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{{RP|character|Alan Quaterkrab}}
{{RP|voice actor|Alan Carr}}
{{Person
{{Person
|Name = Alan Smart
|name = Alan Smart
|Birth = October 10, 1963<br/>[[Los Angeles, California]]
|image = Alan s..jpg
|Image = [[File:6a00d8341c630a53ef01675eaea858970b-300wi.jpg]]
|birth = Alan Edward Smart<br>{{Time|October 10}}, {{Time|1963}} (age {{Age|1963|10|10}})<br>[[Los Angeles]], California, U.S.
|Credits = Animation Director
|gender = Male
|Years = 1999-present
|credits = Animation director<br>Supervising director<br>Actor<br>Voice actor
|Gender = Male
|portrays = [[The Alone Group]]<br>[[Muscle guy]] ("[[Life of Crime]]")<br>[[Eel]] ("[[Enchanted Tiki Dreams]]")
|years = {{Time|1996}} – {{Time|2021}}
|cast = yes
}}
}}
'''Alan Smart''' is a ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' crew member.  
'''Alan Edward Smart''' (born {{Time|October 10}}, {{Time|1963}}, age {{Age|1963|10|10}}) is a former {{SBSP}} crew member. He is known for being an animation director, as well as the show's supervising director. He often collaborated with [[Tom Yasumi]], [[Andrew Overtoom]], and [[Michelle Bryan]].
 
It was confirmed by [[Vincent Waller]] on {{Time|May 10}}, {{Time|2022}} that he retired and no longer works for the ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' franchise.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20220510130008/https://twitter.com/VincentWaller72/status/1524008250198265857 Vincent Waller on Twitter]</ref> He left after having directed a couple episodes of [[season 13]] and [[Stair Wars|one episode]] of {{TPSS}}.
 
He also worked on the short "[[SpongeBob: Order Up!]]", which was produced in 2011 and released in 2025.


==Biography==
==Biography==
{{wpbio|Alan Smart}}
Smart was born on October 10, 1963, in {{W|Los Angeles}}, California. He was educated at Brandis Art Institute ({{Time|1979}}–{{Time|1981}}) and California Institute of the Arts ({{Time|1982}}–{{Time|1986}}).
Smart was born on October 10, 1963 in Los Angeles. He best know for his work on ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]'' and as an, assistant director and layout artist with ''[[Wikipedia:The Simpsons|The Simpsons]]'' (he also received credit as a director in the season three episode, "Flaming Moe's"). He also did animation for the Nickelodeon cartoons ''[[Wikipedia:CatDog|Catdog]]'', ''[[Wikipedia:Hey Arnold!|Hey Arnold!]]'', ''[[Wikipedia:Rocko's Modern Life|Rocko's Modern Life]]'' and ''[[The Ren and Stimpy Show|Ren and Stimpy]]''. He has also done animation on four animated films: ''[[Wikipedia:The Little Mermaid (1989 film)|The Little Mermaid]]'', ''[[The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie]]'', ''[[Wikipedia:Oliver & Company|Oliver & Company]]'' and ''[[Wikipedia:The Chipmunk Adventure|The Chipmunk Adventure]]''. Alan Smart also worked on the pilot episode of ''[[Wikipedia:Family Dog (TV series)|Family Dog]]'' and the first season of ''[[Wikipedia:Rugrats|Rigrats]]''.
 
He is best is known for his work on ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' from {{Time|1999}} to {{Time|2021}} and as an assistant director and layout artist with ''[[w:c:simpsons:The Simpsons|The Simpsons]]'' (he also received credit as a director in the [[w:c:simpsons:Season 3|season 3]] episode "[[w:c:simpsons:Flaming Moe's|Flaming Moe's]]"). He has done animation for the [[Nickelodeon|Nicktoons]], ''[[w:c:rugrats:Rugrats (1991 series)|Rugrats]]'', ''[[w:c:renandstimpy:The Ren & Stimpy Show|Ren & Stimpy]]'', ''[[w:c:rockosmodernlife:Rocko's Modern Life|Rocko's Modern Life]]'', ''{{W|Aaahh!!! Real Monsters}}'', ''[[w:c:heyarnold:Hey Arnold!|Hey Arnold!]]'', ''[[w:c:catdog:CatDog|CatDog]]'', ''{{W|The Wild Thornberrys}}'', ''{{W|Catscratch}}'', ''{{W|Sanjay and Craig}}'', and ''The Patrick Star Show''. He has also worked on eight animated films: ''{{W|The Chipmunk Adventure}}'', ''[[w:c:disney:Oliver & Company|Oliver & Company]]'', ''[[w:c:disney:The Little Mermaid (1989 film)|The Little Mermaid]]'', ''{{W|Box-Office Bunny}}'', ''{{W|Gumby: The Movie}}'', ''[[w:c:looneytunes:Looney Tunes: Back in Action|Looney Tunes: Back in Action]]'', ''[[The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie]]'', and ''[[The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water]]''. Alan Smart also worked on the pilot episode of the TV series, ''{{W|Family Dog (TV series)|Family Dog}}'' and was an animation director on ''[[w:c:clonehigh:Clone High|Clone High]]'' and ''[[w:c:disney:101 Dalmatians: The Series|101 Dalmatians: The Series]]'' (according to the credits).
 
As of July {{Time|2013}}, he is the Supervising Animation Director at [[Paramount Pictures]].
[[File:Enchanted Tiki Dreams credits.png|thumb|260px]]
He has been the animation/supervising director for many episodes in the series. He also appears in the episode "[[Life of Crime]]" as the [[muscle guy]]. Alan Smart voiced the [[eel]] in "[[Enchanted Tiki Dreams]]."


==Credits==
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{{Credit/top}}
==Gallery==
{{Credit/season|1}}
<gallery position="center" widths="180">
{{Credit|1a|Help Wanted|animation director, supervising director}}
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{{Credit|1b|Reef Blower|animation director, supervising director}}
</gallery>
{{Credit|1c|Tea at the Treedome|supervising director}}
{{Credit|2a|Bubblestand|supervising director}}
{{Credit|2b|Ripped Pants|supervising director}}
{{Credit|3a|Jellyfishing|animation director, supervising director}}
{{Credit|3b|Plankton!|supervising director}}
{{Credit|4a|Naughty Nautical Neighbors|supervising director}}
{{Credit|4b|Boating School|supervising director}}
{{Credit|5a|Pizza Delivery|supervising director}}
{{Credit|5b|Home Sweet Pineapple|supervising director}}
{{Credit|6a|Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy|supervising director}}
{{Credit|6b|Pickles|supervising director}}
{{Credit|7a|Hall Monitor|supervising director}}
{{Credit|7b|Jellyfish Jam|supervising director}}
{{Credit|8a|Sandy's Rocket|supervising director}}
{{Credit|8b|Squeaky Boots|supervising director}}
{{Credit|9a|Nature Pants|supervising director}}
{{Credit|9b|Opposite Day|supervising director}}
{{Credit|10a|Culture Shock|supervising director}}
{{Credit|10b|F.U.N.|supervising director}}
{{Credit|11a|MuscleBob BuffPants|supervising director}}
{{Credit|11b|Squidward the Unfriendly Ghost|supervising director}}
{{Credit|12a|The Chaperone|supervising director}}
{{Credit|12b|Employee of the Month|supervising director}}
{{Credit|13a|Scaredy Pants|supervising director}}
{{Credit|13b|I Was a Teenage Gary|supervising director}}
{{Credit|14a|SB-129|supervising director}}
{{Credit|14b|Karate Choppers|supervising director}}
{{Credit|15a|Sleepy Time|supervising director}}
{{Credit|15b|Suds|supervising director}}
{{Credit|16a|Valentine's Day|supervising director}}
{{Credit|16b|The Paper|supervising director}}
{{Credit|17a|Arrgh!|supervising director}}
{{Credit|17b|Rock Bottom|supervising director}}
{{Credit|18a|Texas|supervising director}}
{{Credit|18b|Walking Small|supervising director}}
{{Credit|19a|Fools in April|supervising director}}
{{Credit|19b|Neptune's Spatula|supervising director}}
{{Credit|20a|Hooky|supervising director}}
{{Credit|20b|Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II|supervising director}}
{{Credit/season|2}}
{{Credit|21a|Your Shoe's Untied|supervising director}}
{{Credit|21b|Squid's Day Off|supervising director}}
{{Credit|22a|Something Smells|supervising director}}
{{Credit|22b|Bossy Boots|supervising director}}
{{Credit|23a|Big Pink Loser|supervising director}}
{{Credit|23b|Bubble Buddy|supervising director}}
{{Credit|24a|Dying for Pie|supervising director}}
{{Credit|24b|Imitation Krabs|supervising director}}
{{Credit|25a|Wormy|supervising director}}
{{Credit|25b|Patty Hype|supervising director}}
{{Credit|26a|Grandma's Kisses|supervising director}}
{{Credit|26b|Squidville|supervising director}}
{{Credit|27a|Prehibernation Week|supervising director}}
{{Credit|27b|Life of Crime|supervising director}}
{{Credit|28|Christmas Who?|supervising director}}
{{Credit|29a|Survival of the Idiots|supervising director}}
{{Credit|29b|Dumped|supervising director}}
{{Credit|30a|No Free Rides|supervising director}}
{{Credit|30b|I'm Your Biggest Fanatic|supervising director}}
{{Credit|31a|Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy III|supervising director}}
{{Credit|31b|Squirrel Jokes|supervising director}}
{{Credit|32a|Pressure|supervising director}}
{{Credit|32b|The Smoking Peanut|supervising director}}
{{Credit|33a|Shanghaied|supervising director}}
{{Credit|33b|Gary Takes a Bath|supervising director}}
{{Credit|34a|Welcome to the Chum Bucket|supervising director}}
{{Credit|34b|Frankendoodle|supervising director}}
{{Credit|35a|The Secret Box|supervising director}}
{{Credit|35b|Band Geeks|supervising director}}
{{Credit|36a|Graveyard Shift|supervising director}}
{{Credit|36b|Krusty Love|supervising director}}
{{Credit|37a|Procrastination|supervising director}}
{{Credit|37b|I'm with Stupid|supervising director}}
{{Credit|38a|Sailor Mouth|supervising director}}
{{Credit|38b|Artist Unknown|supervising director}}
{{Credit|39a|Jellyfish Hunter|supervising director}}
{{Credit|39b|The Fry Cook Games|supervising director}}
{{Credit|40a|Squid on Strike|supervising director}}
{{Credit|40b|Sandy, SpongeBob, and the Worm|supervising director}}
{{Credit/season|3}}
{{Credit|41a|The Algae's Always Greener|supervising director}}
{{Credit|41b|SpongeGuard on Duty|supervising director}}
{{Credit|42a|Club SpongeBob|supervising director}}
{{Credit|42b|My Pretty Seahorse|supervising director}}
{{Credit/season|4}}
{{Credit|#|Fear of a Krabby Patty|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|The Lost Mattress|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Have You Seen This Snail?|Animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Skill Crane|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Selling Out|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Dunces and Dragons|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|SquidBob TentaclePants|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Ghost Host|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|New Leaf|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Once Bitten|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Wigstruck|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Hocus Pocus|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Best Frenemies|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|The Gift of Gum|animation director}}
{{Credit/season|5}}
{{Credit|#|Friend or Foe|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Waiting|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Boat Smarts|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Good Ol' Whatshisname|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Roller Cowards|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Money Talks|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|SpongeBob vs. the Patty Gadget|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Sing a Song of Patrick|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Goo Goo Gas|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Picture Day|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Pat No Pay|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|BlackJack|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|The Inmates of Summer|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|To Save a Squirrel|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|What Ever Happened to SpongeBob?|Animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Banned in Bikini Bottom|animation director}}
{{Credit/season|6}}
{{Credit|#|Krabby Road|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Penny Foolish|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Gone|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Slide Whistle Stooges|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Giant Squidward|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|The Slumber Party|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Grooming Gary|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|SpongeBob SquarePants vs. The Big One|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Krusty Krushers|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Grandpappy the Pirate|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|To SquarePants or Not to SquarePants|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Komputer Overload|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Gullible Pants|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Shell Shocked|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Truth or Square|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Chum Caverns|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|The Clash of Triton|animation director}}
{{Credit/season|7}}
{{Credit|#|Tentacle-Vision|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Stuck in the Wringer|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Keep Bikini Bottom Beautiful|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Kracked Krabs|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Back to the Past|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|The Bad Guy Club for Villains|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Summer Job|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Rodeo Daze|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Gramma's Secret Recipe|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Welcome to the Bikini Bottom Triangle|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|The Main Drain|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|The Great Patty Caper|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Enchanted Tiki Dreams|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Earworm|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|You Don't Know Sponge|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Tunnel of Glove|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Love That Squid|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Perfect Chemistry|animation director}}
{{Credit/season|8}}
{{Credit|#|The Hot Shot|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Sentimental Sponge|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Squidward's School for Grown-Ups|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Oral Report|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Mooncation|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Mermaid Man Begins|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|House Sittin' for Sandy|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|The Krabby Patty That Ate Bikini Bottom|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Bubble Buddy Returns|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Karen 2.0|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|InSPONGEiac|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Demolition Doofus|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Treats!|Animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Super Evil Aquatic Villain Team Up is Go!|Animation director}}
{{Credit|#|The Good Krabby Name|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Hello Bikini Bottom!|Animation director}}
{{Credit/season|9}}
{{Credit|#|Squirrel Record|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Patrick-Man|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Squid Baby|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Eek! An Urchin|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Safe Deposit Krabs|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Plankton's Pet|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Séance Shméance|animation director}}
{{Credit|#|Yeti Krabs|animation director}}
{{Credit/bottom}}


==External links==
==External links==
* {{imdb name|0806640}}
*[http://www.linkedin.com/pub/alan-smart/6/7a1/105 Alan Smart] at LinkedIn


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==References==
[[Category:Crew members|Smart, Alan]]
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[[Category:Voice actors]]
[[Category:Supervising directors]]
[[Category:Animation directors]]
[[Category:Animation supervisors]]

Latest revision as of 07:23, 31 July 2025

If you were looking for the article about the character, then see Alan Quaterkrab.
If you were looking for the article about the voice actor, then see Alan Carr.

Template:Person Alan Edward Smart (born October 10, 1963, age Template:Age) is a former SpongeBob SquarePants crew member. He is known for being an animation director, as well as the show's supervising director. He often collaborated with Tom Yasumi, Andrew Overtoom, and Michelle Bryan.

It was confirmed by Vincent Waller on May 10, 2022 that he retired and no longer works for the SpongeBob SquarePants franchise.[1] He left after having directed a couple episodes of season 13 and one episode of The Patrick Star Show.

He also worked on the short "SpongeBob: Order Up!", which was produced in 2011 and released in 2025.

Biography

Smart was born on October 10, 1963, in Los Angeles, California. He was educated at Brandis Art Institute (1979–1981) and California Institute of the Arts (1982–1986).

He is best is known for his work on SpongeBob SquarePants from 1999 to 2021 and as an assistant director and layout artist with The Simpsons (he also received credit as a director in the season 3 episode "Flaming Moe's"). He has done animation for the Nicktoons, Rugrats, Ren & Stimpy, Rocko's Modern Life, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, Hey Arnold!, CatDog, The Wild Thornberrys, Catscratch, Sanjay and Craig, and The Patrick Star Show. He has also worked on eight animated films: The Chipmunk Adventure, Oliver & Company, The Little Mermaid, Box-Office Bunny, Gumby: The Movie, Looney Tunes: Back in Action, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, and The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water. Alan Smart also worked on the pilot episode of the TV series, Family Dog and was an animation director on Clone High and 101 Dalmatians: The Series (according to the credits).

As of July 2013, he is the Supervising Animation Director at Paramount Pictures.

File:Enchanted Tiki Dreams credits.png

He has been the animation/supervising director for many episodes in the series. He also appears in the episode "Life of Crime" as the muscle guy. Alan Smart voiced the eel in "Enchanted Tiki Dreams."


Gallery

External links

References

  1. ↑ Vincent Waller on Twitter
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