Mark Kirkland

Mark Kirkland

Crew Information

Gender:	Male ♂
Job:	Director Supervising director Storyboard artist
Birth date:	November 5, 1956 (1956-11-05) (age 68)
Status:	Inactive
Number of episodes:	132
Seasons active:	Season 2 - 31
First episode:	"Dancin' Homer"
Most recent 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.

Awards

Award	Year	Episode	Result
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program	2000^[1]	"Behind the Laughter"	Won
2003^[2]	"Three Gays of the Condo"
2007^[3]	"The Haw-Hawed Couple"	Nominated
2008^[4]	"Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind"	Won

Credits

Directed by

Episode – "Dancin' Homer"

Episode – "Bart Gets Hit by a Car"

Episode – "Principal Charming"

Episode – "The War of the Simpsons"

Episode – "Homer Defined"

Episode – "Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk"

Episode – "Homer Alone"

Episode – "Colonel Homer"

Episode – "Kamp Krusty"

Episode – "Lisa the Beauty Queen"

Episode – "Lisa's First Word"

Episode – "Last Exit to Springfield"

Episode – "Homer's Barbershop Quartet"

Episode – "Marge on the Lam"

Episode – "Homer and Apu"

Episode – "Burns' Heir"

Episode – "Lisa's Rival"

Episode – "Sideshow Bob Roberts"

Episode – "Fear of Flying"

Episode – "Homer vs. Patty and Selma"

Episode – "The Springfield Connection"

Episode – "Lisa the Vegetarian"

Episode – "Team Homer"

Episode – "A Fish Called Selma"

Episode – "Summer of 4 Ft. 2"

Episode – "The Homer They Fall"

Episode – "Mountain of Madness"

Episode – "The Old Man and the Lisa"

THOH – "Treehouse of Horror VIII" (as Mad Dog Kirkland)

Episode – "Bart Carny"

Episode – "Girly Edition"

Episode – "The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace"

Episode – "D'oh-in' in the Wind"

Episode – "Marge Simpson in: "Screaming Yellow Honkers""

Episode – "The Old Man and the "C" Student"

Episode – "Brother's Little Helper"

Episode – "Little Big Mom"

Episode – "Pygmoelian"

Episode – "Behind the Laughter"

Episode – "The Computer Wore Menace Shoes"

Episode – "Simpson Safari"

Episode – "The Parent Rap"

Episode – "Sweets and Sour Marge"

Episode – "Gump Roast"

Episode – "Helter Shelter"

Episode – "The Dad Who Knew Too Little"

Episode – "Three Gays of the Condo"

Episode – "The Regina Monologues"

Episode – "Diatribe of a Mad Housewife"

Episode – "My Big Fat Geek Wedding"

Episode – "All's Fair in Oven War"

Episode – "Mommie Beerest"

Episode – "The Bonfire of the Manatees"

Episode – "The Italian Bob"

Episode – "Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore"

Episode – "Moe'N'a Lisa"

Episode – "He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs"

Episode – "That '90s Show"

Episode – "The Burns and the Bees"

Episode – "No Loan Again, Naturally"

Episode – "Bart Gets a "Z""

Episode – "Postcards from the Wedge"

Episode – "The Squirt and the Whale"

Episode – "Elementary School Musical"

Episode – "Homer the Father"

Episode – "Homer Scissorhands"

Episode – "Replaceable You"

Episode – "Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson"

Episode – "Beware My Cheating Bart"

Episode – "Penny-Wiseguys"

Episode – "Homer Goes to Prep School"

Episode – "Dark Knight Court"

Episode – "Four Regrettings and a Funeral"

Episode – "The Kid Is All Right"

Episode – "You Don't Have to Live Like a Referee"

Episode – "Super Franchise Me"

Episode – "I Won't Be Home for Christmas"

Episode – "Peeping Mom"

Episode – "Love Is in the N2-O2-Ar-CO2-Ne-He-CH4"

Episode – "Fatzcarraldo"

Episode – "No Good Read Goes Unpunished"

Episode – "101 Mitigations"

Episode – "Hail to the Teeth"

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.

References

External links

Mark Kirkland at the Internet Movie Database
Mark Kirkland at Wikipedia
Mark Kirkland at Twitter

Directors

view • talk • edit • past Current directors
Bob Anderson • Timothy Bailey • Chris Clements • Gabriel DeFrancesco • Matthew Faughnan • Lance Kramer • Debbie Bruce Mahan • Steven Dean Moore • Matthew Nastuk • Rob Oliver • Mike Frank Polcino

view • talk • edit • past Former directors
Neil Affleck • Mike B. Anderson • Wes Archer • Carlos Baeza • Brad Bird • Kent Butterworth • Susie Dietter • Milton Gray • Jen Kamerman • Mark Kirkland • Nancy Kruse • Jeffrey Lynch • Lauren MacMullan • Michael Marcantel • Pete Michels • Jennifer Moeller • Rich Moore • Raymond S. Persi • Dominic Polcino • Jim Reardon • Matthew Schofield • Swinton O. Scott III • Chuck Sheetz • David Silverman • Ralph Sosa

view • talk • edit • past One time directors
Shaun Cashman • Sang-Yong Eom • Klay Hall • Eric Koenig • Alan Smart • Gregg Vanzo

view • talk • edit • past Supervising directors
Mike B. Anderson • Dominic Bianchi • Mark Kirkland • Pete Michels • James Purdum • Jim Reardon • David Silverman

view • talk • edit • past Second unit directors
Timothy Bailey • Oscar Cervantes • Gabriel DeFrancesco • Karen Carnegie Johnson • Eric Koenig • Lance Kramer • Drew McPhail • Jennifer Moeller • Rob Oliver • Matthew Schofield • Shane K. Sowell

view • talk • edit • past Other directors
Bill Brown • Stephen Chiodo • Sylvain Chomet • Guillermo del Toro • Bernard Derriman • David Green • Jorge R. Gutierrez • John Harvatine IV • Garry Kitchen • Selina Mehta • Juan Meza-León • Chris Palmer • Bill Plympton • John Rice • Paul Robertson • Hal Rushton • Peter Shin • Bartek Socha • Jakob Socha • Jakub Socha • Kuba Socha • Michał Socha • Morgan Spurlock • Eric Towner

Animation directors

view • talk • edit • past Episode animation directors
Rick Bowman • Chang, Myung Nam • Utit Choomuang • Gábor Csupó • Mike Girard • B.H. Han • N. J. Kim • S.J. Kim • J.C. Park • S.J. Park • Oh Heung Seon • Nelson Shin • Eyom Hyoung Sik • Don Spencer • Gregg Vanzo

view • talk • edit • past Other animation directors
Sungsoo Bang • Sukgyoo Choi • Wonkyoo Gang • Jinjoon Hwang • Mija Hwang • Myung Nam Jang • Yong Seop Jeong • Young Sik Jeong • Tim Johnson • Kyung-Yun Kim • Mark Kirkland • Lance Kramer • Jihyun Lee • Youngmi Lee • Nathan Litz • Luis Liwanag • Gary McCarver • Paul Metcalfe • Matthew Nastuk • Eunok Park • Mike Frank Polcino • Chuck Sheetz • Ikhwan Yim

Storyboard artists and Storyboard revisionists

view • talk • edit • past Current storyboard artists
John Achenbach • Norman P. Auble • Timothy Bailey • Bryan Francis • Eric Koenig • Ben Lane • Matt Mantel • Whitney B. Martin • Steven Dean Moore • Arlyne Ramirez • Stephen Reis • Thomas E. Richner • Jeremy Robinson • Matthew Schofield • Ralph Sosa • Michael Tran

view • talk • edit • past Former storyboard artists
Brad Ableson • Neil Affleck • Edwin E. Aguilar • Scott Alberts • Bob Anderson • Mike B. Anderson • Martin Archer • Wes Archer • Bob Arkwright • Peter Avanzino • Carlos Baeza • Orlando Baeza • David Bastian • Rudi Berden • Brad Bird • Tim Burgard • Kent Butterworth • Barry Caldwell • Shaun Cashman • Shawna Cha • Bev Chapman • Chris Clements • Vic Cook • Dave Cunningham • Gabriel DeFrancesco • Susie Dietter • Francis Dinglasan • Ralph Eggleston • John Eng • Mark Ervin • Luis Escobar • Dante Fabiero • Matthew Faughnan • Julia "Fitzy" Fitzmaurice • Steven Fonti • Gavin Freitas • Tricia Garcia • Gary Graham • Lucas Gray • Klay Hall • Colin Heck • Matthew Herbert • Jon Hooper • Mark Howard • Kelly Spencer James • Karen Carnegie Johnson • Ray Johnson, Jr. • Mike Kazaleh • Celia Kendrick • Mark Kirkland • Lance Kramer • Nancy Kruse • Adam Kuhlman • Grant Lee • Glen Lovell • Greg Lovell • Jeffrey Lynch • Lauren MacMullan • Michael Marcantel • Steven Markowski • Lila Martinez • John Mathot • Ted Mathot • Drew McPhail • Roy Meurin • Bob Miller • Chris Moeller • Jennifer Moeller • Rich Moore • Mike Morris • Erik Moxcey • Raymie Muzquiz • Jeff Myers • Matthew Nastuk • Kevin O'Brien • Michael O'Connor • Rob Oliver • Raymond S. Persi • Dominic Polcino • Dan Povenmire • Jim Reardon • Dexter Reed • John Rice • Jerry Richardson • Christian Roman • Eddie Rosas • David Salvador • David Schwartz • Swinton O. Scott III • Ira Sherak • Shane K. Sowell • Cyndi Tang • Vincenzo Trippetti • William Tucker • Adam Van Wyk • Gregg Vanzo • Jason D. Warnesky • Glen Wuthrich • Tomihiro Yamaguchi

view • talk • edit • past Other storyboard artists
Dominic Bianchi • Rufino Camacho • Oscar Cervantes • Gus Cosio • Guy Davis • Manny DeGuzman • Shannon Denton • Edmund Fong • Cynthia French • Joshua David Gorczyca • Orlando Gumatay • Joe Healy • Boowan Lee • Will Lee • Mary O. Natale • Lena Podesta • Kaley Powers • Dane Romley • Stephen Sandoval • Cole Shortt • Mike Smith • Tom Smith • Aaron Sowd • Dusty Wakefield • Matt Whitlock • Jung-A Yoo

view • talk • edit • past Current storyboard revisionists
John Achenbach • Luis Escobar • Ben Lane • Grant Lee • Matt Mantel • Michael Marcantel • Whitney B. Martin • Arlyne Ramirez • Michael Tran

view • talk • edit • past Former storyboard revisionists
Brad Ableson • Edwin E. Aguilar • Scott Alberts • Bob Anderson • Mike B. Anderson • Martin Archer • Norman P. Auble • Peter Avanzino • Orlando Baeza • Timothy Bailey • David Bastian • Rudi Berden • Oscar Cervantes • Shawna Cha • Bev Chapman • Chris Clements • Liz Climo • Christianna Lang Daley • Gabriel DeFrancesco • Susie Dietter • Jeanne Erickson • Mark Ervin • Matthew Faughnan • Gavin Freitas • Tricia Garcia • Pete "Kid Flash" Gomez • Lucas Gray • Ken Harsha • Colin Heck • Chris Huicochea • Kelly Spencer James • Geoffrey Johnson • Karen Carnegie Johnson • Jen Kamerman • Eric Koenig • Lance Kramer • Nancy Kruse • Adam Kuhlman • Greg Lovell • Jeffrey Lynch • Lauren MacMullan • Bryan Maille • Lila Martinez • John Mathot • Drew McPhail • Bob Miller • Steven Dean Moore • Mike Morris • Raymie Muzquiz • Jeff Myers • Kevin O'Brien • Shannon O'Connor • Rob Oliver • Audu Paden • Howy Parkins • Dan Povenmire • Norman Quebedeau • Stephen Reis • Jerry Richardson • Thomas E. Richner • Jeremy Robinson • Christian Roman • Sondra Roy • Matthew Schofield • Ira Sherak • Ralph Sosa • Shane K. Sowell • Ethan Spaulding • Cyndi Tang • Tommy Tejeda • Erick T. Tran • Jason D. Warnesky • JC Wegman • Celia Weiss • Glen Wuthrich

view • talk • edit • past Other storyboard revisionists
Wincat Alcala • Ivaylo Anguelov • Perfecto Badillo • Young Baek • Rob Bou-Saab • David Boudreau • Kristina Bustamante • Won Ki Cho • Louis C. Gallegos • Mike Kim • Dante Leandado • Joseph Lee • Erik Moxcey • Michael Narren • Debbie Shin • Paul Wee • Stephen Wong • Julius Wu

view • talk • edit • past Storyboard assistants
Martin Archer • Mark Ervin • Tricia Garcia • Ray Johnson, Jr. • Steven Markowski • Kevin O'Brien • Howy Parkins • John Rice • Bill Riling

view • talk • edit • past Storyboard consultants
Mike B. Anderson • Jim Reardon • David Silverman

view • talk • edit • past Storyboard supervisors
Steven Dean Moore • Kevin O'Brien • Christian Roman

[1] Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming One Hour or Less) – 2000"

[2] Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for Programming Less than One Hour) – 2003"

[3] Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2007"

[4] Television Academy - "Outstanding Animated Program (for programming less than one hour) - 2008"

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Mark Kirkland

Contents

Awards

Credits

Directed by

Storyboard

Globe animation

Supervising director

Animation director

Additional storyboards

Notes

References

External links