William Arthur Reiss (born May 4, 1976) is an American animator, storyboard artist, and writer.
Career
Reiss first worked on the
Nickelodeon series ''
SpongeBob SquarePants'' as an assistant storyboard artist in Season 1 as Bill Reiss,
then got promoted to a writer and storyboard artist in Season 2 while still being called "Bill Reiss" by other crew members.
Reiss left the show during the fourth season in 2005, but briefly returned in 2009 to storyboard the main title for the 10th Anniversary special, ''
Truth or Square''.
After ''SpongeBob'', he went to work for
Cartoon Network
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and worked as a storyboard artist for certain shows at that network. He is best known for teaming up with former ''SpongeBob'' writer
C.H. Greenblatt
Carl Harvey Greenblatt (born June 17, 1972) is an American animator, storyboard artist, voice actor, writer, producer and director. He has worked on Nickelodeon's ''SpongeBob SquarePants'' and on Cartoon Network's ''The Grim Adventures of Bill ...
to serve as creative director on his cartoon ''
''Chowder''''.
They later worked as directors for ''
Fish Hooks'', which he co-developed with
Alex Hirsch for
Noah Z. Jones
Noah Zachary Jones (born June 20, 1973) is an American animator, screenwriter, writer, illustrator and producer. He is the creator of the television series ''Fish Hooks'', ''Almost Naked Animals,'' ''The 7D'', and ''Pickle and Peanut''. Jones w ...
for
Disney Channel
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.
After ''Fish Hooks'', he worked on ''
''Mickey Mouse'''' as a writer, storyboard artist and director.
In 2016, Reiss worked on C.H. Greenblatt's new series for Nickelodeon, ''
Harvey Beaks''.
Filmography
Television
Film
Notes
References
External links
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Living people
American storyboard artists
Creative directors
1976 births