Vincent Waller
| Vincent Waller | |
|---|---|
| Born |
Vincent Waller September 30, 1960 Texas, U.S. |
| Occupation | Illustrator, Storyboard Artist, Director, Technical Director, Voice Actor, and Writer |
| Years active | 1988–present |
| Known for | The Ren & Stimpy Show, The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy, SpongeBob SquarePants |
Vincent Waller (born September 30, 1960) is an American writer, artist, animator, storyboard artist, and technical director. He has worked on several animated television shows and movies, the most notable ones being The Ren & Stimpy Show and SpongeBob SquarePants.
The Ren & Stimpy Show
Waller was writer and director for The Ren & Stimpy Show (during the Spümcø era). He directed the popular episodes Rubber Nipple Salesmen and Big Baby Scam.
Other shows
Waller produced and directed shorts for Fred Seibert's Oh Yeah! Cartoons. He co-created What is Funny?, as well as Pete Patrick: Private Investigator, another short for Oh Yeah! Cartoons, and also adapted the Harvey Kurtzman comic Hey Look!.
Storyboard artist and writer
Waller was a storyboard artist and writer on a wide range of shows:
- The Ren & Stimpy Show
- The Real Ghostbusters
- Slimer
- Captain Planet
- What-a-Mess
- Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog
- Duckman
- Gravedale High
- Nightmare Ned
- The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy
- Evil Con Carne
- The X's
- SpongeBob SquarePants (2005–2015); (2016)
- 2 Stupid Dogs
- The Oblongs
- The Mr. Gum Cartoon Show Thing
- Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon"
- Austin Powers: The Animated Series
- I Am Weasel
- New Kids on the Block
- The Baby Huey Show
- Earthworm Jim
- Cow and Chicken
Art director
Waller worked as an art director on Harvey Birdman: Attorney at Law.
SpongeBob SquarePants and other work
Waller worked as a storyboard artist and writer for animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants during the last half of the series' first season, leaving after the first season was completed. Waller returned to the series as technical director for the series' fourth season, and supervised the first season of Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law. He worked on The Oblongs as a director, and later as re-take director. Towards the end of the fourth season, Waller was promoted to creative director of SpongeBob, replacing Derek Drymon. In 2015, Waller was promoted to supervising producer along with Marc Ceccarelli, succeeding Paul Tibbitt. The creative director position was then eliminated. Waller stated that the position was made unnecessary due to the series now having two showrunners.[1]
He was also a sheet timing director for the unaired Nickelodeon pilot The Modifyers.
Waller served as the creative supervisor for The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water.
Filmography
Television series
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1988–1990 | The Real Ghostbusters | storyboard clean-up storyboard artist |
| 1990 | New Kids on the Block | storyboard artist |
| Gravedale High | storyboard artist | |
| Attack of the Killer Tomatoes | storyboard director | |
| 1990–1991 | Captain Planet and the Planeteers | storyboard director |
| 1991–1993 | The Ren & Stimpy Show | writer storyboard artist director (1992-1993) character designer layout supervisor |
| 1993 | Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog | storyboard artist |
| 2 Stupid Dogs | animation director | |
| 1994 | The Baby Huey Show | writer storyboard artist |
| The Tick | storyboard artist | |
| 1995 | What-a-Mess | storyboard artist |
| Earthworm Jim | storyboard artist | |
| 1996–1997 | Duckman | storyboard artist |
| 1997 | Happily Ever After: Fairy Tales for Every Child | overseas animation director |
| 1998 | I Am Weasel | storyboard artist |
| Cow and Chicken | storyboard artist | |
| Oh Yeah! Cartoons | writer producer director | |
| 1999-2000 2005–present | SpongeBob SquarePants | writer (2000; 2005; 2011-2012) storyboard artist (2000) storyboard director (2005; 2011-2012) creative director (2005–15) showrunner (2015–present) supervising producer (2015–present) Voice role: Customer (2017, episode "Lost and Found") |
| 2001 | The Oblongs | retake director |
| 2001–2002 | Harvey Birdman, Attorney at Law | storyboard artist character designer background designer art director supervising director |
| 2003 | Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon" | story writer storyboard artist |
| 2004 | The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy | story writer storyboard artist |
| Evil Con Carne | writer storyboard artist | |
| 2005 | The X's | storyboard artist |
Short films
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Boo Boo Runs Wild | storyboard artist layout artist |
| A Day in the Life of Ranger Smith | storyboard artist layout artist |
Feature films
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water | creative supervisor |