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name: "Gabriel DeFrancesco"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gabriel-defrancesco"
fi1m_id: "gabriel-defrancesco"
tmdb_id: 4055884
roles: ["Director"]
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:39:49.642311+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."
---

# Gabriel DeFrancesco

## Identity

Gabriel DeFrancesco

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gabriel-defrancesco
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gabriel-defrancesco
- **TMDB ID:** 4055884
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4055884

Director.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/4055884

## Streaming the US now

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

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## Biography

Gabriel DeFrancesco is a director and animation artist. He has directed six episodes of the animated series *The Simpsons* (1989), first credited in season 34 in 2023.

DeFrancesco previously worked on *The Simpsons* as a character layout artist, storyboard artist and retake director or assistant retake director from the early 2000s. He has also directed the animated shorts *Trading Up: Behind the Green Door* (2012) and *Roman Holiday* (2014).

In 2026 he launched the animated series *Chow-Fuhn* through his production company Company One.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Complete filmography (3)

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

- *The Most Wonderful Time of the Year* (2024), Storyboard Artist
- *May the 12th Be with You* (2024), Storyboard Artist
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, Director — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

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