Tuck Tucker | |
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Born | Lynchburg, VA |
Other names | Bily Tucker Bill Tucker William Tucker Billy Bob Tucker William 'Tuck' Tucker |
Occupation | Writer Artist Animator Director Songwriter |
Years active | 1988-present |
Known for |
Hey Arnold! SpongeBob SquarePants |
Tuck Tucker is an American writer, artist, animator, songwriter, and director best known for SpongeBob SquarePants
Tuck Tucker was born in Lynchburg, Virginia with a Hokie dad. While in school, he wasn't doing so well in school so his parents put him into a private school. He would spend his time at home watching cartoons with his father as a very special thing.
While in animation class, his instructor moved him to Los Angeles after graduation for work at Disney to work on films like The Little Mermaid as his first animation job. Afterwards, he left to work on shows like The Simpsons from FOX. Then going to Nickelodeon while switching from storyboard work on Rugrats and Aaahh!!! Real Monsters to directing on Hey Arnold!. While after that, he moved on to SpongeBob SquarePants by his own choice and Hey Arnold! being close to ending. He went from being a storyboard artist on The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, to writing episodes of the show as a writer and storyboard director, and then to being a supervising storyboard director. Afterwards, he went to direct on The Fairly OddParents during its ninth season. He is currently working at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia.