---
name: "Lance Kramer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/lance-kramer"
fi1m_id: "lance-kramer"
imdb_id: "nm0469592"
tmdb_id: 1219057
wikidata_id: "Q3216931"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "8 February 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 84
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:29:12.772641+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."
---

# Lance Kramer

## Identity

Lance Kramer

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/lance-kramer
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** lance-kramer
- **IMDb ID:** nm0469592
- **TMDB ID:** 1219057
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3216931
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3216931, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0469592/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1219057

Director. Born 8 February 1966 in Bismarck.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 8 February 1966, Bismarck
- **Active:** 1989–1999
- **Frequently works with:** [Bill Odenkirk](https://film.one/person/bill-odenkirk.md), [Brian Kelley](https://film.one/person/brian-kelley.md), [Carlos Baeza](https://film.one/person/carlos-baeza.md), [Dan Vebber](https://film.one/person/dan-vebber.md), [David X. Cohen](https://film.one/person/david-x-cohen.md), [Eric Horsted](https://film.one/person/eric-horsted.md), [Eric Kaplan](https://film.one/person/eric-kaplan.md), [Gregg Vanzo](https://film.one/person/gregg-vanzo.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 84, as director, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 88 (1), 1990s 81 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3216931, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0469592/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1219057

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Simpsons*](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) (88), [*Futurama*](https://film.one/tv/futurama.md) (81)

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

## Biography

Lance Kramer is an animation director. He has directed episodes of the animated series *The Simpsons* (1989) and *Futurama* (1999).

Kramer was born on 8 February 1966 in Bismarck, North Dakota. He graduated from Bismarck High School and from San Diego State University with a degree in film production. Earlier in his career he worked as an assistant animator on *Tom and Jerry: The Movie* (1992) and as a storyboard artist on *Garfield and Friends*. He also served as an additional sequence director on *The Simpsons Movie* (2007).

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Futurama* (1999), Fi1m 81, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/futurama.md)
- *The Simpsons* (1989), Fi1m 88, 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 First Step* (2023), Producer
- *The Simpsons Movie* (2007), Sequence Supervisor — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-simpsons-movie.md)
- *Futurama* (1999), series, Director — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/tv/futurama.md)
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, Director — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)
- *Denny Goes Airsurfing* (1989), Director, Animation, Writer
- *Singing Ding-A-Lings*, Director

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