Derek Drymon

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Template:Person Derek David Drymon (born November 19, 1968) is an American writer and storyboard artist. He use to work on numerous Nickelodeon cartoon produced in the 1990s and 2000s, with the most popular show 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 the show Adventure Time.

He returned as co-writer for the song, Squeeze Me for The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water.

Biography

Drymon was born as Derek David Drymon in Denville, New Jersey, a small town in far northern New Jersey in 1968. He attended Jefferson Township Public School as a child, and supposedly he enjoyed drawing and making comic books. Drymon graduated from Jefferson Township 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 a storyboard artist 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 a few duties on SpongeBob, including supervising director, a producer, and eventually a creative director. He has also help 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 currently works at DreamWorks Animation.

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