Tuck Tucker | |
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| Born | William Osborne Tucker III (1961-08-20)August 20, 1961 Lynchburg, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | December 22, 2020(2020-12-22) (aged 59) Lynchburg, Virginia, U.S. |
| Other names | Billy Bob Tucker |
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| Years active | 1987–2020 |
| Known for | Hey Arnold! SpongeBob SquarePants |
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| Children | 1 |
William Osborne "Tuck" Tucker III (August 20, 1961 – December 22, 2020)[1] was an American writer, storyboard artist, animator, songwriter, and director who worked onHey Arnold! andSpongeBob SquarePants. He directedHey Arnold!: The Movie in 2002.[2]
Tucker was born in Lynchburg, Virginia.[3] He attendedVirginia Episcopal School andVirginia Commonwealth University. He would spend most of his time at home watching cartoons with his father and cites these experiences as being very special to him. He married Connie Dyste in 1990 and had one daughter, Gina Tucker. The family resided inLa Cañada Flintridge. Connie Tucker died of a rare cancer in 2015 and Tucker moved home to Virginia to teach art to students atLongwood University.[4]
While in animation class, his instructor moved him toLos Angeles after graduation for work atDisney to work on films likeThe Little Mermaid as his first animation job. Afterwards, he left to work on shows likeThe Simpsons fromFox,[3] and then going toNickelodeon while switching from storyboard work onRugrats andAaahh!!! Real Monsters to directing onHey Arnold!.[5] After that, he moved on toSpongeBob SquarePants. He went from being a storyboard artist onThe SpongeBob SquarePants Movie to being a writer and storyboard director,[6][7][8][9][10][11][12] and then a supervising storyboard director.[13] During his time onSpongeBob, he won the 38th AnnualAnnie Award in 2011 for Best Music in a Television Production alongside Jeremy Wakefield, Sage Guyton, and Nick Carr.[14] Afterwards, he went to direct onThe Fairly OddParents duringits ninth season.[4] In January 2015, Tucker began teaching graphic and animation design at Longwood University inFarmville, Virginia.[3]
Tucker died in Lynchburg on December 22, 2020, at age 59.[1][15] His cause of death was not publicly disclosed.[16]
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night | Animation Breakdown Artist |
| 1988 | BraveStarr: The Movie | Assistant Animator |
| 1989 | Back to Neverland | Assistant Animator (uncredited) |
| 1989 | The Little Mermaid | Breakdown/Inbetween Artist |
| 1990 | Flower Planet | Concept Developer & Animator |
| 1992 | Tom and Jerry: The Movie | Layout Artist (uncredited) |
| 1996 | "Arnold" | Layout Artist, Storyboard Artist, & Supervising Director[17][18][19][20] |
| 1999 | Curbside | Storyboard Artist |
| 2002 | Hey Arnold!: The Movie | Director[21][22] |
| 2003 | Looney Tunes: Back in Action | Animator |
| 2004 | Party Wagon | Character Designer, Prop Designer, Additional Sheet Timer, Storyboard Artist, & Director |
| 2004 | Hare and Loathing in Las Vegas | Storyboard Artist |
| 2004 | The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour | Creative Consultant |
| 2004 | Jimmy Neutron: Win, Lose and Kaboom! | |
| 2004 | The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie | Production Storyboard Artist |
| 2006 | The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 2: When Nerds Collide! | Creative Consultant |
| 2006 | The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 3: The Jerkinators! | |
| 2022 | The Bob's Burgers Movie | Storyboard revisionist (posthumous release)[23] |
| Year | Title | Notes |
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| 1987–1988 | BraveStarr | Assistant Animator |
| 1988–1989 | ALF Tales | Storyboard Clean-Up(Season 1) |
| ALF: The Animated Series | Storyboard Clean-Up(Season 2) | |
| 1990–1993; 1995 | The Simpsons | Character Layout Artist(1990-1993) Storyboard Artist("Dancin' Homer") Animation Timer("Principal Charming") Background Layout Artist("A Star Is Burns") |
| 1991; 1994–1995 | Rugrats | Character Layout Artist("Tommy's First Birthday," "Barbecue Story/Waiter, There's a Baby in My Soup," and "Baby Commercial/Little Dude") Storyboard Artist(1994–1995) Assistant Director(1994) |
| 1992–1993 | The Ren and Stimpy Show | Layout Artist |
| 1993 | 2 Stupid Dogs | Storyboard Artist |
| 1994–1995 | Aaahh!!! Real Monsters | |
| 1994–1996 | Duckman | |
| 1996–2004 | Hey Arnold! | Creative Director Supervising Director[24][25](1999–2004) Storyboard Director(1996–1999) Storyboard Artist("24 Hours to Live") Storyboard Supervisor("The Journal") Sheet Timer(1997) Director(1996–1998; 2001) |
| 1997 | What a Cartoon! | Layout Artist("Tales of Worm Paranoia") |
| 1998 | Oh Yeah! Cartoons | Storyboard Artist("Planet Kate") |
| 2002–2006 | The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius | Creative Consultant Storyboard Artist(2003) |
| 2005 | Camp Lazlo | Writer & Storyboard Artist |
| 2005-2006 | Family Guy | Storyboard Artist("PTV") Assistant Director("Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story") |
| 2005–2006 | Drawn Together | Director |
| 2006–2014 | SpongeBob SquarePants | Writer & Storyboard Director(2006–2007) Supervising Storyboard Director(2007–2014) Songwriter("The Inmates of Summer" and "Pest of the West") Special Thanks("Truth or Square") |
| 2006 | Squirrel Boy | Storyboard Artist |
| 2008 | The Mighty B! | Storyboard Revisionist |
| 2013–2014 | The Fairly OddParents | Director(Season 9) |
| 2013–2014 | Clarence | Sheet Timer("Pretty Great Day with a Girl") Storyboard Supervisor Storyboard Revision Supervisor("Belson's Sleepover") |
| 2015 | All Hail King Julien | Storyboard Artist("The Really Really Big Lie") |
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