Alan Smart

Alan Smart (born October 10, 1963) is a retired American animator and an animation director best known for his work as the supervising director on ''SpongeBob SquarePants'', which he had been involved with from the pilot to 2021, and as assistant director and layout artist on ''The Simpsons'' (he also received credit as a director in the season three episode, "Flaming Moe's").

He has done animation for the Nicktoons ''CatDog'', ''Hey Arnold'', ''Rocko's Modern Life'', ''Ren & Stimpy'', and ''Sanjay and Craig'' and on five animated films: ''The Little Mermaid'', ''The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie'', ''The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie: Sponge Out of Water'', ''Oliver & Company'' and ''The Chipmunk Adventure''.

Alan Smart also worked on the pilot episode of ''Family Dog'', as an animation director on ''Clone High'' and the first season of ''Rugrats''. Provided by Wikipedia