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Stephen Hillenburg

Aug 21, 1961 – Nov 26, 201849 titles 38 movies · 11 TV
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Biography

Stephen McDannell Hillenburg (August 21, 1961 – November 26, 2018) was an American animator, cartoonist, and marine-biology teacher. He was the creator of the Nickelodeon animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants (1999–), which he also directed, produced, and wrote. It has gone on to become the fifth longest-running American animated series.

Also known as

Stephen McDannell Hillenburg · Stephen Hilleburg

Born

Aug 21, 1961 – Nov 26, 2018

Fort Sill, Oklahoma, USA

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

9

Acting credits

9

Directing

28

Writing

25

Other crew

Most critically rated

Highest TMDB score (min 100 votes)

Most commercially successful

Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)

Career timeline

By release / first air year · movie & TV merged

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1992 3 title(s)

1993 1 title(s)

1999 1 title(s)

2000 1 title(s)

2002 1 title(s)

2003 3 title(s)

2004 3 title(s)

2005 1 title(s)

2008 1 title(s)

2009 5 title(s)

2010 1 title(s)

2011 1 title(s)

2014 1 title(s)

2015 2 title(s)

2016 1 title(s)

2017 2 title(s)

2018 1 title(s)

2019 3 title(s)

2020 2 title(s)

2021 4 title(s)

2022 1 title(s)

2023 1 title(s)

2024 1 title(s)

2025 5 title(s)

Undated 3 title(s)