Tim Hill (filmmaker)

Timothy Joseph Hill is an American director, screenwriter, producer, and voice actor.

Career

Hill began his career in the 1990s as a writer for the show Rocko's Modern Life with Stephen Hillenburg and Derek Drymon, and was also a writer and producer on the shows Exit 57, KaBlam! and Kenny the Shark. Hill developed SpongeBob SquarePants with Drymon and art director Nick Jennings, and wrote the pilot episode as well as writing or co-writing four episodes for the first season. He also created the KaBlam! skit Action League Now!.
Hill directed the films Muppets from Space, Max Keeble's Big Move, Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Hop and The War with Grandpa. Hill was a screenwriter for The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie and later co-wrote and directed The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run.

Personal life

Hill has been married to actress Veronica Alicino, whom he frequently casts in minor roles in his films, since June 24, 1997. He is the nephew of director George Roy Hill.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Notes
1997	Action League Now!!: Rock-A-Big-Baby			Short
1999	Muppets from Space
2001	Max Keeble's Big Move			Also songwriter: "MacGoogle's Theme"
2004	The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie			Also storyboard artist and story editor
2006	Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties
2007	Alvin and the Chipmunks
2011	Hop
2020	The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run			Voice of "Documentary Narrator"
2020	The War with Grandpa

Television

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Producer	Notes
1991	Make the Grade				1 episode
1991–93	Welcome Freshmen				16 episodes ; 43 episodes
1994–96	Rocko's Modern Life				27 episodes ; 13 episodes
1995–96	Exit 57				6 episodes
1996–2000	KaBlam!				21 episodes ; 18 episodes ; 30 episodes
1999; 2005–07	SpongeBob SquarePants				18 episodes; Also developer and story editor
2000	The War Next Door				Episode "Father Knows Death"
2001	Action League Now!				Episode "The Chief: Look Back in Anger"
2001–02	100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd				4 episodes
2003–05	Kenny the Shark				3 episodes
2004	Whoopi's Littleburg				2 episodes
2014	Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever				TV movie
2017	Michael Jackson's Halloween				TV short