Alan Edward Smart (born October 10, 1963, age 60) is a former SpongeBob SquarePants crew member. He is known for being an animation director, as well as the show's supervising director. He often collaborated with Tom Yasumi, Andrew Overtoom, and Michelle Bryan.
It was confirmed by Vincent Waller on May 10, 2022 that he retired and no longer works for the SpongeBob SquarePants franchise.[1] He left after having directed a couple episodes of season 13 and one episode of The Patrick Star Show.
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 is best is known for his work on SpongeBob SquarePants from 1999 to 2021 and as an assistant director and layout artist with The Simpsons (he also received credit as a director in the season 3 episode "Flaming Moe's"). He has done animation for the Nicktoons, Rugrats, Ren & Stimpy, Rocko's Modern Life, Aaahh!!! Real Monsters, Hey Arnold!, CatDog, The Wild Thornberrys, Catscratch, Sanjay and Craig, and The Patrick Star Show. He has also worked on eight animated films: The Chipmunk Adventure, Oliver & Company, The Little Mermaid, Box-Office Bunny, Gumby: The Movie, Looney Tunes: Back in Action, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, and The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water. Alan Smart also worked on the pilot episode of the TV series, Family Dog and was an animation director on Clone High and 101 Dalmatians: The Series (according to the credits).
As of July 2013, he is the Supervising Animation Director at Paramount Pictures.
He has been the animation/supervising director for many episodes in the series. He also appears in "Life of Crime" as the muscle guy. Alan Smart voiced the eel in "Enchanted Tiki Dreams."
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External links[]
- Alan Smart at LinkedIn
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