---
name: "Eric Koenig"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/eric-koenig"
fi1m_id: "eric-koenig"
imdb_id: "nm1852848"
tmdb_id: 1447478
wikidata_id: "Q131152604"
roles: ["Layout","Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T20:02:52.300417+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."
---

# Eric Koenig

## Identity

Eric Koenig

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/eric-koenig
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** eric-koenig
- **IMDb ID:** nm1852848
- **TMDB ID:** 1447478
- **Wikidata ID:** Q131152604
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131152604, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1852848/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1447478

Layout and director.

## Details

- **Work:** Layout, Director
- **Active:** 1989–2007
- **Also known as:** Erik Koenig
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 directing, 1 crew
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 88 (1), 2000s 70 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q131152604, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1852848/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1447478

## Streaming the US now

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

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Eric Koenig is an American animation director and artist. He has worked extensively in the animation department on *The Simpsons* (1989), initially as a character layout artist on *The Simpsons Movie* (2007) and numerous episodes of the series, later contributing as a storyboard artist and animatic layout artist.

Koenig advanced to directing roles on the series, including couch gags and two episodes broadcast in 2024 and 2025. He has also directed nine episodes of the animated series *HouseBroken* (2021–2023). He is sometimes credited as Erik Koenig or Panama K.

*Sources: imdb.com, en.wikipedia.org, simpsons.fandom.com, bubbleblabber.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

### Directed (1)

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

### Crew (1) — the average rests on these

- *The Simpsons Movie* (2007), Fi1m 70, Layout — [page](https://film.one/film/the-simpsons-movie.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *May the 12th Be with You* (2024), Storyboard Artist
- *HouseBroken* (2021), series, Director
- *Maggie Simpson in "Playdate with Destiny"* (2020), Storyboard Artist, Assistant Director
- *Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare"* (2012), as Layout
- *The Lurking Fear* (2010), Director
- *Kung Fu Panda: Secrets of the Furious Five* (2008), Animation
- *The Simpsons Movie* (2007), as Layout — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-simpsons-movie.md)
- *Curious George* (2006), Animation
- *Bambi II* (2006), Additional Storyboarding
- *Eight Crazy Nights* (2002), Animation
- *The Tigger Movie* (2000), Animation
- *Boo Boo Runs Wild* (1999), as Layout
- *Cats Don't Dance* (1997), Storyboard Artist, Animation
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, Director — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

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