Derek Drymon

Template:Person 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.

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. 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 an animator for Nickelodeon. 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, Hillenburg 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".

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.

Diggs Tailwagger

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.Template:Fact

Credits

• "Help Wanted" - Writer, Storyboard artist
• "Reef Blower" - Writer, Storyboard artist
• "Tea at the Treedome" - Animation director (DVD)
• "Bubblestand" - Writer, Creative director
• "Ripped Pants" - Creative director
• "Jellyfishing" - Creative director
• "Plankton!" - Creative director
• "Naughty Nautical Neighbors" - Creative director
• "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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