Paul Harrison Tibbitt IV[1] (born May 13, 1968) is an American animator, television producer, writer, storyboard artist, songwriter, voice actor, and director, best known for working on the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants. After SpongeBob creator Stephen Hillenburg resigned in 2004, Tibbitt took the position of showrunner for the show.[2] He also took over as the voice of Potty the Parrot, whom Hillenburg had voiced until his resignation. Tibbitt made his feature film directorial debut directing The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water. He studied in the Character Animation program at the California Institute of the Arts.
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Born | Paul Harrison Tibbitt IV (1968-05-13) May 13, 1968 (age 54) |
Alma mater | California Institute of the Arts |
Occupation | Voice actor, writer, storyboard artist, animator, director |
Years active | 1997–present |
Notable work | SpongeBob SquarePants The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water |
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In 2015, Vincent Waller (a creative director) and Marc Ceccarelli (a writer and storyboard director) took Tibbitt's place as supervising producer and showrunner.[3] It was also announced that Tibbitt would leave the series after season 9 to work on The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (which was produced and released without the involvement of the show's crew by a separate crew), but he lent his directing and writing position to Tim Hill.[4][5] He now works at DreamWorks Animation.[6]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1997 | Nightmare Ned | Ned (segment "Chunks of life") | Writer Storyboard artist Prop designer |
Recess | Storyboard revisionist | ||
101 Dalmatians: The Series | Storyboard revisions | ||
1998 | CatDog | Character designer | |
Oh Yeah! Cartoons | Prop designer | ||
Histeria! | Model designer | ||
1999–2018[citation needed] | SpongeBob SquarePants | Mama Krabs (2001–2003) DoodleBob (2002–2018) Potty the Parrot (2007–2012) Additional voices |
Writer (1999–2012) Storyboard director (1999–2004) Director (2000–2002) Storyboard artist (1999–2004) Showrunner (2005–2015)[3] Supervising producer (2005–2015) Co-executive producer (2006–2008) Executive producer (2008–2017) Actor Voice actor (2001–2018) |
2002–03 | Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones? | Layout artist Writer Storyboard artist | |
2020–present | The Mighty Ones | Consulting producer |
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1997 | Loose Tooth | Animation story developer | |
1999 | Herd | Fed #6 | Writer |
2002 | Super Santa in South Pole Joe | Property Designer | |
2003 | Looney Tunes: Back in Action | Storyboard artist | |
2004 | The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie | Screenwriter and storyboard artist | |
2007 | SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis | Director of live action sequences, written by live action segments, producer | |
Diggs Tailwagger | Additional writing | ||
2009 | SpongeBob's Truth or Square | Written by live action sequences, producer | |
2015 | The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water | Kyle | Director, producer and story by |
2016 | Trolls | Creative Consultant (uncredited) [citation needed] | |
2023 | Meet the Gillmans |
Hey, my middle name is Harrison!
Annie Award for Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Television/Broadcast Production | |
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