Pete Michels

Peter John Michels (born December 15, 1964) is an American animation director who is the supervising director for the animated series Krapopolis (2023–present) on Fox. Prior, he was a supervising director on seasons 1 and 2 of Rick and Morty, an animation and supervising director on Family Guy, and supervising director of the short-lived TV show Kid Notorious. He started working on The Simpsons in 1990 as a background layout and character layout artist, and eventually became a director with a dozen "Simpsons" episodes to his name. He has also been a director on Rugrats, Skylander Academy, and Disney's FutureWorm.

Pete Michels
Born	(1964-12-15)December 15, 1964[1] Little Ferry, New Jersey, U.S.
Occupation	Animation director
Years active	1990–present

Michels grew up in Little Ferry, New Jersey.^[2] He attended Ridgefield Park High School and graduated as part of the class of 1983.^[3] He graduated from Jersey City State College, where a course in animation sparked further interest which brought him to the University of California, Los Angeles, where he earned his MFA in Animation.^[2]

The Simpsons episodes

He has directed the following The Simpsons episodes:

• "Brother from Another Series"
• "The Cartridge Family"
• "Das Bus"
• "Lost Our Lisa"
• "When You Dish Upon a Star"
• "Homer to the Max"
• "They Saved Lisa's Brain"
• "Treehouse of Horror X"
• "Poppa's Got a Brand New Badge"
• "Strong Arms of the Ma"
• "Brake My Wife, Please"

Family Guy episodes

He has directed the following Family Guy episodes:

• "The Kiss Seen Around the World"
• "Screwed the Pooch"
• "Family Guy Viewer Mail#1"
• "Fast Times at Buddy Cianci Jr. High"
• "Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story"
• "Chick Cancer"
• "No Chris Left Behind"
• "Padre de Familia"
• "The Former Life of Brian"
• "FOX-y Lady"
• "Brian's Got a Brand New Bag"
• "Business Guy"
• "Quagmire's Dad"
• "New Kidney in Town"
• "Foreign Affairs"
• "Livin' on a Prayer"
• "Tea Peter"
• "Space Cadet"
• "12 and a Half Angry Men"
• "Quagmire's Quagmire"

Bless the Harts episodes

• "Hug N' Bugs"
• "Pig Trouble in Little Greenpoint"
• "Miracle on Culpepper Slims Boulevard"
• "My Best Frenda"