| Paul Tibbitt | |
| Birth Name: | Paul Harrison Tibbitt IV |
| Birth Date: | 13 May 1968 |
| Birth Place: | Los Angeles County, California, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | California Institute of the Arts |
| Years Active: | 1997–present |
| Notable Works: | SpongeBob SquarePants |
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| Signature: | PaulTibbitt Agraph.png |
Paul Harrison Tibbitt IV[1] (born May 13, 1968) is an American animator, writer, and voice actor, best known for his work on the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants. After its creator Stephen Hillenburg resigned in 2004, Tibbitt took his position of showrunner for the show's remaining seasons.[2] He also took over as the voice of Potty the Parrot, whom Hillenburg had voiced until his resignation. Tibbitt made his feature film directorial debut directing . He studied in the Character Animation program at the California Institute of the Arts.
In 2015, Vincent Waller (a creative director) and Marc Ceccarelli (a writer and storyboard director) took Tibbitt's place as supervising producer and showrunner.[3] It was also announced that Tibbitt would leave the series after season 9 to work on (which was produced and released by a separate crew with limited involvement from the show's crew), but he lent his directing and writing position to Tim Hill.[4] [5]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Nightmare Ned | Ned | Writer Storyboard artist Prop designer | |
| Recess | Storyboard revisionist | |||
| Storyboard revisions | ||||
| 1998 | CatDog | Character designer | ||
| Oh Yeah! Cartoons | Prop designer | |||
| Histeria! | Model designer | |||
| 1999–2018 | SpongeBob SquarePants | Mama Krabs DoodleBob Potty the Parrot Additional voices | Writer Storyboard director Director Storyboard artist Showrunner Supervising producer Co-executive producer Executive producer Actor Voice actor | |
| 2002–03 | Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones? | Layout artist Writer Storyboard artist | ||
| 2020–2022 | The Mighty Ones | Consulting producer |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | Loose Tooth | Animation story developer | |
| 1999 | Herd | Fed #6 | Writer |
| 2002 | Super Santa in South Pole Joe | Property Designer | |
| 2003 | Storyboard artist | ||
| 2004 | The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie | Screenwriter and storyboard artist | |
| 2007 | SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis | Director of live action sequences, written by live action segments, producer | |
| Diggs Tailwagger | Additional writing | ||
| 2009 | SpongeBob's Truth or Square | Written by live action sequences, producer | |
| 2015 | Kyle | Director, producer and story | |
| 2016 | Trolls | Creative Consultant (uncredited) | |
| 2023 | Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken | Special thanks | |