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name: "Seth Kearsley"
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roles: ["Director"]
born: "3 November 1971"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T23:46:06.168873+00:00"
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# Seth Kearsley

Director. Born 3 November 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 3 November 1971, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

## Biography

Seth Kearsley is an American animation director and producer. He was born on 3 November 1971 in Cincinnati, Ohio. He studied film at the California Institute of the Arts and began his career in the mid-1990s as a storyboard and layout artist on series including *The Maxx* and *The Simpsons*.

Kearsley directed all 42 episodes of *Mummies Alive!* (1997) and served as supervising director on *Dilbert* (1999–2000). He directed three episodes of *Family Guy* (2005–2006) and the feature film *Eight Crazy Nights* (2002). Later credits include directing on *The Looney Tunes Show* (2012–2013), *Take Two with Phineas and Ferb* (2011), *TrollsTopia* (2021–2022) and *Barbie Mysteries* (2024–2025).

*Sources: imdb.com, static1.squarespace.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

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

## Also known for

- *Phineas and Ferb* (2007), Writer
- *The Looney Tunes Show* (2011), Director, Story, Teleplay
- *Eight Crazy Nights* (2002), Director
- *Dilbert* (1999), Director
- *Trolls: TrollsTopia* (2020), Director

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