Stephen Hillenburg

Stephen Hillenburg
Information
Name	Stephen McDannell Hillenburg
Gender	Male ♂
Birth	August 21, 1961 Fort Sill, Oklahoma, U.S.
Death	November 26, 2018 (aged 57) San Marino, California, U.S.
Professional Information
Occupation	Animator Director Writer Producer Marine biologis
Years Active	1984–2018
Other Works	SpongeBob SquarePants

Stephen McDannell "Steve" 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 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.

Season 1:

• 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)

Season 2:

• 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

Season 3:

• 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)

Season 4:

• 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