Stephen Hillenburg Net Worth

Stephen Hillenburg Net Worth is
$90 Million

Stephen Hillenburg's salary
$90 million dollars

Stephen Hillenburg Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018

Although linked with several animated television series, he’s famous for creating the Nickelodeon animated series “SpongeBob SquarePants”. After graduating from school, Hillenburg educated marine biology in the Ocean Institute in Dana Point.

In 1992 he registered in the California Institute of the Arts (CalArts) to continue a lifetime career in animation. After graduating from CalArts and switching professions, Hillenburg met Joe Murray, originator of “Rocko’s Modern Life”, and joined the show as a writer, producer, and storyboard artist. He started developing “SpongeBob SquarePants” in 1996 after “Rocko’s Modern Life” was cancelled, requesting “Rocko’s” co-worker Tom Kenny to voice the titular character. Hillenburg also directed the film adaptation of the show, “The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie”, that he received an Annie Award nomination in 2005 for Directing in a Feature Production. After the movie was finished, he stepped down in the television show as the show runner, making staff writer Paul Tibbitt to the place. He’s now working on the sequel movie as the executive producer and story writer.

He’s got also received other awards including the Heal the Bay’s Walk the Talk award for his efforts on elevating marine life knowledge through “SpongeBob SquarePants”, as well as the Television Animation Award in the National Cartoonists Society. In 2002, he received the Statue Award in picture in the Princess Grace Foundation. Hillenburg possesses a production company called United Plankton Pictures whose main productions are “SpongeBob SquarePants” and associated media.

Stephen Hillenburg Net Worth $90 Million Dollars


Full NameStephen Hillenburg
Net Worth$90 Million
Salary$90 million dollars
Date Of BirthAugust 21, 1961
Place Of BirthLawton, Oklahoma, United States
ProfessionAnimator, Television producer, Television Director, Screenwriter, Voice Actor, Marine biologist, Film director, Film Score Composer, Storyboard Artist, Soundtrack Composer
EducationHumboldt State University
NationalityUnited States of America
SpouseKaren Hillenburg
ChildrenClay Hillenburg
ParentsKelly N. Hillenburg, Jr, Nancy Hillenburg
NicknamesStephen McDannell Hillenburg , Stephen Hillenberg , Stephen Hilleburg , Steve Hillenburg , Steven Hillenburg , Hillenburg, Stephen , Stephen McDannell "Steve" Hillenburg
AwardsAnnie Award for Directing in a Feature Position, Emmy Award
Music GroupsLoser
NominationsAnnie Awards, Emmy Award
Movies“The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water”, “The Green Beret” (1991)
TV Shows“Rocko`s Modern Life”, “SpongeBob SquarePants”,
Star SignLeo
#Quote
1Working as a marine science educator, I had the chance to see how enamored kids are with undersea life, especially tide pool creatures. By combining this knowledge with my love for animation, I came up with SpongeBob SquarePants.
2Even the villainous Plankton, he's still flawed and you still root for him in a way, and the style of humor is simple and it's about human behavior, and everybody can identify with that.
3At first I drew a few natural sponges -- amorphous shapes, blobs -- which was the correct thing to do biologically as a marine science teacher. Then I drew a square sponge and it looked so funny. I think as far as cartoon language goes he was easier to recognize. He seemed to fit the character type I was looking for. [Washington Post, Oct. 15, 2001]
4When you set out to do a show about a sponge, you don't expect the kind of appeal that he's had. [Detroit News, August 8, 2002]
5I think the connection to SpongeBob is that sponges are the most elastic, changing, plastic creatures . . . and I wanted him to be able to do things that were really magical. So [SpongeBob] has these really creative moments when he can re-form himself. But most sponges in the ocean are sedentary: They attach themselves to a rock and sit and filter-feed the rest of their lives, and reproduce, and that's about it. Not that they are not interesting, but they are not . . . mobile. They don't cook Krabbie Patties! [Washington Post, Oct. 15, 2001]
6[when asked why the octopus has six tentacles instead of eight:] "Technically I just thought he'd be a little too cumbersome as a character to have too many legs visible. Maybe that's why he's so angry!"
7Our characters act silly, even totally ridiculous at times, and most of our jokes don't come out of pop cultural references. It seems like we're aiming at a child audience, everyone can laugh at the basic human traits that are funny. It's playful, the humor is playful, the world is playful.
8We want the show to be really funny. But I think in the end the message is: Treat people the way you expect to be treated. And another connection to any sort of message is that a lot of the stories come out of the personal experience I and the other writers had as kids--the harsh lessons in life which are usually very funny in retrospect, like maybe what happens when you learn your first curse word and you don't know what it means. [Washington Post, Oct. 15, 2001]
9"There is something kind of unique about [SpongeBob]. It seems to be a refreshing breath from the pre-irony era. There's no sense of the elbow-in-rib, tongue-in-cheek aesthetic that so permeates the rest of American culture -- including kids' shows like the Rugrats. I think what's subversive about it is it's so incredibly naive -- deliberately. Because there's nothing in it that's trying to be hip or cool or anything else, hipness can be grafted onto it." -- Robert Thompson, professor at the Center for the Study of Popular Television at Syracuse University, in the New York Times, July 21, 2002.
#Fact
1As a child he loved the films of Jacques Cousteau, so Stephen Hillenburg earned a degree in natural-resource planning and interpretation, with an emphasis in marine resources from Humboldt State University (Arcata, Calif.) in 1984. For three years he taught marine biology at the Orange County Marine Institute (now known as the Orange County Ocean Institute), in Dana Point, California. He had always enjoyed drawing and painting, so he pursued a master's-degree program in experimental animation at the California Institute of the Arts, in Valencia. All these experiences came together to create SpongeBob SquarePants.

Writer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
SpongeBob SquarePantsTV Series creator - 216 episodes, 1999 - 2016 writer - 34 episodes, 1999 - 2004 written by - 2 episodes, 1999
Smurfs-Parody2015Short characters
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water2015series "SpongeBob SquarePants" / story
Spongebob Squarepants 4D Attraction: The Great Jelly Rescue2013creator
Nicktoons MLB2011Video Game characters: Spongebob, Patrick, Sandy, Larry the Lobster & The Flying Dutchman
SpongeBob SquarePants: Spongicus2009Video
SpongeBob SquarePants featuring Nicktoons: Globs of Doom2008Video Game characters: SpongeBob SquarePants, Patrick Star, Squidward Tentacles, Plankton, Gary the Snail - uncredited
SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis2008Video Game characters - uncredited
Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots2007Video Game characters: SpongeBob SquarePants, Patrick Star - uncredited
Diggs Tailwagger2007TV Movie additional writing
Nicktoons: Battle for Volcano Island2006Video Game characters: SpongeBob SquarePants, Patrick Star, Sandy Cheeks, Squidward Tentacles - uncredited
SpongeBob SquarePants: Lights, Camera, Pants!2005Video Game characters - uncredited
Nicktoons Unite2005Video Game characters: SpongeBob SquarePants, Patrick Star, Sandy Cheeks, Plankton, Gary the Snail - uncredited
SpongeBob SquarePants: A Day in the Life of a Sponge2004Video Game characters - uncredited
The SpongeBob Squarepants Movie2004Video Game characters - uncredited
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie2004story / television series SpongeBob SquarePants / written by
SpongeBob SquarePants 4-D Ride2004Short characters
SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom2003Video Game characters - uncredited
Nickelodeon Toon Twister 3D2003Video Game
SpongeBob SquarePants: Revenge of the Flying Dutchman2002Video Game characters - uncredited
SpongeBob SquarePants: Employee of the Month2002Video Game characters - uncredited
SpongeBob SquarePants: SuperSponge2001Video Game characters - uncredited
Rocko's Modern LifeTV Series additional writing - 18 episodes, 1993 - 1996 story - 8 episodes, 1994 - 1996 writer - 3 episodes, 1996

Soundtrack

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon2016TV Series lyrics - 1 episode
SpongeBob SquarePantsTV Series writer - 194 episodes, 1999 - 2015 lyrics - 9 episodes, 2003 - 2012 performer - 1 episode, 2002
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water2015writer: "SpongeBob SquarePants Theme", "Squeeze Me"
Tower Heist2011writer: "SpongeBob SquarePants Theme"
The Karate Kid2010writer: "SpongeBob SquarePants Theme"
Parenthood2010TV Series writer - 1 episode
The Troop2010TV Series writer - 1 episode
Alvin and the Chipmunks2007writer: "SpongeBob SquarePants Theme"
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie2004movie version, "SpongeBob SquarePants Theme" , "Goofy Goober Song", "Song Dedicated to the Giant Squid of the World", "Now That We're Men" / lyrics: "Goofy Goober Rock" a derivative of "I Wanna Rock"
Malcolm in the Middle2004TV Series writer - 1 episode

Producer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
SpongeBob SquarePants 32019executive producer announced
SpongeBob SquarePants1999-2016TV Series executive producer - 191 episodes
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water2015executive producer
Hollywood Blvd, USA2014Short producer
SpongeBob SquarePants: Spongicus2009Video executive producer
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie2004producer
Rocko's Modern Life1996TV Series creative producer - 13 episodes

Animation Department

TitleYearStatusCharacter
SpongeBob SquarePantsTV Series original character designer - 116 episodes, 1999 - 2016 original character design - 1 episode, 2015 animator - 1 episode, 2006
SpongeBob SquarePants: Spongicus2009Video original character designer

Director

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Hollywood Blvd, USA2014Short
SpongeBob SquarePants: Creature from the Krusty Krab2006Video Game
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie2004
Nickelodeon Toon Twister 3D2003Video Game
Rocko's Modern Life1993-1996TV Series 20 episodes
Wormholes1992Short
The Green Beret1992Short

Art Department

TitleYearStatusCharacter
SpongeBob SquarePantsTV Series original character design - 6 episodes, 2007 - 2015 storyboard director - 1 episode, 1999
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie2004storyboards
Rocko's Modern Life1994-1996TV Series storyboard artist - 13 episodes

Miscellaneous

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Rocko's Modern Life1996TV Series creative director - 13 episodes

Actor

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water2015Baby in Stroller (voice)
The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie2004Parrot (voice)
SpongeBob SquarePants2000-2004TV SeriesPotty / Miner / Party Extra / ...

Music Department

TitleYearStatusCharacter
SpongeBob SquarePantsTV Series lyrics - 4 episodes, 2011 composer - 1 episode, 2007 performer - 1 episode, 2002

Composer

TitleYearStatusCharacter
The Green Beret1992Short

Sound Department

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Vermin1998/IIsound transferer

Thanks

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Egg Cetera2015TV Series special thanks - 1 episode
The Little Prince2015/Ithe director and the producers wish to thank
Truth Has Fallen2013Documentary special thanks
The Mighty B!2008TV Series special thanks - 1 episode
Nicktoons: Attack of the Toybots2007Video Game special thanks
SpongeBob SquarePants: Battle for Bikini Bottom2003Video Game special thanks
SpongeBob SquarePants: SuperSponge2001Video Game special thanks
Greener1994Short lots of thanks

Self

TitleYearStatusCharacter
Meus Prêmios Nick 20102010TV MovieHimself
Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants2009TV Movie documentaryHimself
Case of the Sponge 'Bob'2005Video documentary shortHimself (voice)
Everybody's Talking: The Voices of Spongebob Squarepants2003Video documentary shortHimself
The Origin of Spongebob Squarepants2003Video documentary shortHimself

Won Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2013ASCAP AwardASCAP Film and Television Music AwardsTop Television SeriesSpongeBob SquarePants (1999)
2012ASCAP AwardASCAP Film and Television Music AwardsTop Television SeriesSpongeBob SquarePants (1999)
2011ASCAP AwardASCAP Film and Television Music AwardsTop TV SeriesSpongeBob SquarePants (1999)
2010Daytime EmmyDaytime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Special Class Animated ProgramSpongeBob SquarePants (1999)
1992Best ConceptOttawa International Animation FestivalWormholes (1992)

Nominated Awards

YearAwardCeremonyNominationMovie
2016Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Short Form Animated ProgramSpongeBob SquarePants (1999)
2012Daytime EmmyDaytime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Children's Animated ProgramSpongeBob SquarePants (1999)
2011Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Short-Format Animated ProgramSpongeBob SquarePants (1999)
2009Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Special Class - Short-Format Animated ProgramsSpongeBob SquarePants (1999)
2008Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour)SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)
2007Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour)SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)
2005Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour)SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)
2005AnnieAnnie AwardsDirecting in an Animated Feature ProductionThe SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004)
2004Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour)SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)
2003Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Animated Program (For Programming Less Than One Hour)SpongeBob SquarePants (1999)
2002Primetime EmmyPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Children's ProgramSpongeBob SquarePants (1999)
1995CableACECableACE AwardsAnimated Programming Special or SeriesRocko's Modern Life (1993)

Known for movies

Source
IMDB Wikipedia

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