Alan Smart
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Alan Smart (born October 10, 1963) is an animator and an animation director best known for his work as the supervising director on SpongeBob SquarePants, which he has been involved with since the pilot, and as assistant director and layout artist on The Simpsons (he also received credit as a director in the season three episode, "Flaming Moe's").[1][2]
He has done animation for the Nicktoons CatDog, Hey Arnold, Rocko's Modern Life, Ren and Stimpy, and Sanjay and Craig and on five animated films: The Little Mermaid, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie: Sponge Out of Water, Oliver & Company and The Chipmunk Adventure.[citation needed]
Alan Smart also worked on the pilot episode of Family Dog, as an animation director on Clone High and the first season of Rugrats.[citation needed]
Filmography[]
Television[]
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | The Patrick Star Show | animation director (1 episode) supervising director (3 episodes) |
| 2016-2019 | The Loud House | sheet timer (53 episodes) |
| 2013 | Sanjay and Craig | supervising timing director (10 episodes) |
| 2005 | Catscratch | sheet timer (1 episode) |
| 2002-03 | Clone High | animation director (13 episodes) |
| 1999-present | SpongeBob SquarePants | animation director (175 episodes) sheet timer (14 episodes) supervising director (196 episodes) background layout designer (1 episode) character designer (1 episode) actor (4 episodes) |
| 1998-99 | The Wild Thornberrys | sheet timer (25 episodes) |
| CatDog | sheet timer (1 episode) animation director (11 episodes) | |
| 1998 | Thomas the Tank Engine & Friends | sheet timer (26 episodes) |
| 1997 | 101 Dalmatians: The Series | animation director (2 episodes) |
| Nightmare Ned | timing director (3 episodes) director (2 episodes) | |
| Recess | animation director (2 episodes) additional timing director (2 episodes) | |
| 1996-97 | Hey Arnold! | animation director (3 episodes) director (2 episodes) |
| 1995 | Eek! the Cat | animation timer (1 episode) |
| The Critic | animation timing (1 episode) character layout artist (1 episode) | |
| 1994-1997 | Duckman | animation timer (15 episodes) |
| Aaahh!!! Real Monsters | sheet timer (37 episodes) | |
| 1994-95 | The Ren and Stimpy Show | timing director (4 episodes) |
| 1993 | VeggieTales Oringinal videos | sheet timer (1 episode) |
| 1993-96 | Rocko's Modern Life | animation director (23 episodes) |
| 1991-98 | Rugrats | animation director (44 episodes) sheet timer (2 episodes) assistant animator (1 episode) character layout artist (1 episode) assistant director (2 episodes) |
| 1990-2003 | The Simpsons | layout artist (4 episodes) animation timer (1 episode) additional timer (1 episode) character layout artist (1 episode) director (1 episode) assistant director (14 episodes) sheet director (2 episodes) |
| 1990 | Bobby's World | sheet timer (1 episode) |
| 1987 | Amazing Stories | principal assist animator (1 episode) |
Film[]
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | The Chipmunk Adventure | assistant animator (Animated musical film) |
| 1988 | Oliver & Company | breakdown and inbetween artist (Animated musical film) |
| Technological Threat | character animator (Animated short film) | |
| 1989 | The Little Mermaid | assistant animator (Animated musical film) |
| 1990 | Box-Office Bunny | assistant animator (Animated short film) |
| 1993 | Recycle Rex | timing (Animated short film) |
| 1995 | Gumby: The Movie | sheet timer (Stop-motion surrealist clay animation adventure film) |
| Hate | timing director (Animated short film) | |
| 2003 | My Life with Morrissey | Stan (Independent film) |
| 2004 | The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie | supervising animation director (Live-action animated comedy film) |
| 2007 | SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis | supervising director (Television movie) |
| 2009 | Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants | Himself (Documentary film) |
| SpongeBob's Truth or Square | animation director supervising director (Television movie) | |
| 2014 | Thomas & Friends: Trouble on the Tracks | sheet timer (Compilation films) |
| Thomas & Friends: The Christmas Engine | ||
| 2015 | The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water | supervising animation director (Live-action animated comedy film) |
| 2019 | SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout | animation director animation supervising director (Television movie) |
| Badge of Honor | Juror (Short film) |
References[]
- ^ Alberti, John, ed. (2004). Leaving Springfield: The Simpsons and the Possibility of Oppositional Culture. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. pp. 313.
- ^ Umlan, Samuel J. (2015). The Tim Burton encyclopedia. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-8108-9200-2. OCLC 907272003.
External links[]
- Alan Smart at IMDb
- Alan Smart on LinkedIn
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