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Peter Shin was an American film director and television director.

Peter Shin (born September 7, 1977) is an American animator, director, and producer who served as supervising director of the adult-animated show Family Guy, himself directing the episodes "Death Has a Shadow" (the series premiere), "Emission Impossible", "North by North Quahog", "It's a Trap!", "The Simpsons Guy", "Emmy-Winning Episode" (co-directing with Dominic Bianchi and James Purdam), and "Tales of Former Sports Glory" (co-directing with Joe Vaux) as well as its movie, Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story. He has also directed Big Bug Man and several episodes of Duckman, served as a character layout artist for The Simpsons for several episodes between 1990 and 1995, and has also worked on the cartoon Freakazoid!.

Shin won an Annie Award for directing "North by North Quahog". He has also been nominated for several Emmy Awards.

Filmography Film Title Year Notes Looney Tunes: Back in Action 2003 storyboard artist Despicable Me 2010 additional story artist Television Title Year Notes The Simpsons 19931995 timing director lead character artist Family Guy 1999present supervising director supervising animation producer co-executive producer American Dad! 2005 storyboard artist

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Cupertino High School

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· Wikipedia: Peter Shin

· Wikidata: Q7176909

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