Paul Tibbitt
Paul Harrison Tibbitt IV is an American animator, writer, and voice actor, best known for his work on the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants. After its creator Stephen Hillenburg and creative director and supervising producer Derek Drymon resigned in 2004, Tibbitt took his position of showrunner and supervising producer for the show's fourth through ninth seasons. He also took over as the voice of Potty the Parrot, whom Hillenburg had voiced until his resignation.
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Paul Tibbitt
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- Paul Tibbitt
- Birth Name
- Paul Harrison Tibbitt IV
- Birthplace
- Los Angeles County, California, U.S.
- Education
- California Institute of the Arts
- Occupation
- * Animator
- Born
- 1968. · Los Angeles.
- Nationality
- United States.
- Languages
- English.
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Paul Harrison Tibbitt IV is an American animator, writer, and voice actor, best known for his work on the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants. After its creator Stephen Hillenburg and creative director and supervising producer Derek Drymon resigned in 2004, Tibbitt took his position of showrunner and supervising producer for the show's fourth through ninth seasons. He also took over as the voice of Potty the Parrot, whom Hillenburg had voiced until his resignation.
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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.
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Key facts
• 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)
Television
Television
• 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
Film
• Year — Title — Role — Notes • 1997 — Loose Tooth — Animation story developer • 1999 — Herd — Fed #6 — Writer • 2002 — Super Santa in South Pole Joe — Property Designer • 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 • 2016 — Trolls — Creative Consultant (uncredited) • 2023 — Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken — Special thanks • 2025 — Order Up — Writer and executive producer (short film)
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- 1.Williams, N. First News readers interview SpongeBob SquarePants exec producer Paul Tibbitt!. First News. First Group Enterprises Ltd. June 22, 2012.
- 2.Fletcher, Alex. Paul Tibbitt ('Spongebob Squarepants'). Digital Spy. March 4, 2011.
- 3.Amidi, Amid. 10-Year-Old Spongebob Will Star In CG Spinoff Series 'Kamp Koral'. Cartoon Brew. June 5, 2019.
- 4.Robinson, Will. SpongeBob 3, Little Prince release dates. Entertainment Weekly. November 10, 2015.
- 5.Amidi, Amid. 'The SpongeBob Movie: It's a Wonderful Sponge' Will Be An Origin Story. Cartoon Brew. October 23, 2018.
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