Timothy Joseph Hill is an American screenwriter, director, producer, and former storyboard artist. He is best known as the co-developer and former story editor of the Nickelodeon animated series Spongebob Squarepants (1999-present), along with directing the films Muppets from Space (1999), Max Keeble's Big Move (2001), ' (2006), Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007), Hop (2011), ' (2020), and The War with Grandpa (2020).
Hill began his career in the 1990s as a writer for the show Rocko's Modern Life 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 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 (2001), ' (2006), Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007), Hop (2011) and The War with Grandpa (2020). Hill was a screenwriter for The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004) and later co-wrote and directed ' (2020).
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.
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