Lauren Hunter MacMullan (born April 30, 1964) is an American animation director. She grew up in the Philadelphia suburbs of Havertown, Lansdowne and Swarthmore, and graduated from Swarthmore High School in 1982. She attended Harvard University, and was on the staff of the Harvard Lampoon. Her first primetime TV job was on '' The Critic'', where she directed the episode with guest stars

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and

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, followed by directing for ''

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''. She went on to become the supervising director and designer for ''

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''. After the show was cancelled quickly, she got a job directing on ''

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'', and stayed for three seasons. She also has directed some episodes of '' Avatar: The Last Airbender'', and won an Annie award for storyboarding on that show. MacMullan was a sequence director on ''

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'', and in 2009 she was a member of the

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team working on the animated film ''

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'' prior to its cancellation. She is currently at

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, where she worked on the storyboards to ''

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'' and ''

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'', as well as directing the 2013 Oscar-nominated animated short film ''

Get a Horse! ''Get a Horse!'' is a 2013 American animated comedy short film produced by Walt Disney Animation Studios and directed by Lauren MacMullan. Combining black-and-white hand-drawn animation and color computer animation, the short features the charac ...

'', featuring Mickey Mouse. With ''Get a Horse!'', she became the first woman to solely direct a Disney animated film (short-length or feature-length).

Filmography

''The Critic'' episodes

She has directed the following episodes *"A Little Deb Will Do You" *"A Day at the Races and a Night at the Opera" *"Siskel & Ebert & Jay & Alice" *"I Can't Believe It's a Clip Show"

''King of the Hill'' episodes

She had directed the following episodes: *"Three Days of the Kahndo" *"Death of a Propane Salesman"

''The Simpsons'' episodes

She has directed the following episodes: *" Bye Bye Nerdie" *" Half-Decent Proposal" *" Little Girl in the Big Ten" *" Moe Baby Blues" *" I, (Annoyed Grunt)-bot" *" The Wandering Juvie" *" Sleeping with the Enemy"

''Avatar: The Last Airbender'' episodes

She has directed the following episodes: *" The Southern Air Temple" *"

The Spirit World (Winter Solstice, Part 1) ''Book One: Water'' is the first season of '' Avatar: The Last Airbender'', an American animated television series produced by Nickelodeon Animation Studio. Created by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko, the first season premiered on ...

" *" The Storm" *" The Deserter" *" Siege of the North, Part 1" *"

The Cave of Two Lovers Book Two: ''Earth'' is the second season of ''Avatar: The Last Airbender'', an American animated television series created and produced by Michael Dante DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko for Nickelodeon. The series starred Zach Tyler Eisen, Mae Whitm ...

" *" Avatar Day" *" Zuko Alone" *" The Desert" *" City of Walls and Secrets" *" Lake Laogai"

Short films

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References

External links

* * Living people American animated film directors American women film directors American women animators Annie Award winners Artists from London Walt Disney Animation Studios people Place of birth missing (living people) American animators The Harvard Lampoon alumni 1964 births {{simpsons-stub