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|occupation=Animator, writer, director, producer, voice actor, storyboard artist, marine biologist
 
|occupation=Animator, writer, director, producer, voice actor, storyboard artist, marine biologist
 
|yearsactive=1993-2018
 
|yearsactive=1993-2018
|spouse=[[Karen Hillenburg]] (m. April 28, [[1998]]; his death 2018)
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|spouse=[[Karen Hillenburg]] (m. April 28, [[1988]]; his death 2018)
 
|children=Clay Hillenburg
 
|children=Clay Hillenburg
|died = November 26, [[2018]] (aged 57)<br>San Marino, California, U.S.}}'''Stephen McDannell "Steve" Hillenburg''' (August 21, 1961 – November 26, 2018) was an American marine biologist, marine science teacher, and animator best known for creating the [[Nickelodeon]] series ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]''. He owned the series' production company, United Plankton Pictures, and was also a writer for ''[[Rocko's Modern Life]].'' In 1998, he married his wife Karen Hillenburg, whom he named [[Karen Plankton]] after. They had one son together.
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|died = November 26, [[2018]] (aged 57)<br>San Marino, California, U.S.}}'''Stephen McDannell "Steve" Hillenburg''' (August 21, 1961 – November 26, 2018) was an American marine biologist, marine scientist, animator, writer, storyboard artist, producer, actor, voice actor, and director best known for creating the series ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]''. He owned the series' production company, United Plankton Pictures, and was also a writer for ''[[Rocko's Modern Life]].'' On November 26, 2018, Hillenburg passed away from complications of {{w|amyotrophic lateral sclerosis}} (ALS). He is survived by his wife Karen Hillenburg and his son Clay Hillenburg.
   
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==Contributions to Nickelodeon==
On November 26, 2018, Hillenburg passed away from complications of {{w|amyotrophic lateral sclerosis}} (ALS).
 
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*''Rocko's Modern Life'':
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**[[Bedfellows]] - additional writer, director
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**[[Jet Scream]] - additional writer, director
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**[[Keeping Up With the Bigheads]] - additional writer, director
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**[[Power Trip]] - additional writer, director
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**[[A Sucker For the Suck-O-Matic]] - additional writer, director
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**[[Cabin Fever]] - additional writer/story writer, director
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**[[Love Spanked]] - additional writer, director
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**[[I Have No Son!]] - additional writer, storyboard artist, director
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**[[Pipe Dreams]] - additional writer/story writer, storyboard artist, director
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**[[Boob Tubed]] - additional writer, storyboard artist, director
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**[[Junk Junkies]] - additional writer, storyboard artist, director
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**[[Snowballs]] - additional writer, storyboard artist, director
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**[[Belch of Destiny]] - additional writer, storyboard artist, director
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**[[The Emperor's New Joe]] - additional writer, storyboard artist, director
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**[[Fish- N- Chumps]] - additional writer, storyboard artist, director
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**[[Old Fogey Froggy]] - additional writer, storyboard artist, director
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**[[I See London, I See France]] - additional writer, storyboard artist, director
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**[[Fortune Cookie]] - additional writer/story writer, storyboard artist, director
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**[[Wacky Delly]] - additional writer, storyboard artist, director
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**[[Closet Clown]] - story writer
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**[[Heff in a Handbasket]] - story writer
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**[[Dumbells]] - story writer
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**[[Put Out to Pasture]] - story writer
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**[[Future Schlock]] - story writer
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**[[Turkey Time]] - story writer
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*''SpongeBob SquarePants'':<br>
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**[[Help Wanted]] - writer, storyboard director
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**[[Bubblestand]] - writer
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**[[Christmas Who?]] - Voice of Potty, Director
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**[[Shanghaied]] - Voice of Potty
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**[[Party Pooper Pants]] - Voice of Potty, Party Extra
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**[[Ugh]] - Voice of Potty
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**[[The Sponge Who Could Fly]] - Voice of Potty, Miner
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**[[The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie]] - writer, producer, storyboard artist, director, voice of Parrot
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**[[The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water]] - story writer, voice of Baby in Stroller
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**[[SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout]] - Special Thanks
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**[[The SpongeBob Movie: It's a Wonderful Sponge]] - In Memory Of
   
 
==Trivia==
 
==Trivia==

Revision as of 17:42, 29 October 2019

Stephen McDannell "Steve" Hillenburg (August 21, 1961 – November 26, 2018) was an American marine biologist, marine scientist, animator, writer, storyboard artist, producer, actor, voice actor, and director best known for creating the series SpongeBob SquarePants. He owned the series' production company, United Plankton Pictures, and was also a writer for Rocko's Modern Life. On November 26, 2018, Hillenburg passed away from complications of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). He is survived by his wife Karen Hillenburg and his son Clay Hillenburg.

Contributions to Nickelodeon

Trivia

  • He served as the creative director/producer for the last season of Rocko's Modern Life.
  • Hillenburg was the first creator of a Nickelodeon animated series (Nicktoons) to pass away.