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| Born | Vincent Paul Waller (1960-09-30)September 30, 1960 (age 64) Arlington, Texas, U.S. |
| Occupation(s) | Animator, storyboard artist, writer, technical director |
| Years active | 1985–present |
| Known for | The Ren & Stimpy Show The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy SpongeBob SquarePants |
Vincent Paul Waller (born September 30, 1960) is an Americananimator,storyboard artist,writer, andtechnical director. He has worked on several animated television shows and movies, the most notable of which beingThe Ren & Stimpy Show andSpongeBob SquarePants.
Initially introduced to series creatorJohn Kricfalusi via an acquaintanceship withBob Camp, Waller was hired atSpümcø in 1990 to work onThe Ren & Stimpy Show. A prominent storyboarder and layout artist during the series' first season, he was promoted to a director the following year and helmed "Rubber Nipple Salesmen" and "Big Baby Scam" for the second season before departing the show alongside Kricfalusi in 1992. Waller would continue to collaborate with Kricfalusi throughout the following decade, directing "Onward and Upward", the first episode ofRen and Stimpy's short-livedadult-oriented revival, in 2003.
Waller produced and directed shorts forFred Seibert'sOh Yeah! Cartoons. He co-createdWhat is Funny? (whose main character,Slap T. Pooch later appeared in the logo ofNickelodeon Movies for the intro ofThe Rugrats Movie) withBill Burnett, as well asPete Patrick: Private Investigator andLet's Talk Turkey. He also adapted theHarvey Kurtzman comicHey Look! into a pilot episode for the series.
Despite refusing to be hired at Games Animation in loyalty with Kricfalusi alongsideJim Smith andRichard Pursel, Waller would later be hired to the studio, albeit much later than his peers and after it had rebranded asNickelodeon Animation Studio. He served as a writer for animated television seriesSpongeBob SquarePants during the last half of the series'first season, leaving after the first season was completed. Waller returned to the series astechnical director for the series'fourth season, and supervised the first season ofHarvey Birdman, Attorney at Law. He worked onThe Oblongs as a director, and later as re-take director. He was also a writer and storyboard artist onCartoon Network'sThe Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy andEvil Con Carne. Towards the end of the fourth season, Waller was promoted to creative director ofSpongeBob, replacingDerek Drymon. In 2015, Waller was promoted to supervising producer andshowrunner along withMarc Ceccarelli, succeedingPaul Tibbitt. This resulted in the retirement of the creative director position.
Waller served as the creative supervisor forThe SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water. He also serves as co-executive producer and showrunner of the SpongeBob prequel series,Kamp Koral.[1][2]
He briefly served as a director alongsideBill Kopp for an unfinishedAustin Powers animated series.[3][4]
He had also briefly worked atMarvel Comics as an inker and penciller for comics includingSavage Tales,The Savage Sword of Conan andMark Hazzard: Merc.[5]
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1988–1990 | The Real Ghostbusters | storyboard clean-up storyboard artist |
| 1990 | New Kids on the Block | storyboard artist |
| Gravedale High | storyboard artist | |
| Attack of the Killer Tomatoes | storyboard director | |
| 1990–1991 | Captain Planet and the Planeteers | storyboard director |
| 1991–1993 | The Ren & Stimpy Show | writer storyboard artist story director(1992–1993) character designer layout supervisor |
| 1993 | Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog | storyboard artist |
| 2 Stupid Dogs | animation director | |
| 1994 | The Baby Huey Show | writer storyboard artist |
| The Tick | storyboard artist | |
| 1995 | What-a-Mess | storyboard artist |
| Earthworm Jim | storyboard artist | |
| 1996–1997 | Duckman | storyboard artist |
| 1997 | Nightmare Ned | writer (episode "The Dentist") storyboard artist |
| 1997 | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | overseas animation director |
| 1998 | I Am Weasel | storyboard artist (episode "I Am Crybaby") |
| Cow and Chicken | storyboard artist (episode "Buffalo Gals") | |
| Oh Yeah! Cartoons | writer producer director Voice actor | |
| 1999–2000 2005–present | SpongeBob SquarePants | writer(2000; 2005; 2011–2012) storyboard artist(2000) storyboard director(2005; 2011–2012) creative director(2005–2015) showrunner(2015–present) supervising producer(2015–2018) Voice actor co-executive producer(2018–2022)[1] executive producer(2022–present) |
| 2001–2002 | The Oblongs | retake director(2001) director |
| 2001–2002 | Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law | storyboard artist character designer background designer director art director supervising director |
| 2003 | Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon" | story storyboard artist |
| 2004 | The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy | story storyboard artist |
| Evil Con Carne | story (episode "Hector, King of the Britons") storyboard artist (episode "Hector, King of the Britons") | |
| 2005 | The X's | storyboard artist |
| 2006 | Happy Tree Friends | storyboard artist (episode "Doggone It") |
| 2021–2024 | Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years | developer co-executive producer theme song composer |
| 2021-present | The Patrick Star Show | creator developer co-executive producer |
| Year | Title | Notes |
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| 1999 | Boo Boo Runs Wild | storyboard artist layout artist |
| A Day in the Life of Ranger Smith | storyboard artist layout artist |
| Year | Title | Notes |
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| 2015 | The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water | creative supervisor |
| 2024 | Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie | executive producer |
| 2025 | Plankton: The Movie | executive producer |
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