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David Aloysius "Dave" Needham (born June 12, 1985; age 40) is a British director, story artist, and art director, who has been active since 2001, working as a story artist, character designer, and storyboard artist on several animated projects, later joining the team and crew of the SpongeBob SquarePants franchise; to direct the upcoming spin-off movie Plankton: The Movie.

Biography

Needham has worked as an art director and storyboard artist on animated series such as Robotboy and The Amazing World of Gumball, he has also worked as a character designer on the Gorillaz: Clint Eastwood music video, and on animated films such as The Lego Batman Movie, and Smallfoot.

He began working at Nickelodeon as a story artist in The Penguins of Madagascar series, and in 2021 he made his debut as a film director in the Netflix film The Loud House Movie.

Movies

Episode	Credits
F2 - "Plankton: The Movie"	Director
List of episode credits

Gallery

External links

Instagram page

References

Crew members (V • T • E)

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-'''David Aloysius "Dave" Needham''' (born {{Time|June 12}}, {{Time|1985}}; age {{age|12|6|1985}}) is a British director, story artist, and art director, who has been active since 2001, working as a story artist, character designer, and storyboard artist on several animated projects, later joining the team and crew of the {{SBSP}} franchise; to direct the upcoming spin-off movie ''[[Plankton: The Movie]]''.
+'''David Aloysius "Dave" Needham''' (born {{Time|June 12}}, {{Time|1985}}; age {{age|1985|6|12}}) is a British director, story artist, and art director, who has been active since 2001, working as a story artist, character designer, and storyboard artist on several animated projects, later joining the team and crew of the {{SBSP}} franchise; to direct the upcoming spin-off movie ''[[Plankton: The Movie]]''.
 ==Biography==