Wes Archer

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Wesley "Wes" Archer (born November 26, 1961) is a television animation director. He was one of the original two directors (along with David Silverman) on The Simpsons' Tracey Ullman shorts and subsequently directed a number of Simpsons episodes before becoming supervising director at King of the Hill for many years. Archer's college animation film, "Jac Mac and Rad Boy, Go!" has long been a cult classic after receiving repeated airplay on USA Network's Night Flight in the 1980s. He studied at the Character Animation program at CalArts. Was also an animator for Savage Steve Holland on the film One Crazy Summer. He was credited as Wesley M. Archer.

[edit] The Simpsons episodes

He is credited with directing the following episodes:

• "Homer's Odyssey"
• "Moaning Lisa"
• "The Call of the Simpsons"
• "The Crepes of Wrath"
• "Treehouse of Horror"
• "Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish"
• "Bart the Daredevil"
• "One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish"
• "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?"
• "Three Men and a Comic Book"
• "Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington"
• "The Otto Show"
• "New Kid on the Block"
• "I Love Lisa"
• "Rosebud"
• "$pringfield"
• "Homer Loves Flanders"
• "Lady Bouvier's Lover"
• "Itchy & Scratchy Land"
• "Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy"
• "Bart vs. Australia"
• "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part 2)"
• "Bart Sells His Soul"
• "Two Bad Neighbors"
• "The Day the Violence Died"
• "Homerpalooza"

[edit] Futurama episodes

He is credited with directing the following episodes:

• "Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch"
• "The Why of Fry"

[edit] External links

• Wes Archer at the Internet Movie Database
• JacMac and Radboy-GO! on You Tube

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Current directors
Bob Anderson • Mike B. Anderson • Susie Dietter • Mark Kirkland • Nancy Kruse • Michael Marcantel • Steven Dean Moore • Matthew Nastuk • Raymond S. Persi • Michael Polcino • David Silverman
Former directors
Neil Affleck • Wes Archer • Carlos Baeza • Brad Bird • Mark Ervin • Jen Kamerman • Lance Kramer • Jeffrey Lynch • Lauren MacMullan • Pete Michels • Rich Moore • Dominic Polcino • Jim Reardon • Swinton O. Scott III • Chuck Sheetz • Gregg Vanzo
Other animation staff
Gábor Csupó • Bill Kopp • Eric Stefani • Lance Wilder
Animation studios
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