Timothy Joseph Hill is an American director, screenwriter, producer, and voice actor.
Career
Hill began his career in the 1990s as a writer for the show ''
Rocko's Modern Life
''Rocko's Modern Life'' is an American Television comedy, comedy animated television series created by Joe Murray (animator), Joe Murray for Nickelodeon. The series centers on the surreal life of an Anthropomorphism, anthropomorphic Australian ...
'' with
Stephen Hillenburg and
Derek Drymon,
and was also a writer and producer on the shows ''
Exit 57'', ''
KaBlam!'' and ''
Kenny the Shark''. Hill developed ''
SpongeBob SquarePants
''SpongeBob SquarePants'' is an American animated television series, animated comedy television series created by marine science educator and animator Stephen Hillenburg for Nickelodeon. It first aired as a sneak peek after the 1999 Kids' C ...
'' with Drymon and art director
Nick Jennings,
and wrote the pilot episode as well as writing or co-writing four episodes for the first season. He also created the ''KaBlam!'' skit ''Action League Now!!''.
Hill directed the films ''
Muppets from Space'' (1999), ''
Max Keeble's Big Move
''Max Keeble's Big Move'' is a 2001 American comedy film directed by Tim Hill, written by David L. Watts, James Greer, Jonathan Bernstein and Mark Blackwell and starring Alex D. Linz, Larry Miller, Jamie Kennedy, Nora Dunn, and Robert Carra ...
'' (2001), ''
Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties'' (2006), ''
Alvin and the Chipmunks
Alvin and the Chipmunks, originally David Seville and the Chipmunks and billed for their first two decades as the Chipmunks, are an American animated virtual band and media franchise first created by Ross Bagdasarian for Novelty records in ...
'' (2007), ''
Hop'' (2011)
and ''
The War with Grandpa'' (2020).
Hill was a screenwriter for ''
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie
''The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie'' is a 2004 American adventure comedy film, animated adventure comedy film based on the television series ''SpongeBob SquarePants''. It was co-written, co-produced, and directed by series creator Stephen Hill ...
'' (2004) and later co-wrote and directed ''
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run'' (2020).
Personal life
Hill has been married to actress Veronica Alicino, whom he frequently casts in minor roles in his films, since June 24, 1997. He is the nephew of director
George Roy Hill
George Roy Hill (December 20, 1921 – December 27, 2002) was an American actor and film director.
His films include ''Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid'' (1969) and ''The Sting'' (1973), both starring Paul Newman and Robert Redford; both fil ...
.
Filmography
Film
Television
Awards and nominations
References
External links
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American male television writers
American storyboard artists
American television writers
Film directors from Minnesota
Living people
Nickelodeon people
Place of birth missing (living people)
Year of birth missing (living people)
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