About

Known credits:
16
Birthday:
1973-01-01
Place of birth:
Burbank, California, USA
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Mike B. Anderson

Overview

Mike B. Anderson (born 1973), 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 (1986) and Kamillions (1989). 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, and the WAC Winner Best Director for Primetime Series at the 1998 World Animation Celebration. Mike was also a sequence director on "The Simpsons Movie" (2007), was the supervising director on "The Simpsons Ride" at Universal Studios and is currently the supervising director for "The Simpsons" television series.

Known for

Acting
1986 Alone in the T-Shirt Zone Actor Greg N/A
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Directing
2024 The Simpsons Funday Football Directing Director N/A
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2003 The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror Directing Director N/A
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1990 Kamillions Directing Director 58
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1986 Alone in the T-Shirt Zone Directing Director N/A
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Jacket Man Directing Director N/A
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Writing
1990 Kamillions Writing Writer 58
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1986 Alone in the T-Shirt Zone Writing Writer N/A
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Production
2024 The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful Production Supervising Producer 59
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1986 Alone in the T-Shirt Zone Production Co-Producer N/A
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Sound
1986 Alone in the T-Shirt Zone Sound Sound Designer N/A
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1986 Alone in the T-Shirt Zone Sound Sound Editor N/A
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Art
2025 The Simpsons: The Past and the Furious Art Supervising Art Director 58
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Crew
2012 Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare" Crew Thanks 63
Fair

Editing
1990 Kamillions Editing Additional Editing 58
Average

Visual Effects
1986 Alone in the T-Shirt Zone Visual Effects Animation N/A
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