Paul Tibbitt

For the United States Air Force brigadier general, see Paul Tibbets.

Paul Harrison Tibbitt IV^[1] (born May 13, 1968) is an American animator, writer, and voice actor, best known for his work on the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants. After its creator Stephen Hillenburg resigned in 2004, Tibbitt took his position of showrunner for the show's fourth through ninth seasons.^[2] He also took over as the voice of Potty the Parrot, whom Hillenburg had voiced until his resignation. Tibbitt made his feature film directorial debut directing The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water. He studied in the Character Animation program at the California Institute of the Arts.

Paul Tibbitt
Born	Paul Harrison Tibbitt IV (1968-05-13) May 13, 1968 (age 57) Los Angeles County, California, U.S.
Alma mater	California Institute of the Arts
Occupations	Animator writer voice actor
Years active	1997–present
Employers	Nickelodeon Animation Studio (1998–2016) DreamWorks Animation (2016–present)
Notable work	SpongeBob SquarePants The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water
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In 2015, Vincent Waller (a creative director) and Marc Ceccarelli (a writer and storyboard director) took Tibbitt's place as supervising producer and showrunner.^[3] It was also announced that Tibbitt would leave the series after season 9 to work on The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (which was produced and released by a separate crew with limited involvement from the show's crew), but he lent his directing and writing position to Tim Hill.^[4][5]

Filmography

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Nightmare Ned	Ned (segment "Chunks of life")	Writer Storyboard artist Prop designer
	Recess		Storyboard revisionist
	101 Dalmatians: The Series		Storyboard revisions
1998	CatDog		Character designer
	Oh Yeah! Cartoons		Prop designer
1999–2018[citation needed]	SpongeBob SquarePants	Mama Krabs (2001–2003) DoodleBob (2002–2018) Potty the Parrot (2007–2012) Additional voices	Writer (1999–2012) Storyboard director (1999–2004) Director (2000–2002) Storyboard artist (1999–2004) Showrunner (2005–2015)[3] Supervising producer (2005–2015) Co-executive producer (2006–2008) Executive producer (2008–2017) Actor Voice actor (2001–2018)
2002–03	Whatever Happened to... Robot Jones?		Layout artist Writer Storyboard artist
2020–2022	The Mighty Ones		Consulting producer

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1997	Loose Tooth		Animation story developer
1999	Herd	Fed #6	Writer
2002	Super Santa in South Pole Joe		Property Designer
2003	Looney Tunes: Back in Action		Storyboard artist
2004	The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie		Screenwriter and storyboard artist
2007	SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis		Director of live action sequences, written by live action segments, producer
	Diggs Tailwagger		Additional writing
2009	SpongeBob's Truth or Square		Written by live action sequences, producer
2015	The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water	Kyle	Director, producer and story
2016	Trolls		Creative Consultant (uncredited)
2019	Klaus		Storyboard artist
2023	Ruby Gillman, Teenage Kraken		Special thanks
2025	SpongeBob: Order Up		Writer and executive producer (short film)