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Alan Smart (born October 10, 1963) is a talented animator and director who has helped bring many of your favorite cartoon characters to life! He is most famous for his amazing work on SpongeBob SquarePants. Alan has been involved with SpongeBob since the very first pilot episode. He also worked on another super popular show, The Simpsons, as an assistant director and layout artist. He even directed an episode called "Flaming Moe's"!

Alan Smart has lent his animation skills to many other well-known Nicktoons, including CatDog, Hey Arnold, Rocko's Modern Life, Ren and Stimpy, and Sanjay and Craig. He also worked on several animated movies like The Little Mermaid, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, Oliver & Company, and The Chipmunk Adventure.

Alan also helped create the pilot episode for Family Dog. He was an animation director for Clone High and worked on the first season of Rugrats.

Alan Smart's Amazing Work

Alan Smart has worked on many cartoons and movies over the years. Here are some of the most famous ones:

Television Shows

  • SpongeBob SquarePants (1999–2021): Alan was a supervising director for many episodes. This means he helped make sure the animation looked great and the stories came to life. He was also an animation director and even did some voice acting!
  • The Simpsons (1990–2003): He was an assistant director and layout artist, helping to design how scenes would look. He also directed one episode.
  • Rugrats (1991–1998): Alan was an animation director for many episodes of this popular show about adventurous babies.
  • Rocko's Modern Life (1993–1996): He worked as an animation director on this funny cartoon.
  • Hey Arnold! (1996–1997): Alan was an animation director and director for episodes of this show about a kid with a football-shaped head.
  • CatDog (1998–1999): He was an animation director for this show about two brothers who are half-cat and half-dog.
  • The Patrick Star Show (2021): Alan worked as an animation director and supervising director on this spin-off show about SpongeBob's best friend.
  • Clone High (2002–2003): He was an animation director for this unique cartoon series.
  • Sanjay and Craig (2013): Alan was a supervising timing director for this show.

Movies and Specials

  • The Chipmunk Adventure (1987): Alan was an assistant animator on this musical film.
  • Oliver & Company (1988): He worked as a breakdown and in-between artist on this animated musical.
  • The Little Mermaid (1989): Alan was an assistant animator for this classic Disney movie.
  • The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004): He was the supervising animation director for SpongeBob's first big movie adventure.
  • SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis (2007): Alan was a supervising director for this TV movie.
  • The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015): He was again the supervising animation director for this exciting SpongeBob movie.
  • SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout (2019): Alan was an animation director and supervising director for this special celebrating SpongeBob's 20th anniversary.
  • SpongeBob: Order Up (2025): He worked as an animation director and supervising director on this short film.

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