Luke Brookshier

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Luke Brookshier
Born
Brian Darrell Brookshier

(1971-08-31) August 31, 1971 (age 52)
Occupations
  • Animator
  • storyboard artist
  • screenwriter
  • director
Years active1991–present
Known for SpongeBob SquarePants

Brian Darrell "Luke" Brookshier (born August 31, 1971) is an American animator, storyboard artist, screenwriter, and director known for his work on Nickelodeon's SpongeBob SquarePants [1] and he was nominated for an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Animated Program" for writing the SpongeBob SquarePants episode "Wigstruck". [2] After SpongeBob, Brookshier went on to work as writer and storyboard artist in the first season of Cartoon Network's Uncle Grandpa . He studied animation at the California Institute of Arts. He was also a storyboard artist for the animated series Kim Possible [3] and worked on the character layout for King of the Hill . He also had one of his shows turned into a Golden Book: Mr FancyPants!. He storyboarded the Gravity Falls episode "The Hand that Rocks the Mabel" and the Wabbit episode "Sun Valley Freeze". He returned to the SpongeBob franchise as a writer in the show’s eleventh season and also helped develop the spin-offs, Kamp Koral and The Patrick Star Show.

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References

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