Alan Smart

Alan Smart (born October 10, 1963) is a retired^[1] 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, and as assistant director and layout artist on The Simpsons (he also received credit as a director in the season three episode, "Flaming Moe's").^[2]^[3]

He has done animation for the Nicktoons CatDog, Hey Arnold, Rocko's Modern Life, Ren and Stimpy, and Sanjay and Craig and on five animated films: The Little Mermaid, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie: Sponge Out of Water, Oliver & Company and The Chipmunk Adventure.^{[citation needed]}

Alan Smart also worked on the pilot episode of Family Dog, as an animation director on Clone High and the first season of Rugrats.^{[citation needed]}

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Notes
2021	The Patrick Star Show	animation director (1 episode) supervising director (3 episodes)
2013	Sanjay and Craig	supervising timing director (10 episodes)
2005	Catscratch	sheet timer (1 episode)
2002–03	Clone High	animation director (13 episodes)
1999–2021	SpongeBob SquarePants	animation director (141 episodes) supervising director (192 episodes) sheet timer (12 episodes) actor (3 episodes) special thanks (6 episodes)
1998–99	The Wild Thornberrys	sheet timer (25 episodes)
1998–99	CatDog	sheet timer (1 episode) animation director (11 episodes)
1997	101 Dalmatians: The Series	animation director (2 episodes)
	Nightmare Ned	timing director (3 episodes) director (2 episodes)
	Recess	animation director (2 episodes) additional timing director (2 episodes)
1996–97	Hey Arnold!	animation director (3 episodes) director (2 episodes)
1995	Eek! the Cat	animation timer (1 episode)
1994–1997	Duckman	animation timer (15 episodes)
1994–1997	Aaahh!!! Real Monsters	sheet timer (37 episodes)
1994–95	The Ren & Stimpy Show	timing director (4 episodes)
1994–95	The Critic	animation timing (1 episode) director (3 episodes) character layout artist (1 episode)
1993–96	Rocko's Modern Life	animation director (23 episodes)
1991–98	Rugrats	animation director (44 episodes) sheet timer (2 episodes) assistant animator (1 episode) character layout artist (1 episode) assistant director (2 episodes)
1990–2003	The Simpsons	layout artist (4 episodes) animation timer (1 episode) additional timer (1 episode) character layout artist (1 episode) director (1 episode) assistant director (14 episodes) sheet director (2 episodes)
1990	Bobby's World	sheet timer (1 episode)
1987	Amazing Stories	principal assist animator (1 episode)

Film

Year	Title	Notes
1987	The Chipmunk Adventure	assistant animator (Animated musical film)
1988	Oliver & Company	breakdown and in between artist (Animated musical film)
1988	Technological Threat	character animator (Animated short film)
1989	The Little Mermaid	assistant animator (Animated musical film)
1990	Box-Office Bunny	assistant animator (Animated short film)
1993	Recycle Rex	timing (Animated short film)
1995	Hate	timing director (Animated short film)
2003	My Life with Morrissey	Stan (Independent film)
2004	The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie	supervising animation director (Live-action animated comedy film)
2007	SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis	supervising director (Television movie)
2009	Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants	Himself character designer (Documentary film)
2009	SpongeBob's Truth or Square	animation director supervising director (Television movie)
2015	The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water	supervising animation director (Live-action animated comedy film)
2019	SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout	animation director animation supervising director (Television movie)
2019	Badge of Honor	Juror (Short film)