David Silverman Biography

To bring Bart Simpson and the rest of his peculiar but beloved television family to life each week five directing teams supervise the work of nearly 100 animators in the United States and hundreds more in Korea producing over 23000 drawings in a process which takes six months.
David Silverman was the Supervising Animation Director behind this massive effort from 1990 to 1997 and one of the reasons behind the phenomenal success of The Simpsons Fox Broadcasting Company's Emmy Award-winning prime time television series. Silverman is now the Supervising Director overseeing seven production teams. He is also the director of 2007’s The Simpsons Movie.
Silverman's big break came in March of 1987 when he and fellow animator-friend Wes Archer began drawing the one-minute Simpsons spots for The Tracey Ullman Show. Two years later The Simpsons had its own place on the schedule and Silverman and Archer became directors. During the show's first season Silverman directed the main titles and five of the 13 shows (including the premiere and the Christmas show); the remaining shows being divided among three other directors. In its first season the show won an Emmy for the best-animated program. Later in 1990 Silverman was made Supervising Animation Director.

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