Wes Archer

Wesley Meyer Archer (born ) is an American animation director. He is best known for directing on series such as The Simpsons, King of the Hill and Rick and Morty, and is a three-time Emmy Award winner.

Early life and education Wesley Meyer Archer was born in Houston, Texas. From a young age, he had regular run-ins with the law, including five arrests for such crimes as shoplifting, marijuana possession, and driving under the influence. After high school, he required permission from his probation officer to leave Texas to attend the California Institute of the Arts. In 1987, his work animating commercials for Klasky Csupo caught the eye of Gracie Films, leading to his work on The Simpsons shorts on The Tracey Ullman Show. He is currently the supervising director on the revival of King of the Hill.

Archer has been nominated for seven Emmy Awards for Outstanding Animated Program, winning three: 1999, 2018, and 2020.

Filmography One Crazy Summer (1986) (animator) The Simpsons (1990–1996) (director, sheet director, storyboard, storyboard artist) King of the Hill (1997–2009, 2025–present) (supervising director, executive animation consultant, consulting director) Eloise: The Animated Series (2006) (creative director) The Goode Family (2009) (supervising director) Bob's Burgers (2011–2013) (director) Allen Gregory (2011) (director) Murder Police (2013) (supervising director) Rick and Morty (2015–2022) (director, supervising director) Disenchantment (2018) (director)

The Simpsons episodes Season 1 "Homer's Odyssey" "Moaning Lisa" "The Call of the Simpsons" "The Crepes of Wrath"

Season 2 "Treehouse of Horror" "Two Cars in Every Garage and Three Eyes on Every Fish" "Bart the Daredevil" "One Fish, Two Fish, Blowfish, Blue Fish" "Oh Brother, Where Art Thou?" "Three Men and a Comic Book"

Season 3 "Mr. Lisa Goes to Washington" "The Otto Show"

Season 4 "New Kid on the Block" "I Love Lisa"

Season 5 "Rosebud" "$pringfield (Or, How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love Legalized Gambling)" "Homer Loves Flanders" "Lady Bouvier's Lover"

Season 6 "Itchy & Scratchy Land" "Grampa vs. Sexual Inadequacy" "Bart vs. Australia"

Season 7 "Who Shot Mr. Burns? (Part 2)" "Bart Sells His Soul" "Two Bad Neighbors" "The Day the Violence Died" "Homerpalooza"

Futurama episodes "Kif Gets Knocked Up a Notch" "The Why of Fry"

King of the Hill episodes "Pilot" "I Remember Mono" "Death and Texas" "To Kill a Ladybird" "Queasy Rider" "The Incredible Hank"

The Goode Family episodes "Pilot"

Bob's Burgers episodes "Hamburger Dinner Theater" "Spaghetti Western and Meatballs" "Bob Day Afternoon" "Beefsquatch" "Tina-Rannosaurus Wrecks" "Nude Beach" "Two for Tina" "The Unnatural"

Allen Gregory episodes "Full Blown Maids"

Rick and Morty episodes "A Rickle in Time" "Get Schwifty" "The Wedding Squanchers"

Disenchantment episodes "The Princess of Darkness" "Dreamland Falls" "Our Bodies, Our Elves"