Vincent Paul Waller (born September 30, 1960) is an American

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, and

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. He has worked on several animated television shows and movies, the most notable ones being ''

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'' and ''

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''.

''The Ren & Stimpy Show''

Waller was a writer and director for ''

'' during the

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era. He directed the episodes " Rubber Nipple Salesmen" and " Big Baby Scam".

Other shows

Waller produced and directed shorts for Fred Seibert's ''

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''. He co-created ''What is Funny?'' with Bill Burnett, as well as ''Pete Patrick: Private Investigator'' and ''Let's Talk Turkey''. He also adapted the

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comic ''

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'' into a pilot episode for the series.

''SpongeBob SquarePants'' and other work

Waller was a writer for animated television series ''

'' during the last half of the series' first season, leaving after the first season was completed. Waller returned to the series as

for the series' fourth season, and supervised the first season of ''

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''. He worked on ''

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'' as a director, and later as re-take director. He was also a writer and storyboard artist on

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's '' The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy'' and ''

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''. Towards the end of the fourth season, Waller was promoted to creative director of ''SpongeBob'', replacing

Derek Drymon Derek Drymon (born November 19, 1968) is an American animator, writer, storyboard artist, director, comedian, and producer. He has worked on numerous animated cartoon productions of the 1990s and 2000s, best known for his work on '' Rocko's Mo ...

. In 2015, Waller was promoted to supervising producer and

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along with

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, succeeding

Paul Tibbitt Paul Harrison Tibbitt IV (born May 13, 1968) is an American animator, television producer, writer, storyboard artist, songwriter, voice actor, and director, best known for working on the animated series ''SpongeBob SquarePants''. After ''Sponge ...

. The creative director position was then eliminated. Waller served as the creative supervisor for '' The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water''. He also serves as co-executive producer and showrunner of the SpongeBob prequel series, '' Kamp Koral''.

Filmography

Television series

Short films

Feature films

References

External links

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Incoherent Thought: Vincent Waller's Blog
* * American animators Living people Spümcø American male voice actors American television writers American male television writers Place of birth missing (living people) American art directors American television directors American animated film directors American storyboard artists 1960 births {{US-animator-stub