Silverman is largely credited with creating most of the "rules" for drawing
The Simpsons. He appeared during the end credits of the
Simpsons episode "Goo Goo Gai Pan" giving a quick method of drawing Bart, and is a frequent participant on the
Simpsons DVD audio commentaries. A cartoon rendering of him can be seen in "The Itchy & Scratchy & Poochie Show", where he is the animator who draws Poochie (along with renderings of other
Simpsons staffers). He was once credited as
Pound Foolish as the director of the episode "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular". David Silverman (I)
Silverman is also the director of the
The Simpsons Movie, which was released July 27, 2007. He originally left
The Simpsons to direct additional sequences in
The Road to El Dorado. Some of his other film work includes of Disney/Pixar's
Monsters, Inc., in which he was a co-director. He is currently a consulting producer and occasional director.
The Simpsons episodes directed by Silverman
- "Simpsons Roasting on an Open Fire"
- "Bart the Genius"
- "Bart the General"
- "Life on the Fast Lane"
- "Some Enchanted Evening"
- "Bart Gets an F"
- "Treehouse of Horror" (The Raven segment only)
- "Bart vs. Thanksgiving"
- "The Way We Was"
- "Old Money"
- "Blood Feud"
- "Black Widower"
- "Homer's Triple Bypass"
- "Krusty Gets Kancelled"
- "Treehouse of Horror IV"
- "Another Simpsons Clip Show"
- "Homie the Clown"
- "Mother Simpson"
- "The Simpsons 138th Episode Spectacular" (as Pound Foolish)
- "Treehouse of Horror XIII"
- "Treehouse of Horror XV"
- "Treehouse of Horror XVI"
- "Treehouse of Horror XVII" (with Matthew Faughnan)