---
name: "Bob Anderson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/bob-anderson"
fi1m_id: "bob-anderson"
imdb_id: "nm0026433"
tmdb_id: 1223611
wikidata_id: "Q2907572"
roles: ["Assistant director","Director"]
born: "1 January 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 0
updated: "2026-09-17T21:39:40.634264+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Bob Anderson

## Identity

Bob Anderson

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/bob-anderson
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** bob-anderson
- **IMDb ID:** nm0026433
- **TMDB ID:** 1223611
- **Wikidata ID:** Q2907572
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Anderson_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2907572, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0026433/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1223611

Assistant director and director. Born 1 January 1965 in Teaneck.

## Details

- **Work:** Assistant director, Director
- **Born:** 1 January 1965, Teaneck
- **Also known as:** Robert D. Anderson II, Bedlam Bob Anderson, Beelze-Bob Anderson, Robert Anderson, Sponge Bob Anderson Pants
- **Primetime Emmy Awards:** 1 Emmy nomination
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Anderson_(director), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2907572, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0026433/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1223611

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Simpsons*](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) (88)

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## Biography

Bob Anderson is an American animation director, best known for his work on the television series *The Simpsons*.

After high school he studied at the Joe Kubert School of Cartoon and Graphic Art and began his career at Broadcast Arts in New York City, working on commercials. He moved to Los Angeles in 1990 and joined *The Simpsons* as an assistant director. His first episode as director was "Bart's Inner Child" in 1993.

Anderson has directed more than sixty episodes of the series and served as additional sequence director on *The Simpsons Movie* (2007). He has received Primetime Emmy nominations for his work.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Simpsons* (1989), Fi1m 88, Assistant Director, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

## Complete filmography (6)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *The Simpsons Movie* (2007), Sequence Supervisor — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-simpsons-movie.md)
- *The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror* (2003), Director
- *Picnic* (1991), Animation
- *The Jackie Bison Show* (1990), Storyboard Artist
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, Director, Assistant Director — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *Santabear's High Flying Adventure* (1987), as Layout · Animation

## Awards

### Primetime Emmy Awards — 0 won, 1 nominated

- 1996: Outstanding Animated Program (nominated), for *The Simpsons*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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