---
name: "Matthew Faughnan"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/matthew-faughnan"
fi1m_id: "matthew-faughnan"
imdb_id: "nm1676319"
tmdb_id: 1710643
wikidata_id: "Q3299707"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "26 February 1975"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:39:45.807400+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."
---

# Matthew Faughnan

## Identity

Matthew Faughnan

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/matthew-faughnan
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** matthew-faughnan
- **IMDb ID:** nm1676319
- **TMDB ID:** 1710643
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3299707
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Faughnan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3299707, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1676319/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1710643

Director. Born 26 February 1975 in USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 26 February 1975, USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Faughnan, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3299707, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1676319/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1710643

## Streaming the US now

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

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## Biography

Matthew Faughnan is an American animation director. He has directed episodes of the animated series *The Simpsons* since 2006, with credits including 'Stop! Or My Dog Will Shoot!', 'Treehouse of Horror XVII' (co-directed with David Silverman), 'Loan-a Lisa', 'Labor Pains', 'Treehouse of Horror XXV', 'Podcast News', 'Habeas Tortoise', 'Iron Marge', 'The Yellow Lotus', 'O C'mon All Ye Faithful' and 'Yellow Mirror'.

Prior to directing, Faughnan worked on the series as an assistant director, character layout artist and storyboard artist. He received a Primetime Emmy Award in 2003 as assistant director for the episode 'Three Gays of the Condo' and has received further Emmy nominations in the Outstanding Animated Program category.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Complete filmography (4)

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

- *Yellow Mirror* (2026), Director
- *The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful* (2024), Director, Writer
- *The Simpsons Movie* (2007), Sequence Supervisor — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-simpsons-movie.md)
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, Director — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

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© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL. Canonical: https://film.one/person/matthew-faughnan