Wesley Archer

Wesley "Wes" Meyer Archer (born November 26, 1961) is an American television animation director and storyboard artist. He has also directed a number of episodes of The Simpsons. He was series supervising director for the first 3 seasons, before being succeeded by Klay Hall and John Rice for Seasons 4-5, Hall for Seasons 6-7, before returning as co-supervising director with Hall in Season 8 for 4 episodes before becoming sole supervising producer for the rest of the series, then reverting to consulting director near the end of the final season.

Credits

Director

• Pilot
• I Remember Mono
• Death and Texas
• To Kill a Ladybird
• Queasy Rider
• The Incredible Hank

Supervising director

• Square Peg
• The Order of the Straight Arrow
• Hank's Got the Willies
• Luanne's Saga
• Hank's Unmentionable Problem
• Westie Side Story
• Shins of the Father
• Peggy the Boggle Champ
• Keeping Up With Our Joneses
• King of the Ant Hill
• Plastic White Female
• How to Fire a Rifle Without Really Trying
• Texas City Twister
• The Arrowhead
• Hilloween
• Jumpin' Crack Bass (It's a Gas, Gas, Gas)
• Husky Bobby
• The Man Who Shot Cane Skretteburg
• The Son That Got Away
• The Company Man
• Bobby Slam
• The Unbearable Blindness of Laying
• Meet the Manger Babies
• Snow Job
• I Remember Mono
• Three Days of the Kahndo
• Traffic Jam
• Hank's Dirty Laundry
• The Final Shinsult
• Leanne's Saga
• Junkie Business
• Life in the Fast Lane, Bobby's Saga
• Peggy's Turtle Song
• Propane Boom
• Death of a Propane Salesman
• And They Call it Bobby Love
• Peggy's Headache
• Pregnant Paws
• Next of Shin
• Peggy's Pageant Fever
• Nine Pretty Darn Angry Men
• Good Hill Hunting
• Pretty, Pretty Dresses
• A Fire Fighting We Will Go
• To Spank, with Love
• Three Coaches and a Bobby
• De-Kahnstructing Henry
• The Wedding of Bobby Hill
• Sleight of Hank
• Jon Vitti Presents: Return to La Grunta
• Escape from Party Island
• Love Hurts and So Does Art
• Hank's Cowboy Movie
• Dog Dale Afternoon
• Revenge of the Lutefisk
• Death and Texas
• Wings of the Dope
• Take Me Out of the Ball Game
• As Old as the Hills
• Peggy Hill: The Decline and Fall
• Patch Boomhauer (with Klay Hall)
• Reborn to Be Wild (with Klay Hall)
• The Incredible Hank (with Klay Hall)
• Livin' on Reds, Vitamin C and Propane
• Ceci N'est Pas Une King of the Hill (with Klay Hall)
• That's What She Said to Bwah My Nose

Consulting director

• Uncool Customer
• Nancy Does Dallas
• Born Again on the Fourth of July
• Serves Me Right for Giving General George S. Patton the Bathroom Key
• Bad News Bill
• Manger Baby Einstein
• Uh-oh, Canada
• The Boy Can't Help It
• The Honeymooners
• Bill Gathers Moss
• When Joseph Met Lori, and Made Out with Her in the Janitor's Closet
• Just Another Manic Kahn-Day
• To Sirloin With Love

Trivia

• The character Wesley Martin Archer was named after him in the episode Death and Texas.
  • The character was also named after his brother, Martin Archer.