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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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 seriesSpongeBob SquarePants. After its creatorStephen Hillenburg resigned in 2004, Tibbitt took his position ofshowrunner for the show's fourth through ninth seasons.^[2] He also took over as the voice ofPotty the Parrot, whom Hillenburg had voiced until his resignation. Tibbitt made his feature film directorial debut directingThe SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water. He studied in the Character Animation program at theCalifornia Institute of the Arts.

In 2015,Vincent Waller (a creative director) andMarc 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 onThe 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 toTim Hill.^[4][5]

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