Jim Reardon

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Jim Reardon is an animation director and storyboard consultant, best known for his work on the animated TV series The Simpsons. He has directed over 30 episodes of the series, and was credited as a supervising director for seasons 9 through 15. Reardon attended the world renowned Character Animation program at the California Institute of the Arts in 1982, where one of his students projects, the satirical cartoon Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown (1986), has become a cult classic through the likes of YouTube. He was hired by John Kricfalusi as a writer on Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures and later worked on Tiny Toon Adventures. He has been described by Ralph Bakshi as "one of the best cartoon writers in the business". ^[1]

Reardon supervised the storyboard department and co-wrote the Pixar film WALL-E with Andrew Stanton, which was released on June 27, 2008.^[2] He was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay for WALL-E at the 81st Academy Awards.^[3]

Contents 1 List of The Simpsons episodes 2 Filmography 3 References 4 External links

[edit] List of The Simpsons episodes

• "Itchy & Scratchy & Marge"
• "Bart's Dog Gets an F"
• "Brush with Greatness"
• "When Flanders Failed"
• "Treehouse of Horror II"
• "Saturdays of Thunder"
• "Homer at the Bat"
• "Dog of Death"
• "Bart's Friend Falls in Love"
• "Homer the Heretic"
• "Mr. Plow"
• "Duffless"
• "Marge in Chains"
• "Homer Goes to College"
• "Homer the Vigilante"
• "Bart Gets an Elephant"
• "Bart of Darkness"
• "Treehouse of Horror V"
• "Homer the Great"
• "Lisa's Wedding"
• "Lemon of Troy"
• "King-Size Homer"
• "Bart the Fink"
• "22 Short Films About Springfield"
• "Burns, Baby Burns"
• "El Viaje Misterioso de Nuestro Jomer (The Mysterious Voyage of Homer)"
• "My Sister, My Sitter"
• "Homer's Enemy"
• "The City of New York vs. Homer Simpson"
• "Trash of the Titans"
• "Thirty Minutes over Tokyo"
• "Alone Again, Natura-Diddily"
• "Treehouse of Horror XII"
• "Large Marge"
• "Simple Simpson"

[edit] Filmography

• Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown (1986) - director
• Mighty Mouse: The New Adventures (1987-88) - writer, storyboard artist and director
• Christmas in Tattertown (1988) - writer and layout artist
• Tiny Toon Adventures (1990) - writer
• The Simpsons (1993-2004) - animation director, storyboard consultant
• WALL-E (2008) - screenwriter, storyboard supervisor

[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Video of Bring Me the Head of Charlie Brown

v • d • e The Simpsons animation Current directors Bob Anderson · Mike B. Anderson · Matthew Faughnan · Mark Kirkland · Lance Kramer · Nancy Kruse · Michael Marcantel · Chris Clements · Steven Dean Moore · Matthew Nastuk · Raymond S. Persi · Michael Polcino · Chuck Sheetz · Ralph Sosa · Rob Oliver Former directors Neil Affleck · Wes Archer · Carlos Baeza · Brad Bird · Mark Ervin · Jen Kamerman · Jeffrey Lynch · Lauren MacMullan · Pete Michels · Rich Moore · Dominic Polcino · Jim Reardon · Swinton O. Scott III · Alan Smart · Susie Dietter · Shaun Cashman · David Silverman · Gregg Vanzo Other animation staff Anthony Bell · Gábor Csupó · Bill Kopp · Christian Roman · Eric Stefani · Lance Wilder · Craig Clark Animation studios Klasky Csupo · Film Roman · AKOM · Anivision · Rough Draft Studios · USAnimation · Toonzone Entertainment

v • d • e WALL-E Voice cast Ben Burtt · Elissa Knight · Sigourney Weaver · Jeff Garlin · Fred Willard · MacInTalk Ralph · John Ratzenberger · Kathy Najimy Production John Lasseter (producer) · Jim Morris (producer) Related media Soundtrack · Video game · BURN-E (Pixar short film) Related articles Pixar Animation Studios · List of Pixar films · Pixar music · The Walt Disney Company