From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Mike B Anderson born 1973 sometimes credited as Mikel B Anderson is an American television director who works on The Simpsons and has directed numerous episodes of the show and was animated in The Secret War of Lisa Simpson as cadet Anderson While a college student he directed the live action feature films Alone in the TShirt Zone 1986 and Kamillions 1989 Since 1990 he has worked primarily in animation including being a consulting producer on the series The Oblongs and story consultant on Tripping the Rift He has won two Emmy Awards for directing Simpsons episodes Homers Phobia in 1997 and HOMR in 2001 For Homers Phobia he won the Annie Award for Best Individual Achievement Directing in a TV Production and the WAC Winner Best Director for Primetime Series at the 1998 World Animation Celebration Mike was also a sequence director on The Simpsons Movie 2007 was the supervising director on The Simpsons Ride at Universal Studios and is currently the supervising director for The Simpsons television series