Line #45 Creator/DavidSilverman


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2	David Allen Silverman (born March 15, 1957) is an American animator, screenwriter, producer and director best known for his work on ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons''.
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4	He has worked on the show since they were animated shorts on ''Series/TheTraceyUllmanShow'', Silverman is largely responsible for redesigning the Simpson family so they look more appealing to audiences, he is also called upon to animate difficult scenes such as Homer's heart attack from "Homer's Triple Bypass" and Homer's hallucinations from "The Mysterious Voyage Of Homer".
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6	For a brief time he left the series to work at different animation studios like Creator/{{Pixar}}, [[Creator/DreamWorksAnimation Dreamworks]] and [[Creator/BlueSkyStudios Blue Sky]].
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8	He is frequenctly caricatured on ''The Simpsons'' and has provided the occasional voice-over role as incidental characters.
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10	!!List of works directed by David Silverman:
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12	* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
13	** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS1E1SimpsonsRoastingOnAnOpenFire Simpsons Roasting On An Open Fire]]"
14	** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS1E2BartTheGenius Bart The Genius]]"
15	** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS1E5BartTheGeneral Bart the General]]"
16	** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS1E9LifeOnTheFastLane Life on the Fast Lane]]"
17	** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS1E13SomeEnchantedEvening Some Enchanted Evening]]"
18	** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E1BartGetsAnF Bart Gets an F]]"
19	** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E3TreehouseOfHorror Treehouse of Horror]]" (The Raven segment only)
20	** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E7BartVsThanksgiving Bart vs. Thanksgiving]]"
21	** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E12TheWayWeWas The Way We Was]]"
22	** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E17OldMoney Old Money]]"
23	** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS2E22BloodFeud Blood Feud]]"
24	** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS3E21BlackWidower Black Widower]]"
25	** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS4E11HomersTripleBypass Homer's Triple Bypass]]" - Animated Homer's near-fatal heart attack.
26	** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonss4E22KrustyGetsKancelled Krusty Gets Kancelled]]"
27	** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS5E5TreehouseOfHorrorIV Treehouse of Horror IV]]"
28	** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E3AnotherSimpsonsClipShow Simpsons Clip Show]]"
29	** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS6E15HomieTheClown Homie the Clown]]"
30	** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E8MotherSimpson Mother Simpson]]"
31	** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS7E10TheSimpsons138thEpisodeSpectacular The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular]]"
32	** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS14E1TreehouseOfHorrorXIII Treehouse of Horror XIII]]"
33	** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS16E1TreehouseOfHorrorXV Treehouse of Horror XV]]"
34	** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS17E4TreehouseOfHorrorXVI Treehouse of Horror XVI]]"
35	** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS18E4TreehouseOfHorrorXVII Treehouse of Horror XVII]]" (with Matthew Faughnan)
36	** "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS26E10TheManWhoCameToBeDinner The Man Who Came to Be Dinner]]"
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38	* Shorts and Feature Films:
39	** The Strange Case Of Mr. Donny Brook's Boredom
40	** ''WesternAnimation/TheRoadToElDorado'' (additional sequences)
41	** ''WesternAnimation/MonstersInc1'' (Co-director with Pete Doctor and Lee Unkrich)
42	** ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsonsMovie''
43	** ''WesternAnimation/TheLongestDaycare''
44	** Simpsons Take The Bowl
45	** Trumptastic Voyage
46	** Planet of the Couches
47	** ''WesternAnimation/Extinct2021''

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