Tuck Tucker

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Tuck Tucker
Born
William Osborne Tucker III

(1961-08-20)August 20, 1961
Lynchburg, Virginia, U.S.
DiedDecember 22, 2020(2020-12-22) (aged 59)
Lynchburg, Virginia, U.S.
Other namesBilly Bob Tucker
Occupations
  • Writer
  • storyboard artist
  • animator
  • director
  • songwriter
Years active1987–2020
Known for Hey Arnold!
SpongeBob SquarePants
Spouse
Connie Tucker
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(m. 1990;died 2015)​
Children1

William Osborne "Tuck" Tucker III (August 20, 1961 – December 22, 2020) [1] was an American writer, storyboard artist, animator, songwriter, and director who worked on Hey Arnold! and SpongeBob SquarePants . He directed Hey Arnold!: The Movie in 2002. [2]

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Early life and education

Tucker was born in Lynchburg, Virginia. [3] He attended Virginia Episcopal School and Virginia Commonwealth University. He would spend most of his time at home watching cartoons with his father and cites these experiences as being very special to him. He married Connie Dyste in 1990 and had one daughter, Gina Tucker. The family resided in La Cañada Flintridge. Connie Tucker died of a rare cancer in 2015 and Tucker moved home to Virginia to teach art to students at Longwood University. [4]

Career

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, [3] and then going to Nickelodeon while switching from storyboard work on Rugrats and Aaahh!!! Real Monsters to directing on Hey Arnold! . [5] After that, he moved on to SpongeBob SquarePants . He went from being a storyboard artist on The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie to being a writer and storyboard director, [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] and then a supervising storyboard director. [13] During his time on SpongeBob, he won the 38th Annual Annie Award in 2011 for Best Music in a Television Production alongside Jeremy Wakefield, Sage Guyton, and Nick Carr. [14] Afterwards, he went to direct on The Fairly OddParents during its ninth season. [4] In January 2015, Tucker began teaching graphic and animation design at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia. [3]

Death

Tucker died in Lynchburg on December 22, 2020, at age 59. [1] [15] His cause of death was not publicly disclosed. [16]

Filmography

Film

YearTitleNotes
1987 Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night Animation Breakdown Artist
1988 BraveStarr: The Movie Assistant Animator
1989Back to NeverlandAssistant Animator (uncredited)
1989 The Little Mermaid Breakdown/Inbetween Artist
1990Flower PlanetConcept Developer & Animator
1992 Tom and Jerry: The Movie Layout Artist (uncredited)
1996"Arnold"Layout Artist, Storyboard Artist, & Supervising Director [17] [18] [19] [20]
1999 Curbside Storyboard Artist
2002 Hey Arnold!: The Movie Director [21] [22]
2003 Looney Tunes: Back in Action Animator
2004 Party Wagon Character Designer, Prop Designer, Additional Sheet Timer, Storyboard Artist, & Director
2004 Hare and Loathing in Las Vegas Storyboard Artist
2004 The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour Creative Consultant
2004Jimmy Neutron: Win, Lose and Kaboom!
2004 The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie Production Storyboard Artist
2006 The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 2: When Nerds Collide! Creative Consultant
2006 The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 3: The Jerkinators!
2022 The Bob's Burgers Movie Storyboard revisionist (posthumous release) [23]

Television

YearTitleNotes
1987–1988 BraveStarr Assistant Animator
1988–1989 ALF Tales Storyboard Clean-Up (Season 1)
ALF: The Animated Series Storyboard Clean-Up (Season 2)
1990–1993; 1995 The Simpsons Character Layout Artist (1990-1993)
Storyboard Artist ("Dancin' Homer")
Animation Timer ("Principal Charming")
Background Layout Artist ("A Star Is Burns")
1991; 1994–1995 Rugrats Character Layout Artist ("Tommy's First Birthday," "Barbecue Story/Waiter, There's a Baby in My Soup," and "Baby Commercial/Little Dude")
Storyboard Artist (1994–1995)
Assistant Director (1994)
1992–1993 The Ren and Stimpy Show Layout Artist
1993 2 Stupid Dogs Storyboard Artist
1994–1995 Aaahh!!! Real Monsters
1994–1996 Duckman
1996–2004 Hey Arnold! Creative Director
Supervising Director [24] [25] (1999–2004)
Storyboard Director (1996–1999)
Storyboard Artist ("24 Hours to Live")
Storyboard Supervisor ("The Journal")
Sheet Timer (1997)
Director (1996–1998; 2001)
1997 What a Cartoon! Layout Artist ("Tales of Worm Paranoia")
1998 Oh Yeah! Cartoons Storyboard Artist ("Planet Kate")
2002–2006 The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius Creative Consultant
Storyboard Artist (2003)
2005 Camp Lazlo Writer & Storyboard Artist
2005-2006 Family Guy Storyboard Artist ("PTV")
Assistant Director ("Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story")
2005–2006 Drawn Together Director
2006–2014 SpongeBob SquarePants Writer & Storyboard Director (2006–2007)
Supervising Storyboard Director (2007–2014)
Songwriter ("The Inmates of Summer" and "Pest of the West")
Special Thanks ("Truth or Square")
2006 Squirrel Boy Storyboard Artist
2008 The Mighty B! Storyboard Revisionist
2013–2014 The Fairly OddParents Director (Season 9)
2013–2014 Clarence Sheet Timer ("Pretty Great Day with a Girl")
Storyboard Supervisor
Storyboard Revision Supervisor ("Belson's Sleepover")
2015 All Hail King Julien Storyboard Artist ("The Really Really Big Lie")

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