Andy Rheingold

Andrew "Andy" Rheingold (born February 11, 1971) started working in entertainment at Nickelodeon where he oversaw the development of Spongebob Squarepants, serving as the Executive in Charge of Production of the pilot.

Around that time, Andy got his first writing break - at MTV.

After the success of Spongebob and Beavis, Andy was hired as a full time staff writer for MTV Networks. For several years he wrote for a handful of hit series including CatDog, All That!, Kablam! Andy eventually moved up to Head Writer level overseeing scripts on Undergrads for MTV, Codename: The Kids Next Door for Cartoon Network, and Skunk Fu for BBC/Cartoon Network.

Between his TV gigs Andy writes feature films and he has sold scripts to Paramount Pictures, Disney Features, and Nickelodeon Movies. He has authored two original children's books - When Guinea Pigs Fly for Scholastic and Rupert and His 99 Sisters. Recently, Andy wrote The Little Spirit, an hour long animated Christmas special for NBC starring Danny Devito. The movie premiered during the 2008 holiday season.

Biography of SpongeBob SquarePants

He was production excutive (1999) for first SpongeBob SquarePants episode Help Wanted and he also worked at Reef Blower and Tea at the Treedome.