Pete Michels
Pete Michels | |
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Born | Little Ferry, NJ |
Education | Jersey City State College (BA) UCLA(MBA) |
Occupation | Animation director |
Pete Michels is an American animation director who is the supervising director of Future-Worm! on Disney XD. Prior, he was a supervising director on seasons 1 and 2 of Rick and Morty, an animation and supervising director on Family Guy, and supervising director of the short-lived TV show Kid Notorious. He started working on The Simpsons in 1990 as a background layout artist, and eventually became a director. He has also been a director on Rugrats, Rocko's Modern Life, and Bless the Harts.
Michels grew up in Little Ferry, New Jersey.[1] He attended Ridgefield Park High School and graduated as part of the class of 1983.[2] He graduated from Jersey City State College, where a course in animation sparked further interest and led him to attend a graduate program at the University of California Los Angeles, which led to his career in animation.[1]
The Simpsons episodes
He has directed the following The Simpsons episodes:
- "Brother from Another Series"
- "The Cartridge Family"
- "Das Bus"
- "Lost Our Lisa"
- "When You Dish Upon a Star"
- "Homer to the Max"
- "They Saved Lisa's Brain"
- "Treehouse of Horror X"
- "Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge"
- "Strong Arms of the Ma"
- "Brake My Wife, Please"
Family Guy episodes
He has directed the following Family Guy episodes:
- "The Kiss Seen Around the World"
- "Screwed the Pooch"
- "Family Guy Viewer Mail#1"
- "Fast Times at Buddy Cianci Jr. High"
- "Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story"
- "Chick Cancer"
- "No Chris Left Behind"
- "Padre de Familia"
- "The Former Life of Brian"
- "FOX-y Lady"
- "Brian's Got a Brand New Bag"
- "Business Guy"
- "Quagmire's Dad"
- "New Kidney in Town"
- "Foreign Affairs"
- "Livin' on a Prayer"
- "Tea Peter"
- "Space Cadet"
- "12 and a Half Angry Men"
- "Quagmire's Quagmire"
Bless the Harts episodes
- "Hug N' Bugs"
- "Pig Trouble in Little Greenpoint"
- "Miracle on Culpepper Slims Boulevard"
- "My Best Frenda"
References
- ^ a b Pete Michels Interview, Animation Insider, March 18, 2015. Accessed December 31, 2020. "Where are you from and how did you get into the animation business? I’m from Little Ferry, New Jersey… a suburb of New York City that’s located just south of Hackensack. After graduating from Jersey City State College, I took an animation class."
- ^ Peter Michels Class of 1983, Ridgefield Park Junior-Senior High School Alumni Foundation. Accessed November 15, 2017. "Peter Michels graduated from Ridgefield Park High School in 1983."
External links
- Pete Michels at IMDb