Tim Hill (filmmaker)

Tim Hill
Hill at the premiere of Hop in March 2011
Born	Timothy Joseph Hill Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Occupations	Director screenwriter producer voice actor
Years active	1991–present
Spouse	Veronica Alicino ​ (m. 1997)​
Relatives	George Roy Hill (uncle)

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 with Stephen Hillenburg and Derek Drymon, ^[1] 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, ^{[1] [2]} 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), Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006), Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007), Hop (2011) ^[3] and The War with Grandpa (2020). ^[4] Hill was a screenwriter for The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004) and later co-wrote and directed The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (2020). ^{[1] [2]}

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. ^[3]

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Notes
1997	Action League Now!!: Rock-A-Big-Baby	Yes	Yes	Short
1999	Muppets from Space	Yes	No
2001	Max Keeble's Big Move	Yes	No	Also songwriter: "MacGoogle's Theme"
2004	The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie	No	Yes	Also storyboard artist and story editor
2006	Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties	Yes	No
2007	Alvin and the Chipmunks	Yes	No
2011	Hop	Yes	No
2020	The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run	Yes	Yes	Voice of "Documentary Narrator"
	The War with Grandpa [5]	Yes	No

Television

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Notes
1991	Make the Grade	No	Yes	No	1 episode
1991–93	Welcome Freshmen	Yes	Yes	Executive	16 episodes (director); 43 episodes (writer)
1994–96	Rocko's Modern Life	No	Yes	No	27 episodes (writer); 13 episodes (story editor)
1995–96	Exit 57	Yes	No	No	6 episodes
1996–2000	KaBlam!	Yes	Yes	Yes	21 episodes (director); 18 episodes (writer); 30 episodes (producer)
1999; 2005–07	SpongeBob SquarePants	No	Yes	No	18 episodes; Also developer and story editor
2000	The War Next Door	No	Yes	No	Episode "Father Knows Death"
2001	Action League Now!	Yes	Yes	Yes	Episode "The Chief: Look Back in Anger"
2001–02	100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd	No	Yes	Supervising	4 episodes
2003–05	Kenny the Shark	No	Yes	No	3 episodes
2004	Whoopi's Littleburg [6]	Yes	No	No	2 episodes
2014	Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever [7]	Yes	Yes	No	TV movie
2017	Michael Jackson's Halloween	No	Yes	No	TV short

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Film	Result [8]
1995	CableACE Award	Best Comedy Series Shared with Cindy Caponera, Stephen Colbert, Paul Dinello, John C. Fisher, Joe Forristal, Nancy Geller, Jodi Lennon, Mitch Rouse & Amy Sedaris	Exit 57	Nominated
2006	Annie Award	Best Writing in an Animated Television Production Shared with Mike Bell, C.H. Greenblatt & Paul Tibbitt	SpongeBob SquarePants	Won

References

1. "SpongeBob at 25: The Origins of Nickelodeon's Animated Hit (Exclusive)". Television Academy. May 1, 2024. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
2. Duke, Biddle (2018-12-03). "When SpongeBob SquarePants Was Just a Sketch on a Beach in Baja". The New Yorker. ISSN   0028-792X . Retrieved 2025-04-06.
3. "Tim Hill biography and filmography". [[Tribute (magazine)Tribute|]]. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
4. Prokopy, Steve (2020-10-08). "Interview: Filmmaker Tim Hill on the Subtext in The War with Grandpa, Reuniting Robert De Niro and Christopher Walken, and the Next Spongebob Movie". Third Coast Review. Retrieved 2025-04-06.
5. McNary, Dave (July 12, 2016). "Robert De Niro's 'War with Grandpa' Set for April Release". Variety. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
6. Anima Mundi catalogo: Festival internacional de animação. Anima Mundi. 2002. p. 398.
7. Sepinwall, Alan (November 27, 2014). "Review: 'Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever' With Aubrey Plaza As Grumpy Cat". HitFix. Retrieved December 2, 2014.
8. "Tim Hill (III) - Awards". IMDb . Retrieved August 23, 2013.

External links

• Tim Hill at IMDb