Vincent Waller
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Vincent Waller | |
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 Waller in June 2019 | |
| Born | September 30, 1960 Arlington, Texas, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer, storyboard artist, animator, technical director |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Known for | The Ren & Stimpy Show The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy SpongeBob SquarePants |
Vincent Waller (born September 30, 1960) is an American writer, storyboard artist, animator, and technical director. He has worked on several animated television shows and movies, the most notable ones being The Ren & Stimpy Show and SpongeBob SquarePants.
The Ren & Stimpy Show[]
Waller was a writer and director for The Ren & Stimpy Show during the Spümcø era. He directed the popular episodes "Rubber Nipple Salesmen" and "Big Baby Scam".
Other shows[]
Waller produced and directed shorts for Fred Seibert's Oh Yeah! Cartoons. He co-created What is Funny? with Bill Burnett, as well as Pete Patrick: Private Investigator and Let's Talk Turkey. He also adapted the Harvey Kurtzman comic Hey Look! into a pilot episode for the series.
SpongeBob SquarePants and other work[]
Waller was a writer for animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants during the last half of the series' first season, leaving after the first season was completed. Waller returned to the series as technical director for the series' fourth season, and supervised the first season of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law. He worked on The Oblongs as a director, and later as re-take director. He was also a writer and storyboard artist on Cartoon Network's The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy and Evil Con Carne. Towards the end of the fourth season, Waller was promoted to creative director of SpongeBob, replacing Derek Drymon. In 2015, Waller was promoted to supervising producer along with Marc Ceccarelli, succeeding Paul Tibbitt. The creative director position was then eliminated.
Waller served as the creative supervisor for The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water. He also serves as co-executive producer and showrunner of the SpongeBob prequel series, Kamp Koral.[1][2]
Filmography[]
Television series[]
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1988–1990 | The Real Ghostbusters | storyboard clean-up storyboard artist |
| 1990 | New Kids on the Block | storyboard artist |
| Gravedale High | storyboard artist | |
| Attack of the Killer Tomatoes | storyboard director | |
| 1990–1991 | Captain Planet and the Planeteers | storyboard director |
| 1991–1993 | The Ren & Stimpy Show | writer storyboard artist story director (1992–1993) character designer layout supervisor |
| 1993 | Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog | storyboard artist |
| 2 Stupid Dogs | animation director | |
| 1994 | The Baby Huey Show | writer storyboard artist |
| The Tick | storyboard artist | |
| 1995 | What-a-Mess | storyboard artist |
| Earthworm Jim | storyboard artist | |
| 1996–1997 | Duckman | storyboard artist |
| 1997 | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | overseas animation director |
| 1998 | I Am Weasel | storyboard artist (episode "I Am Crybaby") |
| Cow and Chicken | storyboard artist (episode "Buffalo Gals") | |
| Oh Yeah! Cartoons | writer producer director | |
| 1999–2000 2005–present |
SpongeBob SquarePants | writer (2000; 2005; 2011–2012) storyboard artist (2000) storyboard director (2005; 2011–2012) creative director (2005–2015) showrunner (2015–present) supervising producer (2015–2018) Voice actor co-executive producer (2018–present)[1] |
| 2001–2002 | The Oblongs | retake director (2001) director |
| 2001–2002 | Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law | storyboard artist character designer background designer director art director supervising director |
| 2003 | Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon" | story storyboard artist |
| 2004 | The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy | story storyboard artist |
| Evil Con Carne | story (episode "Hector, King of the Britons") storyboard artist (episode "Hector, King of the Britons") | |
| 2005 | The X's | storyboard artist |
| 2021–present | Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years | developer co-executive producer theme song composer |
| The Patrick Star Show | developer co-executive producer |
Short films[]
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Boo Boo Runs Wild | storyboard artist layout artist |
| A Day in the Life of Ranger Smith | storyboard artist layout artist |
Feature films[]
| Year | Title | Notes |
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| 2015 | The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water | creative supervisor |
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Owen, Rob (July 10, 2019). "Behind the Business of 'SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout'". Variety. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
- ^ Andreeva, Nellie (June 4, 2019). "'SpongeBob SquarePants' CG-Animated Prequel Series 'Kamp Koral' Greenlighted By Nickelodeon". deadline.com. Retrieved July 21, 2019.
External links[]
- Incoherent Thought: Vincent Waller's Blog
- Vincent Waller at IMDb
- Vincent Waller's channel on YouTube
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