Wesley Meyer Archer (born November 26, 1961) is an American television
animation director and storyboard artist.Archer was one of the
original three animators (along with David Silverman and Bill Kopp) on
The Simpsons, Tracey Ullman shorts, and subsequently directed a number
of The Simpsons episodes (many of which had John Swartzwelder as an
episode writer) before becoming supervising director at King of the
Hill. A few years later he left King of the Hill to direct for
Futurama, before eventually returning to King of the Hill. Wes
continued to supervise the direction of King of the Hill until the
final season. He acted as a consulting director for the last season of
King of the Hill, as he joined The Goode Family as supervising
director. Archer's college animation film, "Jac Mac and Rad Boy, Go!"
has long been a cult classic after receiving repeated airplay on USA
Network's Night Flight in the 1980s. He studied at the Film
Graphics/Experimental Animation Program at CalArts. He is currently
the supervising director on Rick and Morty.Archer's namesake also
appears in an episode of King of the Hill (season 3, "Death and
Texas"), in which Peggy is tricked into smuggling cocaine to an inmate
on death row. The antagonist of the episode, the inmate, was named
Wesley Martin Archer. The name combined both Wes' and his brother and
co-worker, Martin Archer.
animation director and storyboard artist.Archer was one of the
original three animators (along with David Silverman and Bill Kopp) on
The Simpsons, Tracey Ullman shorts, and subsequently directed a number
of The Simpsons episodes (many of which had John Swartzwelder as an
episode writer) before becoming supervising director at King of the
Hill. A few years later he left King of the Hill to direct for
Futurama, before eventually returning to King of the Hill. Wes
continued to supervise the direction of King of the Hill until the
final season. He acted as a consulting director for the last season of
King of the Hill, as he joined The Goode Family as supervising
director. Archer's college animation film, "Jac Mac and Rad Boy, Go!"
has long been a cult classic after receiving repeated airplay on USA
Network's Night Flight in the 1980s. He studied at the Film
Graphics/Experimental Animation Program at CalArts. He is currently
the supervising director on Rick and Morty.Archer's namesake also
appears in an episode of King of the Hill (season 3, "Death and
Texas"), in which Peggy is tricked into smuggling cocaine to an inmate
on death row. The antagonist of the episode, the inmate, was named
Wesley Martin Archer. The name combined both Wes' and his brother and
co-worker, Martin Archer.
Share this
SUBSCRIBE OUR NEWSLETTER
SUBSCRIBE OUR NEWSLETTER
Join us for free and get valuable content delivered right through your inbox.