David Silverman (b. March 15, 1957 in New York City, New York) is an animator best known for directing numerous episodes of the animated TV series The Simpsons as well as animating some of the original Simpsons Tracey Ullman shorts. 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.

Silverman is also the director of the upcoming The Simpsons Movie, to be released in summer 2007. Some of his other film work includes Ice Age and Monsters, Inc.

He recently appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, where he played a flaming tuba.

• IMDb entry for David Silverman

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