Alan Smart

Alan Smart (born October 10, 1963) is an animator and an animation director best known for his work as the supervising director on SpongeBob SquarePants, which he has been involved with since the pilot, assistant director and layout artist on The Simpsons (he also received credit as a director in the season three episode, "Flaming Moe's").[1][2]

He has done animation for the Nicktoons CatDog, Hey Arnold, Rocko's Modern Life, Ren and Stimpy, and Sanjay and Craig and on four animated films: The Little Mermaid, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, Oliver & Company and The Chipmunk Adventure.

Alan Smart also worked on the pilot episode of Family Dog, as an animation director on Clone High and the first season of Rugrats.

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Notes
2016-present	The Loud House	sheet timer
2013	Sanjay and Craig	supervising timing director (10 episodes)
2005	Catscratch	sheet timer (1 episode)
2002-03	Clone High	animation director
1999-present	SpongeBob SquarePants	animation director sheet timer animation supervising director character designer
1998-99	The Wild Thornberrys	sheet timer (25 episodes)
	CatDog	sheet timer animation director
1997	101 Dalmatians: The Series	animation director (2 episodes)
	Recess	animation director additional timing director
1996-97	Hey Arnold!	animation director (3 episodes)
1995	The Critic	animation timing (1 episode)
1994-1997	Duckman	animation timer (15 episodes)
	Aaahh!!! Real Monsters	sheet timer (37 episodes)
1994-95	The Ren and Stimpy Show	timing director (4 episodes)
1993-96	Rocko's Modern Life	animation director (1 episode)
1991-98	Rugrats	animation director sheet timer assistant animator character layout artist
1990-2003	The Simpsons	layout artist animation timer additional timer character layout artist
1990	Bobby's World	sheet timer (1 episode)
1987	Amazing Stories	principal assist animator (1 episode)

Film

Year	Title	Notes
2015	The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water	supervising animation director
2004	The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
1995	Gumby: The Movie	sheet timer
1990	Box-Office Bunny	assistant animator
1989	The Little Mermaid	assistant animator
1988	Oliver & Company	breakdown and inbetween artist
1987	The Chipmunk Adventure	assistant animator

References

1. Alberti, John, ed. (2004). Leaving Springfield: The Simpsons and the Possibility of Oppositional Culture. Detroit, Michigan: Wayne State University Press. pp. 313.
2. Umlan, Samuel J. (2015). The Tim Burton encyclopedia. Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield. p. 107. ISBN 978-0-8108-9200-2. OCLC 907272003.

External links

• Alan Smart on IMDb
• Alan Smart on LinkedIn