---
name: "Pete Michels"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/pete-michels"
fi1m_id: "pete-michels"
imdb_id: "nm0585086"
tmdb_id: 53215
wikidata_id: "Q1754329"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "15 December 1964"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 76
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-17T17:29:15.356092+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."
---

# Pete Michels

## Identity

Pete Michels

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/pete-michels
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** pete-michels
- **IMDb ID:** nm0585086
- **TMDB ID:** 53215
- **Wikidata ID:** Q1754329
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Michels, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1754329, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0585086/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/53215

Director. Born 15 December 1964 in New Jersey, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 15 December 1964, New Jersey, USA
- **Active:** 1989–1999
- **Frequently works with:** [Brian Scully](https://film.one/person/brian-scully.md), [Dominic Polcino](https://film.one/person/dominic-polcino.md), [Neil Affleck](https://film.one/person/neil-affleck.md), [Richard Appel](https://film.one/person/richard-appel.md), [Swinton O. Scott III](https://film.one/person/swinton-o-scott-iii.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 76, as director, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1980s 88 (1), 1990s 63 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pete_Michels, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1754329, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0585086/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/53215

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*The Simpsons*](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md) (88), [*Family Guy*](https://film.one/tv/family-guy.md) (63)

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

## Biography

Pete Michels is an American animation director. Born on 15 December 1964 in Little Ferry, New Jersey, he studied animation at the University of California, Los Angeles, after earlier studies at Jersey City State College.

He began working on *The Simpsons* in 1990 as a background layout and character layout artist, later directing 11 episodes between 1997 and 2003. He has directed extensively on *Family Guy* and served as supervising director on the first two seasons of *Rick and Morty*. He is currently supervising director on *Krapopolis*.

His other directing credits include episodes of *Rugrats*, *Future-Worm!* and *Bless the Harts*.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Family Guy* (1999), Fi1m 63, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/family-guy.md)
- *The Simpsons* (1989), Fi1m 88, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

## Complete filmography (14)

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

- *Krapopolis* (2023), series, Director
- *Farzar* (2022), series, Director
- *Inside Job* (2021), series, Director
- *Bless the Harts* (2019), series, Director
- *All the Way to the Ocean* (2016), Writer
- *Family Guy Presents: It's a Trap!* (2010), Storyboard
- *Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story* (2005), Director
- *Kid Notorious* (2003), series, Director
- *The Simpsons: Too Hot For TV* (1999), Director
- *Family Guy* (1999), series, Director — Fi1m 63, [page](https://film.one/tv/family-guy.md)
- *The Twisted Tales of Felix the Cat* (1995), series, Director, Writer
- *Rugrats* (1991), series, Director
- *Ralph S. Mouse* (1991), as Art Direction
- *The Simpsons* (1989), series, Director — Fi1m 88, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-simpsons.md)

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