---
name: "Mike Frank Polcino"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/mike-frank-polcino"
fi1m_id: "mike-frank-polcino"
tmdb_id: 3485156
roles: ["Director"]
born: "27 April 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-17T21:39:49.642465+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 Frank Polcino

## Identity

Mike Frank Polcino

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/mike-frank-polcino
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** mike-frank-polcino
- **TMDB ID:** 3485156
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3485156

Director. Born 27 April 1962 in USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 27 April 1962, USA
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/3485156

## 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 Frank Polcino is an American animator and director. He has worked on the animated series *The Simpsons* since its third season, initially as a character layout artist and later in roles including animation timer, assistant director and retake director. He began directing episodes in 2000 and has been credited on 45 episodes to date.

Polcino's brother, Dominic Polcino, is a former director on *The Simpsons*. He has also directed the 2008 television film *Cranberry Christmas* and earlier work including *The D.A.R.E. Report: The Land of Decisions and Choices* (1993). He received Primetime Emmy Award nominations for Outstanding Short Form Animated Program in 2021 and 2022.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Complete filmography (1)

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

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

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