FILM DIRECTOR

Stephen Hillenburg

1961 - 2018

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Stephen McDannell Hillenburg (August 21, 1961 – November 26, 2018) was an American animator, writer, producer, director, voice actor, and marine biology educator. Hillenburg was best known for creating the animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants for Nickelodeon in 1999. The show has become the fourth longest-running American animated series. He also provided the original voice of Patchy the Pirate's pet, Potty the Parrot. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Stephen Hillenburg is the 57th most popular film director (up from 61st in 2019), the 533rd most popular biography from United States (down from 430th in 2019) and the 16th most popular American Film Director.

Stephen Hillenburg is most famous for creating the popular Nickelodeon cartoon series SpongeBob SquarePants.

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Among FILM DIRECTORS

Among film directors, Stephen Hillenburg ranks 57 out of 2,041. Before him are Oliver Stone, Theo Angelopoulos, Roger Vadim, Takeshi Kitano, Yasujirō Ozu, and Jack L. Warner. After him are Paul Verhoeven, Jean-Jacques Annaud, Brian De Palma, Michael Haneke, Abbas Kiarostami, and Werner Herzog.

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Among people born in 1961, Stephen Hillenburg ranks 8. Before him are Diana, Princess of Wales, Ilham Aliyev, Yevgeny Prigozhin, Michael J. Fox, Lothar Matthäus, and Nadia Comăneci. After him are Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Bidhya Devi Bhandari, George Clooney, Hibatullah Akhundzada, Eddie Murphy, and António Costa. Among people deceased in 2018, Stephen Hillenburg ranks 22. Before him are John Sulston, Peter Grünberg, Amos Oz, Isao Takahata, Riccardo Giacconi, and John McCain. After him are Jean-Louis Tauran, Philip Roth, France Gall, Jens Christian Skou, Lys Assia, and Richard E. Taylor.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Stephen Hillenburg ranks 533 out of 20,380. Before him are Herman Hollerith (1860), Jim Mattis (1950), David Morse (1953), Vincent du Vigneaud (1901), Richard Widmark (1914), and Sean Penn (1960). After him are Gertrude Stein (1874), Harriet Tubman (1820), Joe Frazier (1944), Willem Dafoe (1955), Jim Belushi (1954), and Kim Basinger (1953).

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Among FILM DIRECTORS In United States

Among film directors born in United States, Stephen Hillenburg ranks 16. Before him are Michael Mann (1943), Quentin Tarantino (1963), John Ford (1894), Tim Burton (1958), Robert Zemeckis (1952), and Oliver Stone (1946). After him are Brian De Palma (1940), Sydney Pollack (1934), Chuck Jones (1912), John Waters (1946), Howard Hawks (1896), and James Ivory (1928).

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