Bob Anderson (director)

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Bob Anderson is an American animation director on The Simpsons. He also contributed additional sequence direction on The Simpsons Movie.

After high school, Bob Anderson enrolled at the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art to pursue an education in animation. Before Bob graduated from the Joe Kubert School, he began his professional career. Hired by Broadcast Arts in New York City, he started work on a variety of commercials.

In 1990, Anderson moved to Los Angeles to work as an assistant director for The Simpsons. In the fifth season, after fourteen episodes as an assistant to Jim Reardon and one episode for Mark Kirkland, he made his directorial debut with the episode "Bart's Inner Child" in 1993.

''The Simpsons'' episodes

He has directed the following episodes:

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{{cite book |last1=Waltonen |first1=Karma |last2=Vernay |first2=Denise Du |title=The Simpsons' Beloved Springfield: Essays on the TV Series and Town That Are Part of Us All |date=2019 |publisher=McFarland |isbn=978-1-4766-7455-1 |page=266 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=CS6sDwAAQBAJ&pg=PT266 |language=en}}

{{cite magazine |last1=Prewitt |first1=Alex |title=Lisa on Ice: Inside 'The Simpsons' Iconic Hockey Episode |url=https://www.si.com/nhl/2019/11/12/lisa-on-ice-the-simpsons-episode-anniversary |magazine=Sports Illustrated |language=en-us |date=November 12, 2019}}

{{cite book |last1=Arnold |first1=David L. G. |last2=Koeingsberger |first2=Kurt M. |last3=Chow |first3=Valerie Weilunn |last4=Broderick |first4=Mick |last5=Mullen |first5=Megan |last6=Rushkoff |first6=Douglas |last7=Brook |first7=Vincent |last8=Beard |first8=Duncan Stewart |last9=Sloane |first9=Robert |last10=Savage |first10=William J. |title=Leaving Springfield: The Simpsons and the Possibility of Oppositional Culture |date=2004 |publisher=Wayne State University Press |isbn=978-0-8143-2849-1 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=n6vZJnxK1XYC&pg=PA316}}

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