Editing Mark Kirkland

{{Crew
|name= Mark Kirkland
|image= [[File:Mark Kirkland.png|250px]]
|gender= {{Male cast}} 
|job= Director<br>Supervising director<br>Storyboard artist
|birthdate= {{birthdate|1956|11|5}}
|deathdate= 
|status= Inactive
|episodes= 132
|seasons= [[Season 2]] - [[Season 31|31]]
|first episode= "[[Dancin' Homer]]"
|latest episode= "[[Hail to the Teeth]]"
}}

'''Mark Douglas Kirkland''' (born November 5, 1956) is an American animator and director for ''[[The Simpsons]]''. He served as a director, storyboard artist and supervising director.

== Credits ==
=== Directed by ===
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*{{ep|Bart Gets a "Z"}}
*{{ep|Postcards from the Wedge}}
*{{ep|The Squirt and the Whale}}
*{{ep|Elementary School Musical}}
*{{ep|Homer the Father}}
*{{ep|Homer Scissorhands}}
*{{ep|Replaceable You}}
*{{ep|Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson}}
*{{ep|Beware My Cheating Bart}}
*{{ep|Penny-Wiseguys}}
*{{ep|Homer Goes to Prep School}}
*{{ep|Dark Knight Court}}
*{{ep|Four Regrettings and a Funeral}}
*{{ep|The Kid Is All Right}}
*{{ep|You Don't Have to Live Like a Referee}}
*{{ep|Super Franchise Me}}
*{{ep|I Won't Be Home for Christmas}}
*{{ep|Peeping Mom}}
*{{ep|Love Is in the N2-O2-Ar-CO2-Ne-He-CH4}}
*{{ep|Fatzcarraldo}}
*{{ep|No Good Read Goes Unpunished}}
*{{ep|101 Mitigations}}
*{{ep|Hail to the Teeth}}
{{TC}}
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=== Storyboard ===
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*{{ep|Love Is in the N2-O2-Ar-CO2-Ne-He-CH4}}
*{{ep|Trust but Clarify}}
*{{ep|Havana Wild Weekend}}
*{{ep|Dad Behavior}}
*{{ep|The Great Phatsby: Part One}}
*{{ep|The Great Phatsby: Part Two}}
*{{ep|Fatzcarraldo}}
*{{ep|Springfield Splendor}}
*{{THOH|Treehouse of Horror XXVIII}}
*{{ep|Gone Boy}}
*{{ep|Frink Gets Testy}}
*{{ep|No Good Read Goes Unpunished}}
*{{ep|Baby You Can't Drive My Car}}
*{{ep|From Russia Without Love}}
*{{ep|Mad About the Toy}}
*{{ep|101 Mitigations}}
*{{ep|Thanksgiving of Horror}}
*{{ep|Hail to the Teeth}}
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=== Globe animation ===
*{{ep|Sweets and Sour Marge}}

=== Supervising director ===
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{{Season19A|all=yes|E5n=as Mark "Maniac" Kirkland}}
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=== Animation director ===
*{{spec|The Simpsons Take the Bowl}}

=== Additional storyboards ===
*{{ep|My Way or the Highway to Heaven}}

== Notes ==
*At the time "[[D'oh-in' in the Wind]]" was being produced, Kirkland was going through a divorce, so [[Matthew Nastuk]] took over the directorial duties for the first act.

== External links ==
*{{IMDb|name/nm0456658/}}
*{{Wikipedialink}}
*{{Twitterpage|markk1914}}

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kirkland, Mark}}

[[Category:Animators]]
[[Category:Outstanding Animated Program Emmy winning crew]]