Paul Tibbitt

Paul Harrison[1] Tibbitt (born May 13, 1968) is an American animator, television producer, writer, storyboard artist, songwriter, voice actor, and director, best known for working on the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants. After SpongeBob creator Stephen Hillenburg resigned in 2004, Tibbitt took the position of showrunner for the show. He also took over as the voice of Potty the Parrot, whom Hillenburg had voiced until his resignation. 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.

For the United States Air Force brigadier general, see Paul Tibbets.

Paul Tibbitt
Born
Paul Harrison Tibbitt

(1968-05-13) May 13, 1968
Los Angeles County, California, U.S.
Alma materCalifornia Institute of the Arts
OccupationVoice actor, writer, storyboard artist, animator, director
Years active1997–present
Notable work
SpongeBob SquarePants
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
Signature

In 2015, Vincent Waller (a creative director) and Marc Ceccarelli (a writer and storyboard director) took Tibbitt's place 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 is being produced without the involvement of the show's crew by a separate crew), but he lended his directing and writing position to Tim Hill. He now works at DreamWorks Pictures.[2]

Filmography

Television
Year Title Role Notes
1997 Nightmare Ned Writer
Storyboard artist
Prop designer
1997 Recess Storyboard revisionist
1998 CatDog Character designer
1999–2018 SpongeBob SquarePants 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)
2002–03 Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones? Layout artist
Writer
Storyboard artist
2020–present The Mighty Ones Consulting producer

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1997 Loose Tooth Animation story developer
1999 Herd Fed #6 Writer
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
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 by

References
  1. Williams, N (June 22, 2012). "First News readers interview SpongeBob SquarePants exec producer Paul Tibbitt!". First News. First Group Enterprises Ltd. Archived from the original on September 28, 2013. Retrieved July 21, 2019. Hey, my middle name is Harrison!
  2. Tibbitt, Paul [@paultibbitt] (January 9, 2020). "Yo! I'm at Dreamworks now. Developing a couple projects. Nothing I can talk about yet. Hopefully soon. Happy new year!" (Tweet). Retrieved February 12, 2020 – via Twitter.
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