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If you were looking for the article about the production assistant, production coordinator, and writer, then see Derek Iversen.

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Template:Person Derek David Drymon (born November 19, 1968; age Template:Age) is an American writer and storyboard artist. He used to work on numerous Nickelodeon animated series produced in the 1990s and 2000s, with the most popular one being SpongeBob SquarePants. He is also co-writer of the SpongeBob SquarePants theme song. He later went to Cartoon Network to work on season 1 episodes of Adventure Time.

He received writing credits on "Squeeze Me" for The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water due to the song sampling the theme song. From 2011 to 2018, he was an author and illustrator for SpongeBob Comics.

Biography

Drymon was born as Derek David Drymon in Denville, a small town in northern New Jersey, on November of 1968. He attended Jefferson Township Public School as a child and he enjoyed drawing and making comic books.

Drymon is graduated from Jefferson Township High School in 1987.^[1] He attended the School of Visual Arts in New York to become an illustrator. After college, he was recruited by Disney feature animation for their internship program. Upon finishing the program he returned to New Jersey and then on to California.

Early Nickelodeon years

Drymon was discovered by Nickelodeon in 1993. He moved to California to work as a storyboard artist for the network. In 1994, 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, and Hillenburg was a co-producer and storyboard artist.

Drymon worked on Tim Hill's side project, the popular KaBlam! skit Action League Now! as a storyboard artist. He also wrote the Emmy-nominated episode of CatDog, "Dog Gone."

In 1997, Drymon's former Rocko's Modern Life co-worker Stephen Hillenburg created SpongeBob SquarePants. Drymon performed a few duties on SpongeBob, including supervising director, producer, and eventually creative director. He has also helped develop the series along with Nick Jennings.

Diggs Tailwagger

Derek Drymon's new show Diggs Tailwagger, was given a green light in 2007, but it never made it to fruition.

Drymon worked as a storyboard artist for DreamWorks Animation and an animation director for marketing at Illumination Entertainment, he also worked at Laika.^[2]

Other Work

He co-directed Hotel Transylvania: Transformania for Sony Pictures Animation alongside Jennifer Kluska.

Gallery

References

↑ Jennings, Rob. "Jefferson native, SpongeBob go way back: Cartoonist an executive producer for animated film", Daily Record (Morristown), November 19, 2004. Accessed October 23, 2007. "But in Morristown, Drymon is perhaps best remembered as an offensive guard and defensive tackle on the high school's state championship football team in 1986.... At Morristown High School, when not playing football, Drymon was sketching comic books."
↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AORxe04Ullo

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[1] Jennings, Rob. "Jefferson native, SpongeBob go way back: Cartoonist an executive producer for animated film", Daily Record (Morristown), November 19, 2004. Accessed October 23, 2007. "But in Morristown, Drymon is perhaps best remembered as an offensive guard and defensive tackle on the high school's state championship football team in 1986.... At Morristown High School, when not playing football, Drymon was sketching comic books."

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-'''Derek Drymon''' (born 1965|1965 in Morristown, New Jersey, USA) is an American writer & storyboard artist. He has worked on numerous Nickelodeon cartoon productions of the 1990s and 2000s, the most popular show being ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]''.
+'''Derek David Drymon''' (born {{Time|November 19}}, {{Time|1968}}; age {{Age|1968|11|19}}) is an American writer and storyboard artist. He used to work on numerous [[Nickelodeon]] animated series produced in the 1990s and 2000s, with the most popular one being {{SBSP}}. He is also co-writer of the [[SpongeBob SquarePants Theme Song|''SpongeBob SquarePants'' theme song]]. He later went to {{W|Cartoon Network}} to work on [[w:c:adventuretime:List of episodes#Season 1: 2010|season 1]] episodes of ''[[w:c:adventuretime:Adventure Time|Adventure Time]]''.
+He received writing credits on "[[Squeeze Me]]" for ''[[The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water]]'' due to the song sampling the theme song. From {{Time|2011}} to {{Time|2018}}, he was an author and illustrator for ''[[SpongeBob Comics]]''.
 ==Biography==
-Drymon was born in Morristown, New Jersey, a small town in far northern New Jersey in 1968. He attended Jefferson Township Public Schools as a child, and supposedly he enjoyed drawing and making comic books. Drymon graduated from [[Morristown High School]] in 1987.<ref>Jennings, Rob. [http://www.dailyrecord.com/news/articles/news1-SpongeBob.htm "Jefferson native, SpongeBob go way back: Cartoonist an executive producer for animated film"], ''Daily Record (Morristown)'', November 19, 2004. Accessed October 23, 2007. "But in Morristown, Drymon is perhaps best remembered as an offensive guard and defensive tackle on the high school's state championship football team in 1986.... At Morrisstown High School, when not playing football, Drymon was sketching comic books."</ref> He attended the School of Visual Arts in New York to become an illustrator. After college, he was recruited by Disney feature animation for their internship program. Upon finishing the program he returned to New Jersey and then on to California.
+Drymon was born as Derek David Drymon in Denville, a small town in northern New Jersey, on November of 1968. He attended {{W|Jefferson Township Public Schools|Jefferson Township Public School}} as a child and he enjoyed drawing and making comic books.
+Drymon is graduated from Jefferson Township High School in {{Time|1987}}.<ref>Jennings, Rob. [http://www.dailyrecord.com/news/articles/news1-SpongeBob.htm "Jefferson native, SpongeBob go way back: Cartoonist an executive producer for animated film"], ''Daily Record (Morristown)'', {{Time|November 19}}, {{Time|2004}}. Accessed {{Time|October 23}}, {{Time|2007}}. "But in Morristown, Drymon is perhaps best remembered as an offensive guard and defensive tackle on the high school's state championship football team in {{Time|1986}}.... At Morristown High School, when not playing football, Drymon was sketching comic books."</ref> He attended the School of Visual Arts in New York to become an illustrator. After college, he was recruited by {{W|Disney}} feature animation for their internship program. Upon finishing the program he returned to New Jersey and then on to California.
-===Early Nickelodeon Years===
+===Early Nickelodeon years===
-Drymon was discovered by Nickelodeon in 1993. He moved to California to work as an animator for Nickelodeon. In 1994, Drymon also began working as a storyboard artist and writer for [[wikipedia:Rocko's Modern Life|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.
+Drymon was discovered by Nickelodeon in {{Time|1993}}. He moved to California to work as a storyboard artist for the network. In {{Time|1994}}, Drymon also began working as a storyboard artist and writer for ''[[w:c:rockosmodernlife:Rocko's Modern Life|Rocko's Modern Life]]''. It was here he met two of his future employers, [[Tim Hill]] and [[Stephen Hillenburg]]. Hill was a writer, and Hillenburg was a co-producer and storyboard artist.
-Drymon worked on Tim Hill's side project, the popular Kablam! skit Action League Now! as a storyboard artist. He also wrote the Emmy nominated episode of CatDog, "Doggone".
+Drymon worked on Tim Hill's side project, the popular ''{{W|KaBlam!}}'' skit ''{{W|Action League Now!}}'' as a storyboard artist. He also wrote the {{W|Emmy Awards|Emmy}}-nominated episode of ''[[w:c:catdog:CatDog|CatDog]]'', "[[w:c:catdog:Dog Gone|Dog Gone]]."
-In 1997, Drymon's former "Rocko" co-worker [[Stephen Hillenburg]] created [[SpongeBob SquarePants]]. Drymon performed many duties on SpongeBob, including being a writer on all episodes, then supervising director and producer, and eventually creative director.
+In {{Time|1997}}, Drymon's former ''Rocko's Modern Life'' co-worker Stephen Hillenburg created ''SpongeBob SquarePants''. Drymon performed a few duties on ''SpongeBob'', including supervising director, producer, and eventually creative director. He has also helped develop the series along with [[Nick Jennings]].
 ===Diggs Tailwagger===
+Derek Drymon's new show ''Diggs Tailwagger'', was given a green light in {{Time|2007}}, but it never made it to fruition.
+Drymon worked as a storyboard artist for ''{{W|DreamWorks Animation}}'' and an animation director for marketing at ''{{W|Illumination (company)|Illumination Entertainment}}'', he also worked at ''{{W|Laika (company)|Laika}}''.<ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AORxe04Ullo</ref>
-Derek Drymon's new show '''Diggs Tailwagger''' has been given the greenlight by Nickelodeon for production.  It is likely that the show will premiere in 2007. Derek has written the pilot episode with former SpongeBob co-worker Kaz.{{Fact|date=November 2007}}
+===Other Work===
+He co-directed ''[[w:c:hoteltransylvania:Hotel Transylvania: Transformania|Hotel Transylvania: Transformania]]'' for Sony Pictures Animation alongside Jennifer Kluska.
-==Credits==
+{{Clear}}
-*"[[Help Wanted]]" - Writer, Storyboard artist
-*"[[Reef Blower]]" - Writer, Storyboard artist
+==Gallery==
-*"[[Tea at the Treedome]]" - Animation director (DVD)
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-*"[[Bubblestand]]" - Writer, Creative director
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-*"[[Ripped Pants]]" - Creative director
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-*"[[Jellyfishing]]" - Creative director
+DerekDrymon InterV 2019.png
-*"[[Plankton!]]" - Creative director
+Edd.jpg
-*"[[Naughty Nautical Neighbors]]" - Creative director
+</gallery>
-*"[[Boating School]]" - Creative director
-*"[[Pizza Delivery]]" - Creative director
-*"[[Home Sweet Pineapple]]" - Creative director
-*"[[Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy]]" - Creative director
-*"[[Pickles]]" - Creative director
-*"[[Hall Monitor]]" - Creative director
-*"[[Jellyfish Jam]]" - Creative director
-*"[[Sandy's Rocket]]" - Creative director
-*"[[Squeaky Boots]]" - Creative director
-*"[[Nature Pants]]" - Creative director
-*"[[Opposite Day]]" - Creative director
-*"[[Culture Shock]]" - Creative director
-*"[[F.U.N.]]" - Creative director
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