Grampa Vs. Sexual Inadequacy
    [2F13] Bart Vs. Australia
    [2F20] Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part Two)
    [3F02] Bart Sells His Soul
    [3F09] Two Bad Neighbours
    [3F16] The Day the Violence Died
    [3F21] Homerpalooza


    Carlos Baeza

    [8F06] Lisa's Pony
    [8F11] Radio Bart
    [8F16] Bart, The Lover
    [9F04] Treehouse of Horror III
    [9F11] Selma's Choice
    [9F17] So It's Come to This: A Simpsons Clip Show
    [1F07] The Last Temptation of Homer
    [1F13] Deep Space Homer
    [1F20] Secrets of a Successful Marriage


    Brad Bird

    [7G12] Krusty Gets Busted
    [8F05] Like Father, Like Clown (With Jeffrey Lynch)


    Kent Butterworth

    [7G04] There's No Disgrace Like Home (With Greg Vanzo)
    [7G01] Some Enchanted Evening (With David Silverman)


    Shaun Cashman

    [BABF20] A Tale of Two Springfields


    Chris Clemens

    [EABF13] Dude, Where's my Ranch?


    Susie Dietter

    [1F11] Bart Gets Famous
    [2F04] Bart's Girlfriend
    [2F31] A Star Is Burns
    [2F17] Radioactive Man
    [3F01] Home Sweet Home-Diddily-Dum-Doodily
    [3F11] Scenes From The Class Struggle in Springfield
    [3F20] Much Apu About Nothing
    [4F01] Lisa's Date With Density
    [4F09] Grade School Confidential
    [4F24] Lisa The Simpson


    Mark Ervin

    [5F24] All Singing, All Dancing
    [AABF07] Wild Barts Can't be Broken
    [AABF17] Monty Can't Buy me Love


    Pound Foolish (Pseudonysm, real name David Silverman)

    [3F31] The Simpsons 138th Spectacular


    Milton Gray

    [7G13] The Crepes of Wrath (With Wesley Archer)
    [3G04] Simpson Tide


    Klay Hall

    [5F18] Natural Born Kissers


    Jen Kamerman

    [BABF16] Kill the Alligator and Run
    [CABF07] Tennis The Menace
    [CABF20] Homer the Moe


    Mark Kirkland

    [7F05] Dancin' Homer
    [7F10] Bart Gets Hit by a Car
    [7F15] Principal Charming
    [7F20] War of The Simpsons
    [8F04] Homer Defined
    [8F09] Burns Verkaufen Das Kraftwerk
    [8F14] Homer Alone
    [8F19] Colonel Homer
    [8F24] Kamp Krusty
    [9F02] Lisa The Beauty Queen
    [9F08] Lisa's First Word
    [9F15] Last Exit to Springfield
    [9F21] Homer's Barbershop Quartet
    [1F03] Marge on The Lam
    [1F10] Homer And Apu
    [1F16] Burn's Heir
    [1F17] Lisa's Rival
    [2F02] Sideshow Bob Roberts
    [2F08] Fear of Flying
    [2F14] Homer Vs. Patty & Selma
    [2F21] The Springfield Connection
    [3F03] Lisa The Vegetarian
    [3F10] Team Homer
    [3F15] A Fish Called Selma
    [3F22] Summer of 4 Ft. 2
    [4F03] The Homer They Fall
    [4F10] Mountain of Madness
    [4F17] The Old Man And The Lisa
    [5F02] Treehouse of Horror VIII
    [5F08] Bart Carny
    [5F15] Girly Edition
    [5F21] The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace
    [AABF02] Do'h in The Wind (With Matthew Nastuk)
    [AABF10] Marge Simpson in: Screaming Yellow Honkers
    [AABF16] The Old Man and the "C" Student
    [AABF22] Brother's Little Helper
    [BABF04] Little Big Mom
    [BABF12] Pygmoelian
    [BABF19] Behind the Laughter
    [CABF02] The Computer Wore Menace Shoes
    [CABF13] Simpson Safari
    [CABF22] The Parent Rap
    [DABF03] Sweets and Sour Marge
    [DABF12] Gump Roast
    [DABF21] Helter Shelter
    [EABF03] The Dad Who Knew too Little
    [EABF12] Three Gays of the Condo
    [EABF22] The Regina Monologues
    [FABF05] Diatribe of a Mad Housewife
    [FABF12] My Big Fat Geek Wedding


    Lance Kramer

    [BABF09] Saddlescore Galactica
    [CABF06] Skinner's Sense of Snow
    [CABF18] A Hunka Hunka Burns in Love
    [DABF09] The Old Man and the Key
    [EABF09] Mr Spritz Goes to Washington


    Nancy Kruse

    [AABF14] Simpson Bible Stories
    [AABF21] Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner
    [BABF06] Faith Off
    [BABF15] Last Tap Dance in Springfield
    [CABF09] Hungry Hungry Homer
    [DABF05] Jaws Wired Shut
    [EABF07] I'm Spelling as Fast as I Can
    [EABF18] My Mother the Carjacker
    [FABF01] Today, I am a Clown
    [FABF08] The Ziff who Came to Dinner


    Jeffrey Lynch

    [8F05] Like Father, Like Clown (With Brad Bird)
    [8F10] I Married Marge
    [8F15] Separate Vocations
    [9F05] Marge Gets a Job
    [9F12] Brother From The Same Planet
    [9F18] Whacking Day
    [1F06] Boy Scoutz n' The Hood
    [1F12] Lisa vs. Malibu Stacy
    [1F19] The Boy Who Knew Too Much
    [2F06] Homer: Bad Man
    [2F16] Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part One)
    [3F19] The Curse of The Flying Hellfish


    Lauren MacMullan

    [CABF11] Bye Bye Nerdy
    [DABF04] Half-Decent Proposal
    [DABF15] Little Girl in the Big Ten
    [EABF17] Moe Baby Blues
    [FABF04] I (Annoyed Grunt)-Bot
    [FABF11] The Wandering Juvie


    Michael Marcantel

    [BABF13] Bart to the Future
    [CABF10] Day of the Jackanapes
    [DABF11] Weekend at Burnsie's
    [EABF08] A Star is Born Again


    Pete Michels

    [4F14] Brother From Another Series
    [5F01] The Cartridge Family
    [5F11] Das Bus
    [5F17] Lost Our Lisa
    [5F19] When You Dish Upon a Star
    [AABF09] Homer to The Max
    [AABF18] They Saved Lisa�s Brain
    [BABF01] Treehouse of Horror X
    [DABF17] Poppa's got a Brand New Badge
    [EABF04] Strong Arms of the Ma
    [EABF15] Brake my Wife, Please


    Rich Moore

    [7G07] The Tell-Tale Head
    [7G10] Homer's Night Out
    [7F02] Simpson And Delilah
    [7F04] Treehouse of Horror ( "Hungry Are The Damned" short only)
    [7F08] Dead Putting Society
    [7F13] Homer Vs. Lisa and the 8th Commandment
    [7F19] Lisa's Substitute
    [7F24] Stark Raving Dad
    [8F03] Bart The Murderer
    [8F08] Flaming Moe's (With Alan Smart)
    [8F12] Lisa The Greek
    [8F23] Brother, Can You Spare Two Dimes?
    [8F18] A Streetcar Named Marge
    [9F03] Itchy & Scratchy: The Movie
    [9F10] Marge Vs. The Monorail
    [9F16] The Front
    [9F22] Cape Feare


    Steven Dean Moore (also credited as Steve Moore)

    [2F32] Round' Springfield
    [3F07] Marge Be Not Proud
    [3F14] Homer The Smithers
    [4F04] A Milhouse Divided
    [3G01] The Springfield Files
    [4F12] The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show
    [4F18] In Marge We Trust
    [4F23] The Principal And The Pauper
    [5F04] The Two Mrs. Nahassapeemapetilon
    [5F23] The Joy of Sect
    [5F16] King of the Hill
    [5F22] Bart, the Mother
    [AABF01] Treehouse of Horror IX
    [AABF08] Sunday, Cruddy Sunday
    [AABF15] Mom & Pop Art
    [AABF23] Beyond Blunderdome
    [BABF03] Eight Misbehavin'
    [BABF11] Missionary: Impossible
    [BABF18] It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad Marge
    [CABF01] Lisa the Treehugger
    [CABF12] New Kids on the Bleech
    [CABF21] The Blunder Years
    [DABF02] She of Little Faith
    [DABF10] Blame it on Lisa
    [DABF20] Bart Vs. Lisa Vs. The Third Grade
    [EABF01] The Great Louse Detective
    [EABF11] 'Scuse me While I Miss the Sky
    [EABF21] Treehouse of Horror XIV
    [FABF02] 'Tis the Fifteenth Season
    [FABF09] Smart and Smarter
    [FABF17] Bart-Mangled Banner


    Matthew Nastuk

    [AABF02] Do'h in The Wind (With Mark Kirkland)
    [AABF12] Make Room for Lisa
    [BABF07] Grift of the Magi
    [BABF21] Treehouse of Horror XI (Curiously, credited as Matt "Groening" Nastuk)
    [CABF08] Worst Episode Ever
    [DABF01] Brawl in the Family
    [DABF14] The Sweetest Apu
    [EABF05] Barting Over
    [EABF19] The Fat and the Furriest
    [FABF07] Milhouse Doesn't Live Here Anymore
    [FABF14] Catch 'Em if you Can


    Dominic Polcino

    [3F08] Sideshow Bob's Last Gleaming
    [4F06] Bart After Dark
    [4F16] The Canine Mutiny
    [3G02] Lisa's Sax
    [5F03] Bart Star
    [5F12] Dumbbell Indemnity
    [5F20] Lard of The Dance


    Michael Polcino (Also credited as Mike Polcino)

    [BABF08] The Mansion Family
    [CABF03] The Great Money Caper
    [CABF16] Children of a Lesser Clod
    [DABF06] The Bart Wants What it Wants
    [DABF16] The Frying Game
    [EABF06] Pray Anything
    [EABF16] The Bart of War


    Jim Reardon

    [7F09] Itchy & Scratchy & Marge
    [7F14] Bart's Dog Gets an "F"
    [7F18] Brush With Greatness
    [7F23] When Flanders Failed
    [8F02] Treehouse of Horror II
    [8F07] Saturdays of Thunder
    [8F13] Homer at The Bat
    [8F17] Dog of Death
    [8F22] Bart's Friend Falls in Love
    [9F01] Homer The Heretic
    [9F07] Mr. Plow
    [9F14] Duffless
    [9F20] Marge in Chains
    [1F02] Homer Goes to College
    [1F09] Homer The Vigilante
    [1F15] Bart Gets an Elephant
    [1F22] Bart of Darkness
    [2F03] Treehouse of Horror V
    [2F09] Homer the Great
    [2F15] Lisa's Wedding
    [2F22] Lemon of Troy
    [3F05] King-Size Homer
    [3F12] Bart The Fink
    [3F18] 22 Short-Films About Springfield
    [4F05] Burn, Baby Burns
    [3F24] El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Homer
    [4F15] My Sister, My Sitter
    [4F19] Homer's Enemy
    [4F22] The City of New York Vs. Homer Simpson
    [5F09] Trash of The Titans
    [AABF20] Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo
    [BABF10] Alone Again, Natura-dilly
    [CABF19] Treehouse of Horror XII
    [DABF18] Large Marge
    [FABF15] Simple Simpson


    Swinton Scott (also credited as Swinton O. Scott III)

    [2F10] And Maggie Makes Three
    [2F19] The PTA Disbands
    [3F17] Bart on The Road
    [5F06] Realty Bites
    [5F14] The Trouble With Trillions
    [AABF05] Mayored to The Mob
    [AABF13] Maximum Homerdrive


    Chuck Sheetz

    [3G03] Simpsoncalifragilisticexpiala(Annoyed Grunt)cious
    [4F08] The Twisted World of Marge Simpson
    [CABF15] I'm Goin' To Praiseland
    [DABF13] I Am Furious Yellow


    David Silverman

    [7G08] Simpsons Roasting Over an Open Fire
    [7G02] Bart, The Genius
    [7G05] Bart, The General
    [7G11] Jacques to be Wild
    [7G01] Some Enchanted Evening (With Kent Butterworth)
    [7F03] Bart Gets an "F"
    [7F04] Treehouse of Horror ("The Raven" short only)
    [7F07] Bart Vs. Thanksgiving
    [7F12] The Way We Was
    [7F17] Old Money
    [7F22] Blood Feud
    [8F20] Black Widower
    [9F09] Homer's Triple Bypass
    [9F19] Krusty Gets Kancelled
    [1F04] Treehouse of Horror IV
    [2F33] Another Simpsons Clip Show
    [2F12] Homey The Clown
    [3F06] Mother Simpson
    [3F31] The Simpsons 138th Spectacular (Credited as Pound Foolish)
    [DABF19] Treehouse of Horor XIII


    Alan Smart

    [8F08] Flaming Moe's (With Rich Moore)


    Gregg Vanzo

    [7G04] There's No Disgrace Like Home (With Kent Butterworth)


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