# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/david-silverman
# Generated: 2026-08-12T19:46:35.135Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/david-silverman"
name: "David Silverman"
slug: "david-silverman"
description: "David Silverman is an American animator who has directed numerous episodes of the animated television series The Simpsons, as well as its 2007 film adaptation. Silverman was involved with the series from the very beginning, animating all of the original short Simpsons cartoons that aired on The Tracey Ullman Show. He went on to serve as director of animation for several years. He also did the animation for the 2016 film The Edge of Seventeen, which was produced by Gracie Films."
tagline: "American animator and director"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/David_Silverman_in_2007-cropped.JPG?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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category:
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  slug: "directors"
profileType:
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birthDate: "1957-03-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
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  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump