Stephen Hillenberg ( August 21, 1961 , Fort Sill, Lawton , Oklahoma , USA - November 26, 2018 , San Marino , California , USA ) is an American animator, best known as the creator of the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants .
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| Profession | screenwriter , producer , director , actor , animator |
| Awards | [d] ( 2007 ) [d] ( 2018 ) Emmy ( 2018 ) Emmy ( 2010 ) |
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Biography
Steven Hillenberg worked as a marine biologist from 1984 to 1987 . In 1987, he decided to seek success in animation , his second hobby. He made several short films, two of which (“The Green Beret” and “Wormholes”) became popular and received various awards at several film festivals.
Joe Murray, creator of Rocko's Modern Life , met by Hillenberg at an animated festival, asked him if he would direct the show. Hillenberg agreed, becoming a screenwriter, producer, storyboard director, and creative director. When working on the animated series, Hillenberg made friends with Tom Kenny , who will later voice the SpongeBob , as well as future co-authors of the series Doug Lawrence, Paul Tibbit and others.
He was married, had a son [6] .
Spongebob
In 1996, Hillenberg developed the idea for a new animated series about sea creatures. He focused on the sponge, which he first painted like a sea sponge , but changed its shape to a square one, because it looked funnier. In 1997, Hillenberg teamed up with some of his colleagues in Rocco who helped him work on the animated series. In 1998, Hillenberg transferred the rights to show the first Help Wanted episode to Nickelodeon .
The main character was first called SpongeBoy , but since this name was copyrighted, Stephen replaced him with SpongeBob. Channel executives buy the animated series, and it starts showing in July 1999 .
Hillenberg resigned after making the film . But at the same time, he did not leave the series, but became an executive producer .
Starting from the second film and the middle of the ninth season, Hillenberg was more involved in the creative process of creating further series [7] .
Sickness and death
In March 2017, Hillenberg reported that he was diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis .
On November 26, 2018, Stephen Hillenberg passed away. His ashes were scattered over the sea waters [8] .
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Hillenburg, Stephen // Who's Who in Animated Cartoon : An International Guide to Film and Television's Award-Winning and Legendary Animators - NY : Hal Leonard Corporation , 2006. - ISBN 978-1-55783-671-7
- ↑ 1 2 3 Genzlinger N. Stephen Hillenburg, 'SpongeBob SquarePants' Creator, Dies at 57 / D. Baquet - Manhattan , New York City : The New York Times Company , AG Sulzberger , 2018 .-- ISSN 0362-4331 ; 1553-8095
- ↑ Discogs - 2000.
- ↑ 1 2 Internet Movie Database - 1990.
- ↑ TMZ / Ed. H. Levin - 2018.
- ↑ The creator of SpongeBob Stephen Hillenberg Died . TV program (November 27, 2018).
- ↑ 'SpongeBob' Creator Stephen Hillenburg Returning to His Show Cartoon Brew (December 13, 2014).
- ↑ 'SpongeBob SquarePants' Creator Stephen Hillenburg's Ashes Scattered at Sea . TMZ (December 8, 2018).