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Stephen Hillenburg (born August 21, 1961, in Fort Sill, Oklahoma) is an American animator and is best known as the creator of Nickelodeon's SpongeBob SquarePants. Image File history File links Emblem-important. ... is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Fort Sill is a United States Army post near Lawton, Oklahoma; about 85 miles southwest of Oklahoma City. ... For other uses, see Oklahoma (disambiguation). ... For other uses of terms redirecting here, see US (disambiguation), USA (disambiguation), and United States (disambiguation) Motto In God We Trust(since 1956) (From Many, One; Latin, traditional) Anthem The Star-Spangled Banner Capital Washington, D.C. Largest city New York City National language English (de facto)1 Demonym American... Various species of reef fish in the Hawaiian Islands. ... An animator is an artist who creates multiple images called frames that form an illusion of movement called animation when rapidly displayed. ... Rockos Modern Life was an Emmy-nominated American animated series created by Joe Murray that aired for four seasons from 1993 to 1996. ... This article is about the series. ... is the 233rd day of the year (234th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1961 (MCMLXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Fort Sill is a United States Army post near Lawton, Oklahoma; about 85 miles southwest of Oklahoma City. ... For other uses, see Oklahoma (disambiguation). ... An animator is an artist who creates multiple images called frames that form an illusion of movement called animation when rapidly displayed. ... This article is about the TV channel. ... This article is about the series. ...

Early life and education

After graduating from Savanna High School, Hillenburg enrolled in Humboldt State University and graduated in 1984 with a degree in natural-resource planning and interpretation, with an emphasis in marine resources.^[1] Not to be confused with Humboldt University of Berlin. ...

In 1992, he earned a Master of Fine Arts in experimental animation degree from the California Institute of the Arts.^{[citation needed]} Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... In the United States, a Master of Fine Arts (MFA) is a terminal graduate degree in an area of visual, plastic, literary or performing arts typically requiring two to three years of study beyond the bachelor level. ... Entrance to CalArts on McBean Parkway The California Institute of the Arts is commonly referred to as CalArts. ...

Career

He was a marine biology teacher at what is now the Orange County Ocean Institute. He worked as a marine biologist from 1984-1987. In 1987 Hillenburg decided to pursue a career in animation, his second lifelong passion. He made several short films, two of which were awarded and played in animation film festivals internationally. His two short films The Green Beret (1991) (which was featured in an episode of "Liquid Television"; MTV misspelled his name "Hillenberg" in the credits) and Wormholes (1992) became popular shorts in several film festivals - and received various awards. Various species of reef fish in the Hawaiian Islands. ... For university teachers, see professor. ... Marine biology is the study of animal and plant life within saltwater ecosystems. ... This article is about the year. ... Year 1987 (MCMLXXXVII) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays 1987 Gregorian calendar). ... The bouncing ball animation (below) consists of these 6 frames. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... Liquid Television was a 1990s animation showcase that appeared on MTV. The first season of Liquid Television originally aired on BBC Two. ... This article is about the original U.S. music television channel. ... A wormhole, also known as an Einstein-Rosen bridge, is a hypothetical topological feature of spacetime that is essentially a shortcut from one point in the universe to another point in the universe, allowing travel between them that is faster than it would take light to make the journey through... Year 1992 (MCMXCII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1992 Gregorian calendar). ... A film festival is a mostly annual festival showcasing films, usually of a recent date, sometimes with a focus on a specific genre (e. ...

While still attending animation school, Hillenburg received a job on the children's TV series Mother Goose & Grimm from 1991 to 1993. When attending the California Institute of the Arts he made his thesis film called 'Wormholes' (which was funded by the Princess Grace Foundation). Hillenburg displayed his films at various animation festivals. Joe Murray, creator of Rocko's Modern Life, met Hillenburg at an animation festival^[2] and asked Hillenburg if he would be a director on the show, to which he agreed. Hillenburg joined the Nickelodeon animated series as a writer, producer, and storyboard artist. While working on Rocko's Modern Life, Hillenburg became friends with Tom Kenny, who would later become the voice of SpongeBob, and future SpongeBob collaborators Doug Lawrence, Paul Tibbit and others. Mother Goose & Grimm is an internationally-syndicated cartoon strip by Pulitzer Prize winning cartoonist Mike Peters. ... Year 1991 (MCMXCI) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the 1991 Gregorian calendar). ... Year 1993 (MCMXCIII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar). ... Joe Murray (born May 3, 1961 in San Jose, California [1]) is an Emmy-winning animator, best known as the creator of Rockos Modern Life and Camp Lazlo. ... Rockos Modern Life was an Emmy-nominated American animated series created by Joe Murray that aired for four seasons from 1993 to 1996. ... Animation refers to the process in which each frame of a film or movie is produced individually, whether generated as a computer graphic, or by photographing a drawn image, or by repeatedly making small changes to a model (see claymation and stop motion), and then photographing the result. ... A writer is anyone who creates a written work, although the word more usually designates those who write creatively or professionally, or those who have written in many different forms. ... The primary role of a television producer is to coordinate and control all aspects of production, ranging from show idea development and cast hiring to shoot supervision and fact-checking. ... Storyboards are graphic organizers such as a series of illustrations or images displayed in sequence for the purpose of previsualizing a motion graphic or interactive media sequence, including website interactivity. ... This article has been illustrated as part of WikiProject WikiWorld. ... Doug Lawrence (born Douglas Osowski) or simply Mr. ...

When Rocko's Modern Life ended in 1996, Hillenburg developed a concept for a new show about sea creatures, drawing on characters he created for a comic book about tidepools in 1989 at the California Institute of the Arts. He focused the show on a sponge, which Hillenburg initially drew as a natural sponge but changed to a square sponge because it looked funnier. In 1997, Hillenburg teamed with some of his former "Rocko" colleagues, who helped design the show's backgrounds and characters. Year 1996 (MCMXCVI) was a leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar). ... Tide pools at a beach Closeup of a tide pool with some algae and barnacles Tide pools (also tidal pools or rock pools) are rocky pools by the ocean that are filled with seawater. ... For the band, see 1997 (band). ...

SpongeBob SquarePants

While working at the Ocean Institute, Hillenburg wrote a comic book called "The Intertidal Zone". He showed it to Martin Olson, a friend and one of the writers of Rocko's Modern Life. Olson loved it and suggested that Hillenburg rewrite it as an undersea cartoon series.^{[citation needed]} Rockos Modern Life is an American animated television series whose four seasons aired from 1993 to 1996. ...

In 1998, Hillenburg pitched the show to Nickelodeon, using an aquarium, character models, a theme song and the storyboard that would become the pilot episode, "Help Wanted." The main character's name was originally "SpongeBoy," but since the name was copyrighted, he changed it to SpongeBob.^{[citation needed]} Nickelodeon executives bought the pitch and the series premiered in July 1999. The Nickelodeon animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants premiered on May 1, 1999 and is currently in its fifth season, with a sixth season confirmed. ... For the animated cartoon named for this character, see SpongeBob SquarePants Wikiquote has a collection of quotations related to: SpongeBob SquarePants SpongeBob SquarePants is the eponymous character of the Nickelodeon animated series SpongeBob SquarePants. ...

Karen, Plankton's computer wife on the show, is named after Stephen Hillenburg's wife.^{[citation needed]} Sheldon J. Plankton, better known as simply Plankton, is a fictional character in the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants. ...

Hillenburg resigned from his position after creating the movie. But despite this, Hillenburg has contributed to the show since its inception, despite rumors that he left the show. He played the ukelele for the song "Best Day Ever."^{[citation needed]}

Trivia

• Stephen Hillenburg helped Joe Murray so much on Rocko that TV watchers thought or still think he was the creator.
• Joe Murray tried to give the animation favor back to Hillenburrg while creating Camp Lazlo on late 2004, but he said he's too busy on Sponge Bob, so Morray hired alot of sponge Bob crew on the show and had the animation look similar.

Joe Murray (born May 3, 1961 in San Jose, California [1]) is an Emmy-winning animator, best known as the creator of Rockos Modern Life and Camp Lazlo. ... Rocko, a Kangaroo, is the central and titular character of the cartoon Rockos Modern Life. ... Joe Murray (born May 3, 1961 in San Jose, California [1]) is an Emmy-winning animator, best known as the creator of Rockos Modern Life and Camp Lazlo. ... Camp Lazlo is an Emmy Award-winning, American animated television series created by Joe Murray, produced by Cartoon Network Studios and currently airs on Cartoon Network. ...

References

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External links

• Stephen Hillenburg at the Internet Movie Database
• NNDB Profile: Stephen Hillenburg
• Under the Sea and On Top of the World
• Hip to be SquarePants

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