Alan Smart (born October 10, 1963) is a retired [1] 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"). [2] [3]
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 ]
Year | Title | Notes |
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2021 | The Patrick Star Show | animation director (1 episode) supervising director (2 episodes) |
2013 | Sanjay and Craig | supervising timing director (10 episodes) |
2005 | Catscratch | sheet timer (1 episode) |
2002–03 | Clone High | animation director (13 episodes) |
1999–2021 | SpongeBob SquarePants | animation director (148 episodes) supervising director (223 episodes) sheet timer (12 episodes) actor (3 episodes) special thanks (2 episodes) |
1998–99 | The Wild Thornberrys | sheet timer (25 episodes) |
CatDog | sheet timer (1 episode) animation director (11 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) |
1994–1997 | Duckman | animation timer (15 episodes) |
Aaahh!!! Real Monsters | sheet timer (37 episodes) | |
1994–95 | The Ren & Stimpy Show | timing director (4 episodes) |
The Critic | animation timing (1 episode) director (3 episodes) character layout artist (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) |
Year | Title | Notes |
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1987 | The Chipmunk Adventure | assistant animator (Animated musical film) |
1988 | Oliver & Company | breakdown and in between 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 | 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 character designer (Documentary film) |
SpongeBob's Truth or Square | animation director supervising director (Television movie) | |
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) |
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