Derek Drymon
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Derek Drymon (born November 19, 1968) is an American animator, writer, storyboard artist, director, comedian, and producer. He has worked on numerous animated cartoon productions.
Derek Drymon was born in New Jersey. He attended Jefferson Township and Dover public schools as a child and enjoyed drawing and making comic books. Drymon graduated from Jefferson Township High School in 1987. Drymon attended the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York, where he majored in illustration, sharpening his drawling skills and moving from still images to animation. He graduated from SVA in 1992.
Drymon obtained an internship with Disney on the strength of his life drawings.
Drymon was discovered by Nickelodeon in 1993. He moved to California to work as an animator for Nickelodeon. In 1993, Drymon also began working as a storyboard artist and writer for Rocko's Modern Life. It was here he met two of his future employers, Tim Hill, Chris Savino and Stephen Hillenburg; Hill was a writer, Hillenburg a co-producer and storyboard artist. In 1997, Hillenburg created SpongeBob SquarePants. Drymon performed many duties on SpongeBob, including being a writer on all episodes, the creative director, and, on his last season with the show, supervising producer. Drymon also worked on the Cartoon Network animated series Camp Lazlo. Drymon worked on Tim Hill's side project, the popular KaBlam! skit Action League Now!, as a storyboard artist. He also wrote the Emmy Award-nominated episode of CatDog "Doggone".
Drymon met Stephen Hillenburg on the Nickelodeon cartoon Rocko's Modern Life. Hillenburg recalled Drymon as "one of the main people in the genesis of SpongeBob". Drymon teamed up with Hillenburg, Hill, and Nick Jennings who was also a companion from Nickelodeon. Drymon was the creative director for the first three seasons and became Supervising Producer in season 3 until being replaced by Paul Tibbitt starting in season 4. Along with Stephen Hillenburg, Drymon approved the writers' ideas and outlines for episodes and controlled the creative and production process on SpongeBob.
Drymon was eventually promoted to Executive producer on television show Adventure Time, and became a lead writer and director for DreamWorks Pictures, Illumination Entertainment, Sony Pictures Animation and Rovio Animation. During the first three seasons of SpongeBob, Drymon being a creative director allowed him to work with executive story editor Merriwether Williams and the rest of the writing team.
Staff writer Kent Osborne responded to the writing process with Drymon and other writers by saying "By the third season we had done 26 half-hours. I came up with millions of ideas." Despite the issues with writing new episodes, Drymon collaborated with the writers to create episode ideas like the half-hour specials and episodes that focused on other characters, for example the season three episodes "The Algae's Always Greener" and "Plankton's Army" focused on Sheldon Plankton and "Doing Time" focused on Mrs. Puff. Drymon said in an interview "Coming up with episode ideas was always tough".
Fotos
Películas (46)
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants
2025 · Director
SpongeBob and Patrick's Timeline Twist-Up
2025 · Original Story
Minions & More Volume 1
2022 · Director
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
2022 · Human Zombie (voice), Director
Monster Pets: A Hotel Transylvania Short
2021 · Tinkles / Zombie / Gillman (voice), Director
SpongeBob SquarePants: Bikini Bottom Bash
2020 · Creative Director
The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage!
2019 · Musical, Songs
Santa's Little Helpers
2019 · Director
3 Mini Movie Collection from the Grinch
2018 · Director
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
2017 · Story Artist
SpongeBob SquarePants: Glove World Forever
2016 · Creative Director
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Pilot a Mini-Movie and the Square Shorts
2015 · Storyboard Artist, Writer, Creative Director
SpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeBob, You're Fired!
2014 · Creative Director, Storyboard Artist, Writer
SpongeBob & Friends: Patrick SquarePants
2014 · Creative Director
Turbo
2013 · Worker Snail #2 / FAST Network Trackside Reporter (voice)
Kung Fu Panda 2
2011 · Story
Hop
2011 · Storyboard Artist
Megamind
2010 · Thanks
Danger Planet
2010 · Director, Writer, Lead Editor
Spongebob Squarepants: 10 Happiest Moments
2009 · Creative Director, Storyboard Artist, Writer
SpongeBob SquarePants: Where's Gary?
2005 · Creative Director
SpongeBob Squarepants - Absorbing Favorites
2005 · Creative Director
Spongebob Squarepants: Fear of a Krabby Patty
2005 · Creative Director
SpongeBob SquarePants: Home Sweet Pineapple
2005 · Creative Director
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
2004 · The Screamer / Fisherman (voice), Screenplay, Co-Director, Storyboard, Executive Producer, Sequence Lead
SpongeBob SquarePants: Sponge for Hire
2004 · Creative Director
SpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeGuard on Duty
2004 · Creative Director
SpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeBob Goes Prehistoric
2004 · Creative Director
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Seascape Capers
2004 · Creative Director, Writer
SpongeBob Squarepants: Christmas
2003 · Creative Director
SpongeBob SquarePants: Tide and Seek
2003 · Creative Director
SpongeBob SquarePants: Sponge-a-Rama
2003 · Creative Director
SpongeBob SquarePants: Laugh Your Pants Off
2003 · Creative Director
My Life with Morrissey
2003 · Bad Comedian
Spongebob Squarepants: Lost at Sea
2003 · Creative Director
SpongeBob SquarePants: Anchors Away
2003 · Creative Director
SpongeBob Squarepants: Tales from the Deep
2003 · Creative Director
SpongeBob SquarePants: Bikini Bottom Bash!
2003 · Creative Director
SpongeBob SquarePants: Deep Sea Sillies
2003 · Creative Director
SpongeBob SquarePants: Sea Stories
2002 · Creative Director
SpongeBob SquarePants: The Sponge Who Could Fly
2002 · Creative Director
SpongeBob SquarePants: Halloween
2002 · Creative Director
SpongeBob SquarePants - Nautical Nonsense and Sponge Buddies
2002 · Creative Director
Fetch
1998 · Director
SpongeBob SquarePants
1998 · Storyboard, Writer, Storyboard Artist
Toot
1996 · Stab Victim / Cop
Series (6)
Adventure Time
2010 · Producer
Camp Lazlo
2005 · Writer, Storyboard Artist
SpongeBob SquarePants
1999 · Producer, Storyboard Artist, Writer, Creative Director, Story
CatDog
1998 · Writer, Storyboard Artist, Director
Hey Arnold!
1996 · Director
Rocko's Modern Life
1993 · Storyboard Artist, Additional Writing