Derek Drymon

Derek Drymon

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Derek Drymon was born in New Jersey. He attended Jefferson Township and Dover public schools as a child and enjoyed drawing and making comic books. Drymon graduated from Jefferson Township High School in 1987. Drymon attended the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York, where he majored in illustration, sharpening his drawling skills and moving from still images to animation. He graduated from SVA in 1992. Drymon obtained an internship with Disney on the strength of his life drawings. Drymon was discovered by Nickelodeon in 1993. He moved to California to work as an animator for Nickelodeon. In 1993, Drymon also began working as a storyboard artist and writer for Rocko's Modern Life. It was here he met two of his future employers, Tim Hill, Chris Savino and Stephen Hillenburg; Hill was a writer, Hillenburg a co-producer and storyboard artist. In 1997, Hillenburg created SpongeBob SquarePants. Drymon performed many duties on SpongeBob, including being a writer on all episodes, the creative director, and, on his last season with the show, supervising producer. Drymon also worked on the Cartoon Network animated series Camp Lazlo. Drymon worked on Tim Hill's side project, the popular KaBlam! skit Action League Now!, as a storyboard artist. He also wrote the Emmy Award-nominated episode of CatDog "Doggone". Drymon met Stephen Hillenburg on the Nickelodeon cartoon Rocko's Modern Life. Hillenburg recalled Drymon as "one of the main people in the genesis of SpongeBob". Drymon teamed up with Hillenburg, Hill, and Nick Jennings who was also a companion from Nickelodeon. Drymon was the creative director for the first three seasons and became Supervising Producer in season 3 until being replaced by Paul Tibbitt starting in season 4. Along with Stephen Hillenburg, Drymon approved the writers' ideas and outlines for episodes and controlled the creative and production process on SpongeBob. Drymon was eventually promoted to Executive producer on television show Adventure Time, and became a lead writer and director for DreamWorks Pictures, Illumination Entertainment, Sony Pictures Animation and Rovio Animation. During the first three seasons of SpongeBob, Drymon being a creative director allowed him to work with executive story editor Merriwether Williams and the rest of the writing team. Staff writer Kent Osborne responded to the writing process with Drymon and other writers by saying "By the third season we had done 26 half-hours. I came up with millions of ideas." Despite the issues with writing new episodes, Drymon collaborated with the writers to create episode ideas like the half-hour specials and episodes that focused on other characters, for example the season three episodes "The Algae's Always Greener" and "Plankton's Army" focused on Sheldon Plankton and "Doing Time" focused on Mrs. Puff. Drymon said in an interview "Coming up with episode ideas was always tough".

  • Title: Derek Drymon
  • Popularity: 5.307
  • Known For: Directing
  • Birthday: 1968-11-19
  • Place of Birth: Morristown, New Jersey, USA
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  • Also Known As: Derek Dryman
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Derek Drymon Movies

  • 2022
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    Hotel Transylvania: Transformania

    Hotel Transylvania: Transformania

    7.077 2022 HD

    When Van Helsing's mysterious invention, the "Monsterfication Ray," goes haywire, Drac and his monster pals are all transformed into humans, and...

    Genre: Animation

    Cast: Brian Hull

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  • 2013
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    Turbo

    Turbo

    6.222 2013 HD

    The tale of an ordinary garden snail who dreams of winning the Indy 500.

    Genre: Animation

    Cast: Ryan Reynolds

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  • 2004
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    The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

    The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

    7 2004 HD

    There's trouble brewing in Bikini Bottom. Someone has stolen King Neptune's crown, and it looks like Mr. Krab, SpongeBob's boss, is the culprit....

    Genre: Family

    Cast: Tom Kenny

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  • 2021
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    Monster Pets: A Hotel Transylvania Short

    Monster Pets: A Hotel Transylvania Short

    7.4 2021 HD

    Drac tries out some new monster pets to help occupy Tinkles for playtime.

    Genre: Animation

    Cast: Brian Hull

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  • 2004
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    The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

    The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

    7 2004 HD

    Genre: Family

    Cast: Tom Kenny

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  • 2021
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    Monster Pets: A Hotel Transylvania Short

    Monster Pets: A Hotel Transylvania Short

    7.4 2021 HD

    Genre: Animation

    Cast: Brian Hull

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  • 2019
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    The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage!

    The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage!

    7.9 2019 HD

    Genre: Family

    Cast: Ethan Slater

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  • 2022
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    Minions & More 1

    Minions & More 1

    6.983 2022 HD

    Genre: Animation

    Cast: Pierre Coffin

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  • 2011
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    Kung Fu Panda 2

    Kung Fu Panda 2

    7.035 2011 HD

    Genre: Animation

    Cast: Jack Black

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  • 2019
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    The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage!

    The SpongeBob Musical: Live on Stage!

    7.9 2019 HD

    Genre: Family

    Cast: Ethan Slater

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  • 2025
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    The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants

    The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants

    1 2025 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Tom Kenny

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  • 2010
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    Megamind

    Megamind

    6.997 2010 HD

    Genre: Animation

    Cast: Will Ferrell

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  • 1998
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    Fetch

    Fetch

    5.1 1998 HD

    Genre: Animation

    Cast: Jim Cummings

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  • 2000
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    Christmas Who?

    Christmas Who?

    8 2000 HD

    Genre: Animation

    Cast: Tom Kenny

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  • 2019
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    Santa's Little Helpers

    Santa's Little Helpers

    6.2 2019 HD

    Genre: Animation

    Cast: Pierre Coffin

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  • 2010
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    Danger Planet

    Danger Planet

    1 2010 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Dana Snyder

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  • 2010
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    Danger Planet

    Danger Planet

    1 2010 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Dana Snyder

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  • 2010
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    Danger Planet

    Danger Planet

    1 2010 HD

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Dana Snyder

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  • 2004
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    The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

    The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

    7 2004 HD

    Genre: Family

    Cast: Tom Kenny

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  • 2018
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    The Grinch Mini-Movies

    The Grinch Mini-Movies

    6.1 2018 HD

    Genre: Animation

    Cast: Pierre Coffin

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  • 2022
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    Hotel Transylvania: Transformania

    Hotel Transylvania: Transformania

    7.077 2022 HD

    Genre: Animation

    Cast: Brian Hull

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  • 2007
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    Diggs Tailwagger: Galactic Rover

    Diggs Tailwagger: Galactic Rover

    1 2007 HD

    Genre:

    Cast: Tommy Smeltzer

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  • 2004
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    The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

    The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie

    7 2004 HD

    Genre: Family

    Cast: Tom Kenny

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  • 2024
    imgS15 E8

    7.7 2024 HD

    Deep down in the Pacific Ocean in the subterranean city of Bikini Bottom lives a square yellow sponge named SpongeBob SquarePants. SpongeBob lives in...

    Genre: Animation

    Cast: Tom Kenny

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  • 2005
    imgS3 E22

    7 2005 HD

    The life and times of a cat and a dog with a unique twist: they're connected, literally. They share one body with a Dog's head at one end and Cat's...

    Genre: Animation

    Cast: Jim Cummings

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  • 2018
    imgS10 E13

    8.5 2018 HD

    Unlikely heroes Finn and Jake are buddies who traverse the mystical Land of Ooo. The best of friends, our heroes always find themselves in the middle...

    Genre: Animation

    Cast: Jeremy Shada

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  • 2024
    imgS15 E8

    7.7 2024 HD

    Deep down in the Pacific Ocean in the subterranean city of Bikini Bottom lives a square yellow sponge named SpongeBob SquarePants. SpongeBob lives in...

    Genre: Animation

    Cast: Tom Kenny

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  • 2024
    imgS15 E8

    7.7 2024 HD

    Deep down in the Pacific Ocean in the subterranean city of Bikini Bottom lives a square yellow sponge named SpongeBob SquarePants. SpongeBob lives in...

    Genre: Animation

    Cast: Tom Kenny

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  • 2024
    imgS15 E8

    7.7 2024 HD

    Deep down in the Pacific Ocean in the subterranean city of Bikini Bottom lives a square yellow sponge named SpongeBob SquarePants. SpongeBob lives in...

    Genre: Animation

    Cast: Tom Kenny

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  • 2004
    imgS5 E42

    8 2004 HD

    The daily life of Arnold--a fourth-grader with a wild imagination, street smarts and a head shaped like a football.

    Genre: Family

    Cast: Spencer Klein

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  • 1996
    imgS4 E26

    7.383 1996 HD

    Rocko is a wallaby who has emigrated to America from Australia. He lives in O-Town and tries to get through life but, of course, comes across a...

    Genre: Animation

    Cast: Carlos Alazraqui

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  • 1996
    imgS4 E26

    7.383 1996 HD

    Rocko is a wallaby who has emigrated to America from Australia. He lives in O-Town and tries to get through life but, of course, comes across a...

    Genre: Animation

    Cast: Carlos Alazraqui

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  • 2005
    imgS3 E22

    7 2005 HD

    The life and times of a cat and a dog with a unique twist: they're connected, literally. They share one body with a Dog's head at one end and Cat's...

    Genre: Animation

    Cast: Jim Cummings

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  • 2005
    imgS3 E22

    7 2005 HD

    The life and times of a cat and a dog with a unique twist: they're connected, literally. They share one body with a Dog's head at one end and Cat's...

    Genre: Animation

    Cast: Jim Cummings

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  • 2008
    imgS5 E16

    6.8 2008 HD

    The series is set in a universe inhabited solely by anthropomorphic animals of many species and focuses on a trio of campers attending a poorly run...

    Genre: Animation

    Cast: Carlos Alazraqui

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  • 2008
    imgS5 E16

    6.8 2008 HD

    The series is set in a universe inhabited solely by anthropomorphic animals of many species and focuses on a trio of campers attending a poorly run...

    Genre: Animation

    Cast: Carlos Alazraqui

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  • 1999
    imgS1 E1

    1 1999 HD

    SpongeBob finally applies for a job at his favorite fast food restaurant, the Krusty Krab, but he must pass a test to work there.

    Genre: Comedy

    Cast: Tom Kenny

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