Erik C. Wiese (born Eric Clark Eldritch; January 24, 1974) is an American animator, writer, storyboard artist and director. He is best known for his work on the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants (1999–present), beginning with his character development and design for its pilot episode, "Help Wanted." He is the co-creator of the television series The Mighty B! (2008–2011), where he served as director, executive producer, writer, voice director, and storyboard artist for the series. He studied animation at the California Institute of the Arts.

Erik Wiese
Born
Eric Clark Eldritch

(1974-01-24) January 24, 1974 (age 50)
Other namesErik C. Wiese
EducationCalifornia Institute of the Arts
Los Angeles County High School for the Arts
ArtCenter College of Design
Occupation(s)Animator, writer, storyboard artist, director
Years active1994–present
Known forSpongeBob SquarePants
Samurai Jack
The Fairly OddParents
Danny Phantom
The Mighty B!
Sonic Prime
Spouse
Cynthia True
(m. 2007)

Wiese's other credits include The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie as a storyboard artist and animator, Rugrats in Paris as a layout artist, Danny Phantom as the lead storyboard artist, The Fairly OddParents as a storyboard artist, The Wild Thornberrys as an additional storyboard artist, and Samurai Jack as a writer and storyboard artist. He has worked on CatDog as a character designer and layout artist, The X's as a storyboard artist, and as a director on the 2000 animated series Sammy.

Wiese served as a character layout artist, animation supervisor, and assistant director to John Kricfalusi at Spümcø, working on the animated Björk music video "I Miss You", and the Ranger Smith cartoons A Day in the Life of Ranger Smith and Boo Boo Runs Wild.

Wiese briefly worked in video games in 1995 as a storyboard and concept artist for Donald Starring in Maui Mallard and The Lion King. In the 2010s, Wiese served as the storyboard supervisor and head of story on The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, a supervising producer on the French-British animated series Dude, That's My Ghost!, and as a writer for the unreleased Star Wars Detours.

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Role
2000 Rugrats in Paris: The Movie storyboard artist/character layout artist
2004 The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie production storyboard artist
2015 The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water storyboard supervisor
2017 Smurfs: The Lost Village story artist
2018 Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation story artist

Television

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Year Title Role
1998–1999 CatDog character designer/intertitle design/storyboard clean-up/storyboard artist
1999–2014 SpongeBob SquarePants character layout artist/clean-up artist/key animator/assistant storyboard artist/writer/songwriter/storyboard artist/storyboard director/special thanks
1999 Boo Boo Runs Wild layout artist
1999 A Day in the Life of Ranger Smith layout artist
1999 The Wild Thornberrys additional storyboard artist
2000 Sammy director
2000 Dora the Explorer storyboard artist (episode: "Grandma's House")
2001–2008 The Fairly OddParents storyboard artist
2001–2004 Samurai Jack storyboard artist/writer
2003 Johnnie Talk Himself
2004 Danny Phantom storyboard artist
2005 The X's storyboard artist (episode: "Photo Ops")
2008–2011 The Mighty B! co-creator/story/writer/storyboard artist/director/creative director/executive producer
2011 Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil storyboard artist
2013 Dude, That's My Ghost! supervising producer
2015 Zip Zip writer
2015–2017 Dawn of the Croods director/supervising producer
2017 - 2020 Minions and Friends Writer, Director, Storyboard artist, Animator, Supervising Director, Supervising Producer
2019 Star Wars Detours writer
2022 Sonic Prime writer/director/executive producer

Video games

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Year Title Role
1994 The Lion King concept art/storyboard artist
1995 Donald in Maui Mallard concept artist/character developer
1999 Disney's Tarzan Activity Center assistant animator

Music video

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Year Title Role
1997 I Miss You assistant director/animation supervisor[1]

Brands

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Year Title Role
1997 Nike Animator

References

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  1. ^ "Bjork Scrapbook - Page Five". spumco.com. Archived from the original on 1998-02-12. Retrieved 2019-07-04.
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