David Silverman
The animator behind the original Simpsons shorts and director of The Simpsons Movie.
David Silverman is an American animator who has been with The Simpsons since the very start. He animated all of the original Simpsons shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show, went on to direct numerous episodes and served as director of animation, and he directed the 2007 film The Simpsons Movie.
Quick Facts
- Born
- 15 March 1957
- Birthplace
- Long Island, New York, U.S.
- Occupation
- Animator, director
- Genre
- Comedy, fantasy
- Education
- University of California, Los Angeles (BA, MFA)
- Years active
- 1979–present
- Notable works
- The Simpsons (1989–present)
- Monsters, Inc. (2001)
- The Simpsons Movie (2007)
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Background
Silverman is credited with working out most of the rules for how The Simpsons characters are drawn, and he is often given the hardest or most important scenes to animate, starting in season 2 with the first of Homer's many rants and freak-outs. He shows a quick way to draw Bart in the end credits of the episode Goo Goo Gai Pan, and a cartoon version of him appears in The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show as the animator who draws Poochie. He grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland, and earned his degrees at UCLA.
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