---
name: "Matthew Schofield"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/matthew-schofield"
fi1m_id: "matthew-schofield"
imdb_id: "nm2856539"
tmdb_id: 1447342
wikidata_id: "Q16933495"
roles: ["Assistant director","Director"]
born: "18 November 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-10-01T20:02:52.290602+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 Schofield

## Identity

Matthew Schofield

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/matthew-schofield
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** matthew-schofield
- **IMDb ID:** nm2856539
- **TMDB ID:** 1447342
- **Wikidata ID:** Q16933495
- **Same entity:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16933495, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2856539/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1447342

Assistant director and director. Born 18 November 1971 in Australia.

## Details

- **Work:** Assistant director, Director
- **Born:** 18 November 1971, Australia
- **Active:** 1989–2007
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 2: 1 directing, 1 crew
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 88 (1), 2000s 70 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16933495, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2856539/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1447342

## 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

Matthew Schofield is an Australian animator and director. He grew up in Australia and began his career in feature animation, working as an inbetween artist on films including *Cats Don't Dance* (1997), *The Prince of Egypt* (1998) and *The Iron Giant* (1999).

Schofield joined *The Simpsons* in 1999 as a character layout artist and has held roles including assistant director, storyboard artist and second unit director. He directed six episodes between 2009 and 2014, including "The Fight Before Christmas" (co-directed with Bob Anderson) and "Treehouse of Horror XX" (co-directed with Mike B. Anderson). He has also served as supervising storyboard director on the series. Additional credits include assistant director on *The Simpsons Movie* (2007) and *Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare"* (2012).

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

## 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, Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/film/the-simpsons-movie.md)

## Complete filmography (4)

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

- *Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare"* (2012), Assistant Director
- *The Simpsons Movie* (2007), Assistant Director — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-simpsons-movie.md)
- *Cats Don't Dance* (1997), Animation
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, Director — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

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