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Mike B. Anderson
Anderson in 2009
Born	1954 or 1955 (age 69–70)
Nationality	American
Other names	Mikel B. Anderson
Alma mater	California College of Arts and Crafts University of California, Los Angeles
Occupation	Animation director
Years active	1980s–present
Known for	The Simpsons

Mike B. Anderson (born 1954 or 1955),^[1] sometimes credited asMikel B. Anderson, is an American animation director, best known for his work onThe Simpsons.

Anderson grew up inSanta Maria, California. He dropped out of high school, later earning aGED before attending college. He holds aBFA degree from theCalifornia College of Arts and Crafts, and master's degrees in film and video production fromUCLA.^[1] After college, he directed short films and low-budget features before joiningThe Simpsons as a background artist in 1990. He was promoted to assistant director in 1992 and director in 1995.^[1]

Anderson has directed numerous episodes of the show, and was animated in "The Secret War of Lisa Simpson" as cadet Anderson. While a college student, he directed the live action feature filmsAlone in the T-Shirt Zone andKamillions. Since 1990, he has worked primarily in animation including being a consulting producer on the series,The Oblongs, and story consultant onTripping the Rift.

He has won twoEmmy Awards for directing Simpsons episodes, "Homer's Phobia" in 1997 and "HOMR" in 2001. For "Homer's Phobia" he won theAnnie Award for Best Individual Achievement: Directing in a TV Production,^[2] and theWAC Winner Best Director for Primetime Series at the 1998 World Animation Celebration.^[3] Mike was also a sequence director on "The Simpsons Movie" (2007), was the supervising director on "The Simpsons Ride" at Universal Studios and has been the supervising director for "The Simpsons" television series since season 20.

• "Lisa the Iconoclast"

• "Treehouse of Horror VII"
• "You Only Move Twice"
• "Homer's Phobia"
• "The Secret War of Lisa Simpson"

• "The Last Temptation of Krust"

• "Homer Simpson in: 'Kidney Trouble'"

• "Hello Gutter, Hello Fadder"

• "HOMR"
• "Trilogy of Error"

• "Tales from the Public Domain"

• "How I Spent My Strummer Vacation"
• "C.E. D'oh"

• "The President Wore Pearls"
• "Margical History Tour"
• "The Way We Weren't"

• "Fat Man and Little Boy"
• "Pranksta Rap"
• "Future-Drama"

• "Marge's Son Poisoning"
• "Homer's Paternity Coot"
• "The Wettest Stories Ever Told"

• "Please Homer, Don't Hammer 'Em..."

• "Mona Leaves-a"

• "Treehouse of Horror XX"

• "Halloween of Horror"

• Mike B. Anderson atIMDb

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