List of directors of The Simpsons

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Mike B. Anderson, the show's current supervising director.

The following is a list of directors who have worked on the Fox animated television series The Simpsons in the order of first credited episode (by broadcast). As of January 2, 2021, 40 people have been credited with directing or co-directing at least one episode of The Simpsons.

List of directors[]

# Director Number directed Duration Seasons Notes
1 David Silverman
24
 1989–95, 2002, 2004–06, 2015 1–7, 14, 16–18, 26 Includes one co-directed with Kent Butterworth and one with Matthew Faughnan
Also directed The Simpsons Movie, The Longest Daycare, Playdate with Destiny, The Force Awakens from Its Nap and The Good, the Bart, and the Loki
2 Wes Archer
26
 1990–96 1–7 Includes one co-directed with Milton Gray
3 Gregg Vanzo
1
 1990 1 Co-directed with Kent Butterworth
4 Kent Butterworth
2
 1990 1 One directed with Gregg Vanzo and one with David Silverman
5 Rich Moore
17
 1990–93 1–5 Includes one co-directed with Alan Smart
6 Milton Gray
2
 1990, 1998 1, 9 Includes one co-directed with Wes Archer
7 Brad Bird
2
 1990–91 1, 3 Includes one co-directed with Jeffrey Lynch
8 Mark Kirkland
84
 1990–2020 2–31 Includes one co-directed with Matthew Nastuk
9 Jim Reardon
35
 1990–2002, 2004 2–11, 13–15
10 Jeffrey Lynch
12
 1991–96 3–7 Includes one co-directed with Brad Bird
11 Carlos Baeza
9
 1991–94 3–5
12 Alan Smart
1
 1991 3 Co-directed with Rich Moore
13 Bob Anderson
61
 1993–2020 5–32 Includes one co-directed with Rob Oliver and one with Matthew Schofield
14 Susie Dietter
11
 1994–98, 2007 5–9, 18
15 Swinton O. Scott III
7
 1995–99 6–7, 9–10
16 Steven Dean Moore
78
 1995–2006, 2008–21 6–33
17 Dominic Polcino
7
 1995–98 7–10
18 Mike B. Anderson
25
 1996–99, 2001–06, 2008, 2015 7–19, 21, 27 Includes two co-directed with Ralph Sosa and one with Matthew Schofield
19 Chuck Sheetz
19
 1997, 2001–02, 2007–14 8, 12–13, 18–26
20 Pete Michels
11
 1997–99, 2002–03 8–11, 13–14
21 Neil Affleck
7
 1997–2000 8–12
22 Mark Ervin
3
 1998–99 9–10
23 Klay Hall
1
 1998 9
24 Matthew Nastuk
56
 1998–2022 10–33 Includes one co-directed with Mark Kirkland
25 Nancy Kruse
25
 1999–2010 10–22
26 Michael Polcino
38
 2000–03, 2005–21 11–14, 16–32
27 Lance Kramer
23
 2000–03, 2005, 2007–12, 2014–18, 2021 11–14, 16, 18–23, 25–26, 28–30, 32
28 Michael Marcantel
7
 2000–03, 2005–06 11–14, 16–18
29 Jen Kamerman
3
 2000–01 11–13
30 Shaun Cashman
1
 2000 12
31 Lauren MacMullan
7
 2001–04 12–16
32 Chris Clements
28
 2003, 2006, 2008–21 14, 18–32
33 Raymond S. Persi
10
 2005–10 16–21
34 Ralph Sosa
4
 2006, 2008–10 18–20, 22 Includes two co-directed with Mike B. Anderson
35 Matthew Faughnan
22
 2006–21 18, 20–33 Includes one co-directed with David Silverman
36 Rob Oliver
29
 2007, 2009, 2011–21 18–21, 23–33 Includes one co-directed with Bob Anderson
37 Matthew Schofield
6
 2009–14 21–25 Includes one co-directed with Mike B. Anderson and one with Bob Anderson
38 Timothy Bailey
19
 2011–12, 2014–21 23–33
39 Jennifer Moeller
5
 2019–21 30–32
40 Debbie Mahan
1
 2021 33

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