Alan Smart facts for kids
Alan Smart (born October 10, 1963) is a talented animator and director who has helped create some of your favorite cartoons! He's most famous for his work on SpongeBob SquarePants, where he was a supervising director. He's been part of the SpongeBob team since the very first episode. Alan also worked on The Simpsons as an assistant director and layout artist. He even directed an episode called "Flaming Moe's".
He has also lent his animation skills to many other popular Nicktoons like CatDog, Hey Arnold, Rocko's Modern Life, and Ren and Stimpy. Alan Smart also worked on animated films such as The Little Mermaid and Oliver & Company.
His Amazing Cartoon Work
Alan Smart has been involved in many well-known animated TV shows and movies. He often worked as an animation director, supervising director, or sheet timer. These roles are super important for making sure cartoons look great and move smoothly!
TV Shows He Helped Create
Alan Smart has worked on a huge number of TV shows that you might know.
- SpongeBob SquarePants: He was a supervising director for many years, helping to guide the animation and overall look of the show. He also worked as an animation director and sheet timer.
- The Simpsons: He was an assistant director and layout artist, helping to draw and plan how scenes would look. He even directed one episode!
- Rugrats: Alan was an animation director for many episodes of this classic show about adventurous babies.
- Hey Arnold!: He worked as an animation director and director on this show about a kid with a football-shaped head.
- Rocko's Modern Life: He was an animation director for this funny show about a wallaby named Rocko.
- The Ren & Stimpy Show: Alan worked as a timing director, making sure the characters' movements were just right.
- CatDog: He was an animation director and sheet timer for this show about conjoined cat and dog brothers.
- The Wild Thornberrys: Alan also worked as a sheet timer for this show about a family that travels the world.
- Aaahh!!! Real Monsters: He helped time the animation for this show about young monsters learning to scare humans.
- Clone High: He was an animation director for this unique show about clones of historical figures.
- Sanjay and Craig: Alan was a supervising timing director for this show about a boy and his talking snake.
- The Patrick Star Show: More recently, he has worked as an animation director and supervising director on this SpongeBob spin-off.
Movies He Worked On
Alan Smart also contributed to several animated films, bringing characters to life on the big screen.
- The Little Mermaid (1989): He was an assistant animator for this classic Disney film.
- Oliver & Company (1988): He worked as a breakdown and in-between artist, helping to create the smooth movements of the characters.
- The Chipmunk Adventure (1987): Alan was an assistant animator for this musical film featuring Alvin and the Chipmunks.
- The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004): He was the supervising animation director for SpongeBob's first big movie adventure.
- The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015): He returned as the supervising animation director for this exciting sequel.
- SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis (2007) and SpongeBob's Truth or Square (2009): He was a supervising director for these special TV movies.
