Matthew Nastuk

Matthew Michael Nastuk (born October 13, 1964) is an animation director on The Simpsons. He started directing during the tenth season, and has since directed over two dozen episodes and continues to direct today.

He began his career as a background layout artist and color key artist for shows like Garfield and Friends, Rugrats, and the Real Ghostbusters, he later became a background layout artist for the Simpsons then later a character layout artist for the same show, later on he became an assistant director in season 6 then became a director ever since Season 10, he also directed the music video the Ghost of Stephen Foster with Raymond S. Persi.

In 2012 at the 39th Annie Awards, Matthew Nastuk won the Annie for his work on The Simpsons in the category for Directing in a Television Production, along with a further nomination at the 42nd Annie Awards.