Mark Kirkland

Mark Kirkland is a long-time animation director on the series who served as supervising director during seasons 18, 19 and 20. He is the son of Douglas Kirkland. He left the show to work on Housebroken.

Credits

Director (1990-2021)

Episode – "Dancin' Homer" (7F05)
Episode – "Bart Gets Hit by a Car" (7F10)
Episode – "Principal Charming" (7F15)
Episode – "The War of the Simpsons" (7F20)
Episode – "Homer Defined" (8F04)
Episode – "Burns Verkaufen der Kraftwerk" (8F09)
Episode – "Homer Alone" (8F14)
Episode – "Colonel Homer" (8F19)
Episode – "Kamp Krusty" (8F24)
Episode – "Lisa the Beauty Queen" (9F02)
Episode – "Lisa's First Word" (9F08)
Episode – "Last Exit to Springfield" (9F15)
Episode – "Homer's Barbershop Quartet" (9F21)
Episode – "Marge on the Lam" (1F03)
Episode – "Homer and Apu" (1F10)
Episode – "Burns' Heir" (1F16)
Episode – "Lisa's Rival" (1F17)
Episode – "Sideshow Bob Roberts" (2F02)
Episode – "Fear of Flying" (2F08)
Episode – "Homer vs. Patty and Selma" (2F14)
Episode – "The Springfield Connection" (2F21)
Episode – "Lisa the Vegetarian" (3F03)
Episode – "Team Homer" (3F10)
Episode – "A Fish Called Selma" (3F15)
Episode – "Summer of 4 Ft. 2" (3F22)
Episode – "The Homer They Fall" (4F03)
Episode – "Mountain of Madness" (4F10)
Episode – "The Old Man and the Lisa" (4F17)
THOH – "Treehouse of Horror VIII" (as Mad Dog Kirkland) (5F02)
Episode – "Bart Carny" (5F08)
Episode – "Girly Edition" (5F15)
Episode – "The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace" (5F21)
Episode – "D'oh-in' in the Wind" with Matthew Nastuk (AABF02)
Episode – "Marge Simpson in: "Screaming Yellow Honkers"" (AABF10)
Episode – "The Old Man and the "C" Student" (AABF16)
Episode – "Brother's Little Helper" (AABF22)
Episode – "Little Big Mom" (BABF04)
Episode – "Pygmoelian" (BABF12)
Episode – "Behind the Laughter" (BABF19)
Episode – "The Computer Wore Menace Shoes" (CABF02)
Episode – "Simpson Safari" (CABF13)
Episode – "The Parent Rap" (CABF22)
Episode – "Sweets and Sour Marge" (DABF03)
Episode – "Gump Roast" (DABF12)
Episode – "Helter Shelter" (DABF21)
Episode – "The Dad Who Knew Too Little" (EABF03)
Episode – "Three Gays of the Condo" (EABF12)
Episode – "The Regina Monologues" (EABF22)
Episode – "Diatribe of a Mad Housewife" (FABF05)
Episode – "My Big Fat Geek Wedding" (FABF12)
Episode – "All's Fair in Oven War" (FABF20)
Episode – "Mommie Beerest" (GABF01)
Episode – "Don't Fear the Roofer" (GABF10)
Episode – "Bonfire of the Manatees" (GABF18)
Episode – "The Italian Bob" (HABF02)
Episode – "Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore" (HABF10)
Episode – "Moe'N'a Lisa" (HABF19)
Episode – "He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs" (JABF20)
Episode – "That '90s Show" (KABF04)
Episode – "The Burns and the Bees" (KABF21)
Episode – "No Loan Again, Naturally" (LABF03)
Episode – "Bart Gets a "Z"" (LABF15)
Episode – "Postcards From the Wedge" (MABF04)
Episode – "The Squirt and the Whale" (MABF14)
Episode – "Elementary School Musical" (MABF21)
Episode – "Homer the Father" (NABF05)
Episode – "Homer Scissorhands" (NABF13)
Episode – "Replaceable You" (NABF21)
Episode – "Politically Inept, with Homer Simpson" (PABF03)
Episode – "Beware My Cheating Bart" (PABF11)
Episode – "Penny-Wiseguys" (PABF19)
Episode – "Homer Goes to Prep School" (RABF02)
Episode – "Dark Knight Court" (RABF10)
Episode – "Four Regrettings and a Funeral" (RABF18)
Episode – "The Kid is All Right" (SABF02)
Episode – "You Don't Have to Live Like a Referee" (SABF11)
Episode – "Super Franchise Me" (SABF19)
Episode – "I Won't Be Home for Christmas" (TABF03)
Episode – "Peeping Mom" (TABF11)
Episode – "Love Is in the N2-O2-Ar-CO2-Ne-He-CH4" (VABF07)
Episode – "Fatzcarraldo" (WABF07)
Episode – "No Good Read Goes Unpunished" (XABF07)
Episode – "101 Mitigations" (YABF07)
Episode – "Hail to the Teeth" (ZABF05)

Storyboard (1990-1997)

Season 2

Episode – "Dancin' Homer" (7F05)

Season 3

Episode – "Homer Defined" (8F04)

Season 4

Episode – "Lisa the Beauty Queen" (9F02)

Season 5

Episode – "Marge on the Lam" (1F03)

Season 6

Episode – "Sideshow Bob Roberts" (2F02)

Season 7

Episode – "Lisa the Vegetarian" (3F03)

Season 8

Episode – "The Homer They Fall" (4F03)

Season 9

THOH – "Treehouse of Horror VIII" (5F02)

Supervising Director (2006-2008)

Season 18

Episode – "The Haw-Hawed Couple" (JABF02)
Episode – "Kill Gil: Vols. 1 & 2" (JABF01)
Episode – "The Wife Aquatic" (JABF03)
Episode – "Revenge is a Dish Best Served Three Times" (JABF05)
Episode – "Little Big Girl" (JABF04)
Episode – "Springfield Up" (JABF07)
Episode – "Yokel Chords" (JABF09)
Episode – "Rome-Old and Julie-Eh" (JABF08)
Episode – "Homerazzi" (JABF06)
Episode – "Marge Gamer" (JABF10)
Episode – "The Boys of Bummer" (JABF11)
Episode – "Crook and Ladder" (JABF13)
Episode – "Stop or My Dog Will Shoot!" (JABF12)
Episode – "24 Minutes" (JABF14)
Episode – "You Kent Always Say What You Want" (JABF15)

Season 19

Episode – "He Loves to Fly and He D'ohs" (JABF20)
Episode – "The Homer of Seville" (JABF18)
Episode – "Midnight Towboy" (JABF21)
Episode – "I Don't Wanna Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" (JABF19)
THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XVIII" (as Mark "Maniac" Kirkland) (JABF16)
Episode – "Little Orphan Millie" (JABF22)
Episode – "Husbands and Knives" (JABF17)
Episode – "Funeral for a Fiend" (KABF01)
Episode – "Eternal Moonshine of the Simpson Mind" (KABF02)
Episode – "E. Pluribus Wiggum" (KABF03)
Episode – "That '90s Show" (KABF04)
Episode – "Love, Springfieldian Style" (KABF05)
Episode – "The Debarted" (KABF06)
Episode – "Dial "N" for Nerder" (KABF07)
Episode – "Smoke on the Daughter" (KABF08)
Episode – "Papa Don't Leech" (KABF09)
Episode – "Apocalypse Cow" (KABF10)
Episode – "Any Given Sundance" (KABF11)
Episode – "Mona Leaves-a" (KABF12)
Episode – "All About Lisa" (KABF13)

Season 20

Episode – "Lost Verizon" (KABF15)
Episode – "Double, Double, Boy in Trouble" (KABF14)
THOH – "Treehouse of Horror XIX" (as Mad Dog Kirkland) (KABF16)

Commentaries (2002-15)

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 – "Deep Space Homer"
Episode – "Burns' Heir"
Episode – "Lisa's Rival"
Episode – "Fear of Flying"
Episode – "Homie the Clown"
Episode – "Homer vs. Patty and Selma"
Episode – "The Springfield Connection"
Episode – "Lisa the Vegetarian"
Episode – "Team Homer"
Episode – "The Homer They Fall"
Episode – "Burns, Baby Burns"
Episode – "Mountain of Madness"
Episode – "The Old Man and the Lisa"
THOH – "Treehouse of Horror VIII"
Episode – "Bart Carny"
Episode – "Girly Edition"
Episode – "Natural Born Kissers"
Episode – "The Old Man and the "C" Student"
Episode – "Brother's Little Helper"
Episode – "Little Big Mom"
Episode – "Alone Again, Natura-Diddily"
Episode – "Pygmoelian"
Episode – "Behind the Laughter"
Episode – "The Computer Wore Menace Shoes"
Episode – "Simpson Safari"
Episode – "Sweets and Sour Marge"
Episode – "Helter Shelter"
Episode – "The Dad Who Knew Too Little"
Episode – "Three Gays of the Condo"
Episode – "The Regina Monologues"
Episode – "Pranksta Rap"
Episode – "Don't Fear the Roofer"
Episode – "The Bonfire of the Manatees"
Episode – "The Italian Bob"
Episode – "Kiss Kiss Bang Bangalore"
Episode – "Girls Just Want to Have Sums"
Episode – "G.I. (Annoyed Grunt)"
Episode – "Moe'N'a Lisa"

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

Mark Kirkland at the Internet Movie Database
Mark Kirkland at Wikipedia

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