Alex Ruiz

Alex Ruiz

Crew Information Gender: Male ♂ Job: Character layout artist Assistant director Status: Inactive Number of episodes: 50 Seasons active: Season 7 - 15, 20, 22 - 24 First episode: "Marge Be Not Proud" Most recent episode: "Pulpit Friction" Movie: The Simpsons Movie

Alex Ruiz is a former animator and assistant director for The Simpsons. He served as a character layout artist and assistant director.

Awards

Award Year Episode Result Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Animated Program 2011 "Angry Dad: The Movie" Nominated

Credits

Character layout

Episode – "Marge Be Not Proud" Episode – "Two Bad Neighbors" Episode – "Scenes from the Class Struggle in Springfield" Episode – "Lisa the Iconoclast" Episode – "A Fish Called Selma" Episode – "Raging Abe Simpson and His Grumbling Grandson in "The Curse of the Flying Hellfish"" Episode – "Summer of 4 Ft. 2" Episode – "A Milhouse Divided" Episode – "Mountain of Madness" Episode – "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show" Episode – "In Marge We Trust" Episode – "The Principal and the Pauper" Episode – "The Two Mrs. Nahasapeemapetilons" Episode – "The Joy of Sect" Episode – "The Last Temptation of Krust" Episode – "Simpson Tide" Episode – "Natural Born Kissers" Episode – "When You Dish Upon a Star" Episode – "D'oh-in' in the Wind" Episode – "Homer Simpson in: "Kidney Trouble"" Episode – "Wild Barts Can't Be Broken" Episode – "Simpsons Bible Stories" Episode – "Faith Off" Episode – "Lisa the Tree Hugger" Episode – "Homer vs. Dignity" Episode – "Pokey Mom" Episode – "Simpson Safari" Episode – "Trilogy of Error" Episode – "The Blunder Years" Episode – "Brawl in the Family" Episode – "Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XIII" Episode – "The Dad Who Knew Too Little" Episode – "C.E. D'oh" Episode – "Dude, Where's My Ranch?" THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XIV" Episode – "The Regina Monologues" Episode – "Today I Am a Clown" Episode – "The Ziff Who Came to Dinner" – The Simpsons Movie Episode – "Lost Verizon" Episode – "The Great Simpsina"

Assistant director

• Episode – "Simpsons Bible Stories"

• Episode – "Guess Who's Coming to Criticize Dinner?"

• Episode – "Faith Off"

• Episode – "Last Tap Dance in Springfield"

• Episode – "Jaws Wired Shut"

• Episode – "Angry Dad: The Movie"

Animatic layout

• Episode – "Homer the Father"

Lead character layout

• Episode – "A Totally Fun Thing Bart Will Never Do Again"

• Episode – "The Day the Earth Stood Cool"

• Episode – "A Test Before Trying"

• Episode – "Pulpit Friction"

External links

• Alex Ruiz at the Internet Movie Database
• Alex Ruiz at Twitter
• Alex Ruiz at Facebook
• Official website

Assistant directors

Current assistant directors Oscar Cervantes • Chris Clements • Manny DeGuzman • Matthew Faughnan • Yelena Geodakyan • Debbie Bruce Mahan • Oscar Pangestu • Dane Romley • Herman Sharaf • Shane K. Sowell • Toni Tysen • Kathy Zielinski Former assistant directors Neil Affleck • Edwin E. Aguilar • Bob Anderson • Mike B. Anderson • Norman P. Auble • Carlos Baeza • Orlando Baeza • Timothy Bailey • David Bastian • David Blum • Scott Brutz • Shaun Cashman • Christianna Lang Daley • Susie Dietter • Mark Ervin • Jess Espanola • Hunilla Fodor • Jonathan Gebhart • Pete "Kid Flash" Gomez • Klay Hall • Mickey Handsome • Matthew Herbert • Sean Hobin • Brian Iles • Jen Kamerman • Lance Kramer • Nancy Kruse • Ben Lane • Davy Lauterbach • Grant Lee • Ely Lester • Chris Loudon • Michael Ludy • Richard Manginsay • Michael Marcantel • Tom Mazzocco • Pete Michels • Jennifer Moeller • Steven Dean Moore • Matthew Nastuk • James O'Brien • Shannon O'Connor • Rob Oliver • Howy Parkins • Raymond S. Persi • Dominic Polcino • Mike Frank Polcino • James Purdum • Alex Que • Jim Reardon • Stephen Reis • Jeremy Robinson • Eddie Rosas • Alex Ruiz • Matthew Schofield • Swinton O. Scott III • Chuck Sheetz • Alan Smart • Steve Socki • Ralph Sosa • Debbie J. Spafford • Ethan Spaulding • Josh Taback • Cyndi Tang • Tommy Tejeda • Erick T. Tran • Paul Wee • Thomas Woodall Other assistant directors Colin Heck • Eric Koenig • Drew McPhail • Michael Rundle • Art Seidel • Gregg Vanzo

Animatic layout artists and Animatic editors

Former animatic layout artists John Achenbach • Edwin E. Aguilar • Jung A Anderson • Norman P. Auble • Oscar Cervantes • Chris Clements • Liz Climo • Lejon Douroux • Jeanne Erickson • Luis Escobar • Jess Espanola • Dante Fabiero • Yelena Geodakyan • Angela Gilman • Matthew Herbert • Karen Carnegie Johnson • Eric Koenig • Lance Kramer • Davy Lauterbach • Grant Lee • Ely Lester • Tom Madrid, Jr. • Debbie Bruce Mahan • Istvan Majoros • Matt Mantel • James Marquez • Drew McPhail • Jennifer Moeller • Mike Morris • Mary O. Natale • Rob Oliver • Steve Pilapil • Chance Raspberry • Jeremy Robinson • Eddie Rosas • Alex Ruiz • Fill Marc Sagadraca • Rick Salonga • Matthew Schofield • Ralph Sosa • Tommy Tejeda • Erick T. Tran • Paul Wee Animatic editors Taylor Allen • Martin Alvarez • Jennifer Dolce • Roger Injarusorn • Sean Isroelit • Monica Lee • Eric Loudon • Heliodoro Salvatierra • Mark Scheib • Rob Schulbaum

Character layout artists

Current character layout artists Jung A Anderson • Michael E. Atniel • Norman P. Auble • Timothy Bailey • Jody Brooks • Oscar Cervantes • Greg Checketts • Joung Kyu Choi • Gabriel DeFrancesco • Manny DeGuzman • Lejon Douroux • Adam Dykstra • Jeanne Erickson • Luis Escobar • Natalie J. Fosdick • Yelena Geodakyan • Steven Pierre Gordon • Colin Heck • Matthew Herbert • Daniela Hoyos • Alexander Jenson • Jeff Johnson • Karen Carnegie Johnson • Eric Koenig • Lance Kramer • Tina Kügler • Christianna Lang Daley • Eric Lara • Davy Lauterbach • Ely Lester • Michael Ludy • Tom Madrid, Jr. • Debbie Bruce Mahan • Tanja Majerus • Andy Manley • Maeve McGrath • Drew McPhail • Mary O. Natale • Tuan Nguyen • Rob Oliver • Oscar Pangestu • Lena Podesta • Silvia Pompei • Alex Que • Arlyne Ramirez • Nik Ranieri • Thomas E. Richner • Ryan Rivette • Jeremy Robinson • Dustin Romero • Dane Romley • Rick Salonga • Herman Sharaf • Jiyoon Shin • Kamoon Song • Ralph Sosa • Shane K. Sowell • Debbie J. Spafford • Michael Tran • Toni Tysen • Jason D. Warnesky • Paul Wee • Kathy Zielinski Former character layout artists Brad Ableson • John Achenbach • Albert Acosta • Edwin E. Aguilar • Victor E. Almaguer • Bob Anderson • Mike B. Anderson • Tony Anselmo • John Aoshima • Martin Archer • Craig Armstrong • Stephanie Arnett • Marcos Asprec • Orlando Baeza • Brenda Banks • Tibor Belay • Anthony Bell • John Berado • Sue Bielenberg • Mark Borok • Jeannette Bose • Scott Brutz • Tricia Buchanan-Benson • Rufino Camacho • Nathan Cash • Shaun Cashman • Kendis Chase • Shavonne Cherry • Moon Choi • Utit Choomuang • Craig Clark • Jeff Clark • Chris Clements • Liz Climo • Casey Coffey • Mark Colangelo • Pam Cooke • Tom Coppola • Noel Cox • Caroline Cruikshank • Kirin Daughtery • Tim Decker • Gavin Dell • Susie Dietter • Francis Dinglasan • Orlando Distor • Arthur Ebuen • Ernesto Elicanal • Mark Ervin • Jess Espanola • Dante Fabiero • Matthew Faughnan • Istvan Fellner • Bonnie Fishbon • Julia "Fitzy" Fitzmaurice • Hunilla Fodor • Mike Fontanelli • Julie Forte • Sandra Frame • Bryan Francis • Cynthia French • Adriana Galvez • Philip Garcia • Raul Garcia • Tricia Garcia • Frederick J. Gardner III • Jonathan Gebhart • Brett Gehrs • Ed Ghertner • Neal Goldstein • Pete "Kid Flash" Gomez • Roger Gonzales • Joshua David Gorczyca • Gordon Stanfield Animation • Lucas Gray • Orlando Gumatay • Ted Hanik • Mary Hanley • Joe Healy • Lynne Healy • Krystal Hernandez • Seth Hippen • Bill Ho • Jennie Hoffer • James Huang • Chris Huicochea • Brian Iles • Kelly Spencer James • Geoffrey Johnson • Ray Johnson, Jr. • Jen Kamerman • Mark Kausler • Seth Kearsley • Ernest Keen • Dean Kelly • Celia Kendrick • Eric S. Keyes • Andy Kim • S.J. Kim • Sooan Kim • Andi Klein • Bert Klein • Julianna Korsborn • Nancy Kruse • Jeff LaFlamme • Ben Lane • Phil Langone • Boowan Lee • Grant Lee • Ashley Lenz • Bob Logan • Jon Lopez • Miguel Lopez • Chris Loudon • Greg Lovell • Matt Luhn • Jeffrey Lynch • Jason Magness • Istvan Majoros • Maryann Malcomb • Anna Maltese • Richard Manginsay • Tammy Manis • Matt Mantel • Michael Marcantel • James Marquez • John Mathot • Ted Mathot • Linda McCall • Gary McCarver • Steve Mealue • Andre Medina • Emily Michels • Pete Michels • Noah Miller • Chris Moeller • Jennifer Moeller • Leo Moran • Jeanette Moreno • Mike Morris • Sarge Morton • Erik Moxcey • Jeff Myers • Kimberly Narsete • Matthew Nastuk • Joey Nilges • James O'Brien • Shannon O'Connor • Eduardo Olivares • Eric Oliver • Kenji Ono • Tyler Pagan • Howy Parkins • Sanjay Patel • John Pearson • Jack Perkins • Raymond S. Persi • Jeff Pidgeon • Dominic Polcino • Mike Frank Polcino • Michael Polvani • Teresa Potter-Heimark • Dan Povenmire • Julius Preite • Natasha Presler-Wicke • James Purdum • Chance Raspberry • Bill Recinos • Dexter Reed • Jordan Reichek • Stephen Reis • Jay Robinson • Art Roman • Christian Roman • Eddie Rosas • Sondra Roy • Aaron Rozenfeld • Alex Ruiz • Fill Marc Sagadraca • David Salvador • Alberto Santiago • Sydney Sata • Matthew Schofield • Andy Schuhler • Melody Severns • Peter Shin • Tony Siruno • Kevin M. Smith • Steve Smith • Ethan Spaulding • Julie Spencer • Eric Stefani • Aimee Steinberger • Jennifer Stillwell • Charlotte Stout • Josh Taback • Betty Tang • Cyndi Tang • Lewis Tate • Noel Taylor • Tommy Tejeda • Gary Terry • Erick T. Tran • Elan Trinidad • Tuck Tucker • Bob Tyler • Brad Vandergrift • Gregg Vanzo • Viorel Voronca • Dusty Wakefield • Mark Watts • JC Wegman • Brian Wells • Tom Winkler • Byun Kwang Won • Anthony Wong • Thomas Woodall • Glen Wuthrich • Tomihiro Yamaguchi • Gary Yap • Jung-A Yoo • Young Yoo • Jordan Young One time character layout artists Scott Alberts • Charles Alleneck • Ed Bell • Brad Bird • Clint Bond • Ian Chen • Kevin Davis • Eric Elder • Marvin Ervin • Brad Forbush • Steve Garcia • Klay Hall • Sam Ho • Jeff Howard • Chris Hubbard • Nora Johnson • Jason Katz • Jang Woo Lee • Derek Lestrange • Jeff "Swampy" Marsh • Bob Miller • Chris Mitchell • Angel Pastrana • Charles Ragins • Marc Ratner • Christopher Reccardi • Domingo Rivera • Stephen Robertson • Amy Rychlick • Ericka Schwartz • Elaina Scott • Alan Smart • Chad Stewart • Matt Sullivan • Eric Thomas • Janice Tolentino • Arthur Valencia • Jim Van der Keyl • Barry Vodos • Dave Warren • Celia Weiss Other character layout artists Ivaylo Anguelov • David Au • Abe Audish • Matthias Bauer • Wayne Carlisi • Roberto Casale • Kathi Castillo • Rick Farmiloe • Mike Girard • Rick Hoppe • Jay Jackson • Cathy Jones • Megan Kelly • Craig Kemplin • Jiwook Kim • Erik Kuska • Lois Lee • Joseph Lowe • Carlos Lutterbach • Leonardo Matsuda • Frank Molieri • Steven Muller • David Nam • Phillip Pignotti • Chris Rutkowski • David Silverman • Chris Minki Song • Mike Swofford • Derek Thompson • Kurt Vanzo • Franz Vischer • William Waldman