--- name: "Mike B. Anderson" canonical: "https://film.one/person/mike-b-anderson" fi1m_id: "mike-b-anderson" imdb_id: "nm0027214" tmdb_id: 165825 wikidata_id: "Q2741776" roles: ["Director"] born: "5 February 1973" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "director" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-17T21:39:49.359026+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." --- # Mike B. Anderson ## Identity Mike B. Anderson - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mike-b-anderson - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** mike-b-anderson - **IMDb ID:** nm0027214 - **TMDB ID:** 165825 - **Wikidata ID:** Q2741776 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_B._Anderson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2741776, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0027214/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/165825 Director. Born 5 February 1973 in Burbank, California, USA. ## Details - **Work:** Director - **Born:** 5 February 1973, Burbank, California, USA - **Also known as:** Michael B. Anderson, Michael Anderson, Mikel B. Anderson, Mike Anderson - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mike_B._Anderson, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2741776, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0027214/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/165825 ## 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 Mike B. Anderson, sometimes credited as Mikel B. Anderson, is an American animation director. He has worked on the animated series *The Simpsons* since 1990, initially as a background artist and later as a director and supervising director. He has directed numerous episodes of the show and served as sequence director on *The Simpsons Movie* (2007). He was also supervising director for the theme park attraction *The Simpsons Ride*. Before joining *The Simpsons*, Anderson directed the live-action feature films *Alone in the T-Shirt Zone* (1986) and *Kamillions* (1990) while a student. He has contributed to other animated projects including as consulting producer on *The Oblongs* and story consultant on *Tripping the Rift*. Anderson won Primetime Emmy Awards for directing the *Simpsons* episodes "Homer's Phobia" (1997) and "HOMR" (2001). For the former he also received an Annie Award for Best Individual Achievement: Directing in a TV Production. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, simpsonswiki.com, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *The Simpsons* (1989), Fi1m 88, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) ## Complete filmography (13) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Yellow Mirror* (2026), as Other - *Simpsley* (2026), as Other - *Extreme Makeover: Homer Edition* (2026), Supervising Producer, Other - *The Simpson: Yellow Planet* (2025), Director - *The Simpsons: O C'mon All Ye Faithful* (2024), Supervising Producer - *The Simpsons Funday Football* (2024), Director - *Maggie Simpson in "The Longest Daycare"* (2012), Thanks - *The Simpsons Movie* (2007), Sequence Supervisor — Fi1m 70, [page](https://film.one/film/the-simpsons-movie.md) - *The Simpsons: Treehouse of Horror* (2003), Director - *Kamillions* (1990), Director, Writer, Additional Editing - *The Simpsons* (1989), series, Director — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) - *Alone in the T-Shirt Zone* (1986), as Greg · Director, Writer, Co-Producer, Sound Designer, Sound Editor, Animation - *Jacket Man*, Director ## Gallery - ![Director of The Simpsons Mike Anderson. (2009)](https://film.one/media/person/61811/gallery-2a0a1fce5f93.jpg) Director of The Simpsons Mike Anderson. (2009) — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/0a/Mike_B._Anderson_%283757288530%29.jpg/1280px-Mike_B._Anderson_%283757288530%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Director Mike B. Anderson on The Simpsons panel at the 2010 San Diego Comic Con in San Diego, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.](https://film.one/media/person/61811/gallery-7ae9270ba9fb.jpg) Director Mike B. Anderson on The Simpsons panel at the 2010 San Diego Comic Con in San Diego, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere. — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/49/Mike_B._Anderson_%284842306285%29.jpg/1280px-Mike_B._Anderson_%284842306285%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Mike B. Anderson at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere.](https://film.one/media/person/61811/gallery-b1d436d7c49a.jpg) Mike B. Anderson at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con International in San Diego, California. Please attribute to Gage Skidmore if used elsewhere. — Gage Skidmore from Peoria, AZ, United States of America, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/db/Mike_B._Anderson_%285979823121%29.jpg/1280px-Mike_B._Anderson_%285979823121%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Mike B. Anderson](https://film.one/media/person/61811/gallery-e0d9eb0c6f99.jpg) Mike B. Anderson — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/73/Mike_B._Anderson_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg/1280px-Mike_B._Anderson_by_Gage_Skidmore.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) - ![Mike Anderson at the 2009 Comic Con in San Diego.](https://film.one/media/person/61811/gallery-7656379e851b.jpg) Mike Anderson at the 2009 Comic Con in San Diego. — Gage Skidmore, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ad/Mike_B._Anderson_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg/1280px-Mike_B._Anderson_by_Gage_Skidmore_2.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail) --- © 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/mike-b-anderson