Paul Tibbitt

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. In 2015, Tibbitt stepped down as supervising producer and showrunner. 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 by a separate crew with limited involvement from the show's crew), but he was fired and his directing and writing position was taken by Tim Hill.

• Name — Paul Tibbitt • Birth Name — Paul Harrison Tibbitt IV • Birthplace — Los Angeles County, California, U.S. • Education — California Institute of the Arts • Occupation — * Animator • writer • voice actor • Years Active — 1997–present • Notable Works — SpongeBob SquarePants The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water • Employer — * Nickelodeon Animation Studio (1998–2016) • DreamWorks Animation (2016–2021)

• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 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 • 1999–2018 — 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) Supervising producer (2005–2015) Co-executive producer (2006–2008) Executive producer (2008–2017) Actor Voice actor (2001–2018) • 2002–2003 — Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones? — Layout artist Writer Storyboard artist • 2020–2022 — The Mighty Ones — Consulting producer