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Stephen Hillenburg

Producer, Actor, Director, Writer, Additional Credits
Born August 21, 1961Died November 26, 2018 (57 years)
Stephen McDannell Hillenburg (August 21, 1961 – November 26, 2018) was an American animator, cartoonist, and marine-biology teacher. He was the creator of the Nickelodeon animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants (1999–), which he also directed, produced, and wrote. It has gone on to become the fifth longest-running American animated series.

Known For

  • The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
  • SpongeBob SquarePants
  • The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run
  • Rocko's Modern Life
  • The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
  • Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie
  • Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years
  • The Patrick Star Show

Filmography

2024
Kreepaway Kamp · as Executive Producer
2023
2021
Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years (TV Series) · as Executive Producer
2020
2015
2010
2009
SpongeBob's Truth or Square · as Executive Producer
2009
SpongeBob SquarePants: Spongicus · as Executive Producer
2005
SpongeBob SquarePants: Where's Gary? · as Executive Producer
2004
1999
SpongeBob SquarePants (TV Series) · as Executive Producer

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