David Silverman ( born on 15 March 1957 in New York City , New York ) is an animator and writer . He is best known for directing many episodes of the animated television series The Simpsons , where he would go on to be the supervising director of animation for several years , as well as animating on all of the original Simpsons Tracey Ullman shorts . David Silverman ( born on 15 March 1957 in New York City , New York ) is an animator best known for directing numerous episodes of the animated TV series The Simpsons , as well as The Simpsons Movie .