Jim Reardon

Jim Reardon
Nationality	American
Education	California Institute of the Arts (BFA)
Occupations	Animation director screenwriter
Years active	1986–present
Known for	The Simpsons WALL-E

Jim Reardon is an American animation director and screenwriter. He is best known for his work on the animated TV series The Simpsons . He has directed over 30 episodes of the series and was credited as a supervising director for seasons 9 through 15. He has been described by Ralph Bakshi as "one of the best cartoon writers in the business". ^[1]

Early life and education

Reardon grew up in Seaside, Oregon, graduating from Seaside High School in 1983. ^{[2] [3]} His father died when Reardon was young, so Reardon picked up odd jobs to help support his mother and two sisters. ^[2] Reardon graduated from California Institute of the Arts with a BFA degree in 1987. ^[4] One of his student projects, the satirical cartoon Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown (1986), has become a cult classic.

Career

Early career

Reardon was hired by John Kricfalusi as a writer on Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures and later worked on Tiny Toon Adventures .

Reardon worked for Walt Disney Animation Studios for nearly a decade. Prior to that, he briefly supervised the storyboard department at Pixar and co-wrote the studio's ninth feature film WALL-E with Andrew Stanton, which was released on June 27, 2008. ^[5] He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for WALL-E at the 81st Academy Awards. ^[6] Reardon would later co-write and supervise the story of the 2012 Walt Disney Animation Studios film, Wreck-It Ralph . ^[7]

Filmography

• Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown (1986) – director
• Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures (1987–88) – writer, storyboard artist, director
• Christmas in Tattertown (1988) – writer, layout artist
• The Butter Battle Book (1989) - storyboard artist
• Tiny Toon Adventures (1990) – writer
• The Simpsons (1990–2004) – director (seasons 2–15), supervising director (seasons 9–15), storyboard consultant (seasons 16–20)
  • List of The Simpsons episodes
    • "Itchy & Scratchy & Marge"
    • "Bart's Dog Gets an "F" "
    • "Brush with Greatness"
    • "When Flanders Failed"
    • "Treehouse of Horror II"
    • "Saturdays of Thunder"
    • "Homer at the Bat"
    • "Dog of Death"
    • "Bart's Friend Falls in Love"
    • "Homer the Heretic"
    • "Mr. Plow"
    • "Duffless"
    • "Marge in Chains"
    • "Homer Goes to College"
    • "Homer the Vigilante"
    • "Bart Gets an Elephant"
    • "Bart of Darkness"
    • "Treehouse of Horror V"
    • "Homer the Great"
    • "Lisa's Wedding"
    • "Lemon of Troy"
    • "King-Size Homer"
    • "Bart the Fink"
    • "22 Short Films About Springfield"
    • "Burns, Baby Burns"
    • "El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)"
    • "My Sister, My Sitter"
    • "Homer's Enemy"
    • "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson"
    • "Trash of the Titans"
    • "Thirty Minutes over Tokyo"
    • "Alone Again, Natura-Diddily"
    • "Treehouse of Horror XII"
    • "Large Marge"
    • "Simple Simpson"
• WALL-E (2008) – screenwriter, story supervisor
• Wreck-It Ralph (2012) – story writer, story supervisor
• Zootopia (2016) – story writer, head of story
• Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) – story writer, director of story
• Vivo (2021) – co-producer
• Spellbound (2024) – additional literary materials

References

1. Animato! Magazine Issue #17
2. Childress, Watt (February 17, 2009). "Fingers crossed as Oscar night looms". The Daily Astorian . p. 4. Retrieved April 18, 2025.
3. "Seaside Hall of Fame". Seaside High School . Retrieved April 18, 2025. Jim Reardon. Graduation: 1983.
4. "Pixar's WALL-E Inducted Into National Film Registry". California Institute of the Arts . January 4, 2022. Retrieved April 18, 2025. ...Jim Reardon (Film/Video BFA 87)...
5. McCarthy, Todd (June 26, 2008). "Wall-E". Variety . Retrieved July 30, 2008.
6. "Nominees for the 81st Academy Awards". Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. January 22, 2009. Retrieved January 22, 2009.
7. Frye, Jim (Spring 2012). "Ralph's Wrecking Crew". Disney Twenty-three. 4 (1). Disney Enterprises, Inc.: 43.

External links

• Jim Reardon at IMDb
• Video of Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown