Drymon, Derek 1965–

PERSONAL

Born 1965, in Jefferson, NJ. Education: Graduated from School of Visual Arts.

Career: Writer, storyboard artist, producer, director, and actor. Worked as an intern at Walt Disney animation studios for feature film animation; worked for Nickelodeon, 1993–. Entertainment Art Academy, Pasadena, CA, faculty member.

Awards, Honors: Annie Award nomination (with others), outstanding individual achievement for writing in an animated television production, International Animated Film Society, 1998, for CatDog; Emmy Award nomination (with others), outstanding animated program for programming less than one hour, 2003, 2004, both for SpongeBob SquarePants.

CREDITS

Film Work:

Executive producer, storyboard artist, and sequence director, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (animated), Paramount, 2004.

Film Appearances:

Himself, The Origin of Spongebob Squarepants (documentary short), Nickelodeon Network, 2003.

Bad comedian, My Life with Morrissey, Music Video Distribution, 2003.

Voice of the Screamer and fisherman, The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (animated), Paramount, 2004.

Television Work; Series:

Storyboard artist, Rocko's Modern Life (animated), Nickelodeon, 1993.

Assistant director, Rocko's Modern Life (animated), Nickelodeon, 1996.

Storyboard artist and storyboard director, Hey Arnold! (animated), Nickelodeon, 1996.

Storyboards, CatDog (animated), Nickelodeon, 1998.

Creative director, supervising producer, and storyboard artist, SpongeBob SquarePants (animated; also known as SpongeBob), Nickelodeon, 1999–.

Television Work; Pilots:

Executive producer and creator, Diggs Tailwagger (animated), Nickelodeon, forthcoming.

Television Work; Specials:

Storyboard artist, A Very Special Action League Now! Special (animated), Nickelodeon, 1998.

Television Work; Episodic:

Director, "Fetch," CatDog (animated), Nickelodeon, 1998.

WRITINGS

Screenplays:

The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (animated), Paramount, 2004.

Film Songs:

Theme song, "Now That We're Men," and "Goofy Goober Song," The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (animated), Paramount, 2004.

Television Pilots:

Diggs Tailwagger (animated), Nickelodeon, forthcoming.

Television Episodes:

"Fetch," CatDog (animated), Nickelodeon, 1998.

Also wrote episodes of SpongeBob SquarePants (animated; also known as SpongeBob), Nickelodeon.