American cartoonist
Derek Drymon
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Born
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1968-11-19
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November 19, 1968
(age 55)
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Education
| School of Visual Arts
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Occupation(s)
| Comedian, animator, cartoonist, writer, storyboard artist, director, producer, composer, voice actor
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Years active
| 1986?present
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Known for
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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.
Early life
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Derek Drymon was born in New Jersey.
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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.
[2]
Drymon attended the
School of Visual Arts
(SVA) in New York, where he majored in Illustration, sharpening his drawing skills and moving from still images to animation. He graduated from SVA in 1992.
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Career
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Drymon obtained an internship with Disney on the strength of his life drawings.
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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
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.
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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".
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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.
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Drymon was eventually promoted to Executive producer on television show
Adventure Time
, and become a lead writer for
DreamWorks Pictures
, and a director at
Illumination Entertainment
. During the first three seasons of SpongeBob, Drymon being 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 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". The writers were influenced for the episode
"The Secret Box"
, which was influenced by Drymon because he told them when he was younger he kept a "secret box", the writers thought it was hilarious and weird and used Drymon's idea to create the story of the episode. Drymon co-wrote the pilot episode
"Help Wanted"
. Drymon earned two Emmy nominations and along with the crew of SpongeBob won the
"Best Animated Television Production"
Annie award in 2005 for
season 3
of SpongeBob.
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Drymon hired a large amount of the staff writers, including
Sam Henderson
, a friend and fellow alumnus of SVA, along with
Kent Osborne
and
Walt Dohrn
.
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From 2008 to 2017, Drymon work as a Storyboard Artist for
DreamWorks Animation
, working on films such as the
Kung Fu Panda
trilogy,
Monsters vs. Aliens
,
Shrek Forever After
,
Puss in Boots
,
Turbo
,
Penguins of Madagascar
, and
Captain Underpants: The First Epic Movie
.
Drymon was an executive producer (with
Fred Seibert
) on the
Cartoon Network
series
Adventure Time
, created by
Pendleton Ward
for the show's first season. He was no longer credited on episodes starting with the second season.
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On September 17, 2020, Drymon was set to co-direct
Hotel Transylvania: Transformania
with story artist
Jennifer Kluska
.
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In April 2023, Drymon was announced to serve as the writer and director of the fourth
SpongeBob SquarePants
theatrical film titled
The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants
.
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Filmography
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Television
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Film
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Bibliography
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Month
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Title
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Issue
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Story
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Publisher
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Apr. 2011
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SpongeBob Comics
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No. 2
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"Picture This!"
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United Plankton Pictures
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Story
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Jun. 2011
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No. 3
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"Squidward and the Golden Clarinet"
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Oct. 2011
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No. 5
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"Day Off / Off Day"
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Aug. 2012
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No. 11
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"Dear Diary"
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Oct. 2012
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No. 13
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"Drawn In" and "The Curse of the Flying Dutchman"
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Nov. 2012
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No. 14
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"For the Love of Chum"
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Dec. 2012
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No. 15
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"Connect the Dots"
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Jan. 2013
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No. 16
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"The Treasure of Captain Goldfish"
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Apr. 2013
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No. 19
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"Morning Melody"
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May 2013
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No. 20
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"Sponge Monkey"
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Oct. 2013
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No. 25
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"The Dutchman's Challenge"
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Jan. 2014
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No. 28
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"Curse of the King Krabbe"
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"My Life as a Crossing Guard"
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Feb. 2014
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No. 29
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"Scaredy Snail"
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May 2014
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No. 32
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"Showdown at the Shady Shoals: Part 1"
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Jun. 2014
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No. 33
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"Showdown at the Shady Shoals: Part 2"
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Jul. 2014
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No. 34
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"Showdown at the Shady Shoals: Part 3"
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Aug. 2014
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No. 35
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"Showdown at the Shady Shoals: Part 4"
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Sept. 2014
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No. 36
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"Showdown at the Shady Shoals: Part 5"
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Oct. 2014
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No. 37
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"Dreams of the Dreaming Dreamer"
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Feb. 2015
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No. 41
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"Star of the Show" and "Snow Job"
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Apr. 2015
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No. 43
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"Fry Cook 2.0"
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Jun. 2015
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No. 45
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"Patrick's Itch"
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Oct. 2015
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No. 49
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"Patty Thing!"
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Nov. 2015
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No. 50
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"Mash-Up Pants"
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Apr. 2016
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No. 55
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"The Ballad of Barnacle Bill: Part 1"
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May 2016
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No. 56
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"The Ballad of Barnacle Bill: Part 2"
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Jun. 2016
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No. 57
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"On the Lam"
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References
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[ht=movies "Derek Drymon"].
Metacritic
. Retrieved October 29, 2017.
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Jennings, Rob.
"Jefferson native, SpongeBob go way back: Cartoonist an executive producer for animated film"
Archived
September 8, 2012, at
archive.today
,
Daily Record
, November 19, 2004. Retrieved Octo2007. "But in Jefferson, Drymon is perhaps best remembered as an offensive guard and defensive tackle on the high school's state championship football team in 1986.... At Jefferson High School, when not playing football, Drymon was sketching comic books."
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Halm, Dan (Winter 2002). "Soaking in Talent"
Visual Arts Journal
,
School of Visual Arts
(New York City). pp. 24 ? 25.
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Heintjes, Tom (September 21, 2012).
"The Oral History of SpongeBob SquarePants"
.
Hogan's Alley
. Archived from
the original
on August 31, 2015
. Retrieved
August 23,
2013
.
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"Legacy: 26th Annual Annie Award Nominees and Winners (1998)"
.
AnnieAwards.org
.
ASIFA-Hollywood
. Archived from
the original
on October 11, 2007
. Retrieved
December 1,
2012
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Meiss, Richard.
"8 Facts You Might Not Have Known About 'Adventure Time'"
Archived
April 19, 2018, at the
Wayback Machine
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Smosh
November 18, 2015. "We show you the most surprising facts about Adventure Time we ... are stretched ? that's Derek Drymon, the former executive producer, typing."
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Donnelly, Matt (September 17, 2020).
"Selena Gomez Upped to Executive Producer for 'Hotel Transylvania 4,' Returns as Female Lead (EXCLUSIVE)"
.
Variety
. Retrieved
November 17,
2020
.
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Brian Welk (April 27, 2023).
"Paramount Gets Animated with CinemaCon Presentation"
.
IndieWire
. Retrieved
April 27,
2023
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