19 Facts About Derek Drymon

Derek Drymon was born on November 19,1968 and is an American animator, writer, storyboard artist, director, comedian, and producer.

Derek Drymon has worked on numerous animated cartoon productions of the 1990s and 2000s, best known for his work on Rocko's Modern Life, SpongeBob SquarePants and Adventure Time.

Derek Drymon attended Jefferson Township and Dover public schools as a child and enjoyed drawing and making comic books.

Derek Drymon obtained an internship with Disney on the strength of his life drawings.

Derek Drymon moved to California to work as an animator for Nickelodeon.

In 1993, Derek Drymon began working as a storyboard artist and writer for Rocko's Modern Life.

Derek 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.

Derek Drymon worked on the Cartoon Network animated series Camp Lazlo.

Derek Drymon wrote the Emmy Award-nominated episode of CatDog "Doggone".

Derek Drymon met Stephen Hillenburg on the Nickelodeon cartoon Rocko's Modern Life.

Derek Drymon teamed up with Hillenburg, Hill, and Nick Jennings who was a companion from Nickelodeon.

Derek 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.

Derek Drymon was eventually promoted to Executive producer on television show Adventure Time, and become a lead writer for DreamWorks Pictures, and a director at Illumination Entertainment.

Derek Drymon said in an interview "Coming up with episode ideas was always tough".

Derek Drymon earned two Emmy nominations and along with the crew of SpongeBob won the "Best Animated Television Production" Annie award in 2005 for season 3 of SpongeBob.

Derek Drymon hired a large amount of the staff writers, including Sam Henderson, a friend and fellow alumnus of SVA, along with Kent Osborne and Walt Dohrn.

Derek Drymon was an executive producer on the Cartoon Network series Adventure Time, created by Pendleton Ward for the show's first season.

Derek Drymon was no longer credited on episodes starting with the second season.

On September 17,2020, Derek Drymon was set to co-direct Hotel Transylvania: Transformania with story artist Jennifer Kluska.