Alan Smart
Template:PTab Template:Person Alan E. Smart (born October 10, 1963) is a SpongeBob SquarePants crew member. He is known for being an animation director, as well as the show's supervising director.
Biography
Smart was born on October 10, 1963 in Los Angeles. He was educated at Brandis Art Institute (1979–1981) and California Institute of the Arts (1982–1986).
He best known for his work on SpongeBob SquarePants and as an assistant director and layout artist with 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 Catdog, Hey Arnold!, Rocko's Modern Life and Ren and Stimpy Show Ren and Stimpy. He has also done animation 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 and the first season of Rugrats.
As of July 2013, he is Supervising Animation Director at Paramount Pictures.
He has been the animation/supervising director for every episode in the series.
External links
- Alan Smart's Linkedin account
- Alan Smart on Wikipedia