Mike B. Anderson Explained

Mike B. Anderson
Birth Name:Michael B. Anderson
Other Names:Mikel B. Anderson
Known For:The Simpsons
Occupation:Television director
Spouse:Celia Mercer
Children:1

Mike B. Anderson, sometimes credited as Mikel B. Anderson, is an American television director who works on The Simpsons and has directed numerous episodes of the show, and was animated in "The Secret War of Lisa Simpson" as cadet Anderson. While a college student, he directed the live action feature films Alone in the T-Shirt Zone and Kamillions. Since 1990, he has worked primarily in animation including being a consulting producer on the series, The Oblongs, and story consultant on Tripping the Rift.

He has won two Emmy Awards for directing Simpsons episodes, "Homer's Phobia" in 1997 and "HOMR" in 2001. For "Homer's Phobia" he won the Annie Award for Best Individual Achievement: Directing in a TV Production,[1] and the WAC Winner Best Director for Primetime Series at the 1998 World Animation Celebration.[2] Mike was also a sequence director on "The Simpsons Movie" (2007), was the supervising director on "The Simpsons Ride" at Universal Studios and has been the supervising director for "The Simpsons" television series since season 20.

The Simpsons episodes directed by Anderson

Season 7

Season 8

Season 9

Season 10

Season 11

Season 12

Season 13

Season 14

Season 15

Season 16

Season 17

Season 18

Season 19

Season 21

Season 27

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 25th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners . April 10, 2007 . AnnieAwards.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20070430031526/http://www.annieawards.com/25thannieawardwinners.htm . April 30, 2007 .
  2. Web site: World Animation Celebration: 1998. April 10, 2007. Internet Movie Database.