Nancy Kruse is a former animation director on The Simpsons. She started working on the show during the first season as a background clean-up artist. After that she did background layout and character layout for several years on the show before becoming an assistant director. She began directing during season 10 and left the show at the end of season 21 with the season 22 holdover MoneyBART.
Animation Department, Director, Assistant Director
Star Sign
Virgo
Animation Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Zootopia
2016
story artist
Wreck-It Ralph
2012
story artist
The Simpsons
TV Series character layout artist - 31 episodes, 1992 - 1998 background layout artist - 13 episodes, 1990 - 1991 clean-up artist - 3 episodes, 1989 - 1990
The Critic
1994
TV Series character layout artist - 3 episodes
Deep Deep Trouble
1991
TV Movie background clean-up
Do the Bartman
1990
TV Short background supervisor
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Simpsons
1999-2010
TV Series 26 episodes
Art Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Get a Horse!
2013
Short storyboard artist
Wreck-It Ralph
2012
storyboard artist
The Simpsons
TV Series storyboard artist - 9 episodes, 2000 - 2009 storyboard revisionist - 8 episodes, 2003 - 2008
Assistant Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Simpsons Movie
2007
additional sequence director
The Simpsons
TV Series assistant director - 17 episodes, 1994 - 2002 additional sequence director - 1 episode, 2006
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Simpsons
1990
TV Series cleanup artist - 9 episodes
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Get a Horse!
2013
Short story
Known for movies
Wreck-It Ralph (2012) as Animation Department
The Simpsons (1989-2010) as Animation Department
Zootopia (2016) as Animation Department
The Simpsons Movie (2007) as Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
$1.1 Million
