Stephen McDannell Hillenburg (born August 21, 1961-died November 26, 2018) was an American marine science teacher and artist best known for creating the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants. He owned the production company, United Plankton Pictures. He wrote and directed certain episodes of Rocko's Modern Life. In season 4, he got promoted to creative director/producer. Hillenburg would pitch SpongeBob to Nickelodeon following the end of Rocko's Modern Life, and recruit many crew from the latter series, including Heffer-turned-SpongeBob voice actor Tom Kenny - Joe Murray was not involved with SpongeBob, though he stated before the series was greenlit that should it be greenlit, it would be "a blessing to us all".[1]
Hillenburg sadly passed away in November 2018 from heart failure due to the ALS disease.
Credits[]
NOTE: All seasons 1-3 credits are director, storyboard (excluding season 1), and additional writing. All of his season 2/3 are with Mark O'Hare. In season 4, all of his credits are under creative director and story by.
- Bedfellows (with Jeff 'Swampy' Marsh)
- Jet Scream (with Mark O'Hare)
- Keeping Up With the Bigheads (with Mark O'Hare and Jeff 'Swampy' Marsh)
- Power Trip (with Mark O'Hare)
- A Sucker for the Suck-O-Matic (with Jeff 'Swampy' Marsh)
- Cabin Fever (with Mark OO'Hare; story with George Maestri, O'Hare, and Joe Murray)
- Love Spanked (with Mark Ervin and Joe Suggs)
- I Have No Son (with Doug Lawrence and Robert McNally-Scull)
- Pipe Dreams (also story by with O'Hare and George Maestri)
- Boob Tubed
- Junk Junkies
- Snowballs
- Belch of Destiny
- The Emperor's New Joe (also story by with O'Hare and George Maestri)
- Fish-N-Chumps (also story by with O'Hare and Tim Hill)
- Old Fogey Froggy
- I See London, I See France
- Fortune Cookie (also story by with O'Hare and Tim Hill)
- Wacky Delly (with Jeff 'Swampy' Marsh and Dan Povenmire)
- Closet Clown (with Tim Hill)
- Heff in a Handbasket (with Martin Olson)
- Dumbells (with George Maestri)
- Put to Pasture (with Tim Hill)
- Future Schlock (with Tim Hill)
- Turkey Time (with Tim Hill)
External links[]
Stephen Hillenburg on Wikipedia- Stephen Hillenburg on the SpongeBob Wiki
IMDb page
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|---|---|
| Creator | Joe Murray |
| Writers & Storyboard | Veronica Alicino • Timothy Björklund • Vince Calandra • Roger Chiasson • Derek Drymon • Mark Ervin • Antoine Guilbaud • Ron Hauge • Tim Hill • Stephen Hillenburg • Andy Houts • Ray Johnson • Nick Jennings • Doug Lawrence • George Maestri • Jeff 'Swampy' Marsh • John McIntyre • Jeff Myers • Kevin O'Brien • Mark O'Hare • Martin Olson • Nichole Poinski • Rob Porter • Dan Povenmire • Robert McNally-Scull • Joe Suggs • Conrad Vernon |
| Animation Directors | George Chialtas • Roger Chiasson • Susie Dietter • Robert Hughes • Ken Kessel • Steve Markowski • John McIntyre • Roy Meurin • Pete Michels • Howy Parkins • Alan Smart |