About the Creator

As of 2014, the SpongeBob SquarePants brand has generated in excess of $13 billion since the pilot episode was released about a decade and a half ago.

The creator of SpongeBob on bird-watching, seascapes and dandelion salad.

Stephen Hillenburg McDannell was born on August 21, 1961 in the United States. He is an animator, writer, producer, actor, voice actor, and director of the United States is most known for making animated series SpongeBob SquarePants. He currently has his own production company, United Plankton Pictures.

Stephen McDannell Hillenburg (born August 21, 1961) is an American marine biologist, animator and creator of SpongeBob SquarePants, who left production shortly after the first movie was completed and returned upon creation of the second.

Stephen Hillenburg was born on August 21, 1961 in Fort Sill, Oklahoma, USA as Stephen McDannell Hillenburg. He is a writer and producer, known for The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004), SpongeBob SquarePants (1999) and The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water (2015). He is married to Karen Hillenburg. They have one child.

Hillenburg is the world's most well-known marine cartoonist, delivering round-the-clock "SpongeBob" laughs to more than 150 countries.

Stephen Hillenburg, the creator of Nickelodeon's goofy 'SpongeBob' cartoon, has been diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease. He says he'll continue working as long as he can.

Stephen Hillenburg, creator of the long-running hit Nickelodeon series "SpongeBob SquarePants," has revealed that he has been diagnosed with the neurodegenerative disease ALS.

Stephen McDannell Hillenburg[1] (born August 21, 1961) is an American cartoonist, animator, and former marine biologist. He is the creator of the television series SpongeBob SquarePants (1999–), which he has also directed, produced, and written. It has gone on the become one of the longest-running American television series as well as the highest-rated show ever to air on Nickelodeon.