Mike B. Anderson (born ), sometimes credited as Mikel B. Anderson, is an American animation director, best known for his work on ''

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''.

Biography

Anderson grew up in

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. He dropped out of high school, later earning a

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before attending college. He holds a BFA degree from the

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, and master's degrees in film and video production from

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. After college, he directed short films and low-budget features before joining ''

'' as a background artist in 1990. He was promoted to assistant director in 1992 and director in 1995. Anderson 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, ''

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'', and story consultant on ''

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''. He has won two

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for directing Simpsons episodes, "Homer's Phobia" in 1997 and "HOMR" in 2001. For "

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" he won the ''

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for Best Individual Achievement: Directing in a TV Production'', and the ''WAC Winner Best Director for Primetime Series'' at the 1998 World Animation Celebration. Mike was also a sequence director on "

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" (2007), was the supervising director on "

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" 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

Lisa the Iconoclast "Lisa the Iconoclast" is the sixteenth episode of the seventh season of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons''. It originally aired on Fox in the United States on February 18, 1996. In this episode, Lisa writes an essay on Spr ...

Season 8

Treehouse of Horror VII "Treehouse of Horror VII" is the first episode of the eighth season of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons''. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on October 27, 1996. In the seventh annual ''Treehouse ...

" *"

You Only Move Twice "You Only Move Twice" is the second episode of the eighth season of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons''. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 3, 1996. The episode, based on a story idea by Gre ...

" *"

The Secret War of Lisa Simpson "The Secret War of Lisa Simpson" is the twenty-fifth episode and the season finale of the eighth season of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons''. It first aired on the Fox network in the United States on May 18, 1997. Bart ge ...

Season 9

The Last Temptation of Krust "The Last Temptation of Krust" is the fifteenth episode of the ninth season of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons''. It first aired on Fox in the United States on February 22, 1998. It was written by Donick Cary and directed ...

Season 10

*" Homer Simpson in: 'Kidney Trouble'

Season 11

Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder "Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder" is the sixth episode of the eleventh season of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons''. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on November 14, 1999. In the episode, Homer become ...

Season 12

HOMR "HOMR" (styled as "HOMЯ") is the ninth episode of the twelfth season of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons''. The 257th episode overall, it originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on January 7, 2001. In th ...

" *" Trilogy of Error"

Season 13

*" Tales from the Public Domain"

Season 14

*" How I Spent My Strummer Vacation" *" C.E. D'oh"

Season 15

*" The President Wore Pearls" *" Margical History Tour" *"

The Way We Weren't "The Way We Weren't" is the twentieth episode of the fifteenth season of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons''. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on May 9, 2004. The episode was written by J. Stewa ...

Season 16

*" Fat Man and Little Boy" *"

Pranksta Rap "Pranksta Rap" is the ninth episode of the sixteenth season of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons''. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on February 13, 2005. The episode was directed by Mike B. Ande ...

" *" Future-Drama"

Season 17

*" Marge's Son Poisoning" *" Homer's Paternity Coot" *"

The Wettest Stories Ever Told "The Wettest Stories Ever Told" is the eighteenth episode of the seventeenth season of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons''. It originally aired on the Fox network in the United States on April 23, 2006. The episode was wri ...

Season 18

*" Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em..."

Season 19

*" Mona Leaves-a"

Season 21

*" Treehouse of Horror XX"

Season 27

*" Halloween of Horror"

References

External links

* American television directors Animators from California Annie Award winners Living people Primetime Emmy Award winners Year of birth missing (living people) 1950s births Place of birth missing (living people) {{Simpsons-stub