List of directors of The Simpsons

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Mike B. Anderson, the show's current supervising director. Mike B. Anderson by Gage Skidmore 2.jpg
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 February 12, 2025, 42 people have been credited with directing or co-directing at least one episode of The Simpsons.

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List of directors

#DirectorNumber directedDurationSeasonsNotes
1 David Silverman
24
1989–95, 2002, 2004–06, 20151–7, 14, 16–18, 26Includes one co-directed with Kent Butterworth and one with Matthew Faughnan
Also directed The Simpsons Movie , The Longest Daycare , Playdate with Destiny , all the Disney+ shorts and The Simpsons Balenciaga
The only person ever to both write and direct for the show
2 Wes Archer
26
1990–961–7Includes one co-directed with Milton Gray
3 Gregg Vanzo
1
19901Co-directed with Kent Butterworth
4 Kent Butterworth
2
19901One directed with Gregg Vanzo and one with David Silverman
5 Rich Moore
17
1990–931–5Includes one co-directed with Alan Smart
6 Milton Gray
2
1990, 19981, 9Includes one co-directed with Wes Archer
7 Brad Bird
2
1990–911, 3Includes one co-directed with Jeffrey Lynch
8 Mark Kirkland
84
1990–20202–31Includes one co-directed with Matthew Nastuk
9 Jim Reardon
35
1990–2002, 20042–11, 13–15
10 Jeffrey Lynch
12
1991–963–7Includes one co-directed with Brad Bird
11 Carlos Baeza
9
1991–943–5
12 Alan Smart
1
19913Co-directed with Rich Moore
13 Bob Anderson
66
1993–2020, 2022–235–34Includes one co-directed with Rob Oliver and one with Matthew Schofield
14 Susie Dietter
11
1994–98, 20075–9, 18
15 Swinton O. Scott III
7
1995–996–7, 9–10
16 Steven Dean Moore
86
1995–2006, 2008–246–36
17 Dominic Polcino
7
1995–987–10
18 Mike B. Anderson
26
1996–99, 2001–06, 2008, 20157–19, 21, 27Includes two co-directed with Ralph Sosa and one with Matthew Schofield
19 Chuck Sheetz
19
1997, 2001–02, 2007–148, 12–13, 18–26
20 Pete Michels
11
1997–99, 2002–038–11, 13–14
21 Neil Affleck
7
1997–20008–12
22 Mark Ervin
3
1998–999–10
23 Klay Hall
1
19989
24 Matthew Nastuk
64
1998–202410–36Includes one co-directed with Mark Kirkland
25 Nancy Kruse
25
1999–201010–22
26 Mike Frank Polcino
42
2000–03, 2005–2511–14, 16–36Credited as Michael Polcino until 2021
27 Lance Kramer
24
2000–03, 2005, 2007–12, 2014–18, 2021, 202311–14, 16, 18–23, 25–26, 28–30, 32, 34
28 Michael Marcantel
7
2000–03, 2005–0611–14, 16–18
29 Jen Kamerman
3
2000–0111–13
30 Shaun Cashman
1
200012
31 Lauren MacMullan
7
2001–0412–16
32 Chris Clements
34
2003, 2006, 2008–2414, 18–35
33 Raymond S. Persi
10
2005–1016–21
34 Ralph Sosa
4
2006, 2008–1018–20, 22Includes two co-directed with Mike B. Anderson
35 Matthew Faughnan
28
2006–2418, 20–36Includes one co-directed with David Silverman
36 Rob Oliver
38
2007, 2009, 2011–2418–21, 23–36Includes one co-directed with Bob Anderson
37 Matthew Schofield
6
2009–1421–25Includes one co-directed with Mike B. Anderson and one with Bob Anderson
38 Timothy Bailey
26
2011–12, 2014–2423–36
39 Jennifer Moeller
7
2019–2230–33
40 Debbie Bruce Mahan
6
2021–2433–36
41 Gabriel DeFrancesco
4
2023–2434–36
42 Eric Koenig
1
202436

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