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Tim Hill
Born
Timothy Joseph Hill

Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.
Occupations
  • Director
  • screenwriter
  • producer
  • voice actor
Years active1991–present
Spouse
Veronica Alicino
​
(m. 1997)​
RelativesGeorge Roy Hill (uncle)

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 eight episodes on the first season. He also created the KaBlam! skit Action League Now!!.

Hill directed the films Muppets from Space (1999), Max Keeble's Big Move (2001), Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties (2006), Alvin and the Chipmunks (2007), Hop (2011) and The War with Grandpa (2020). Hill was a screenwriter for The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004) and later co-wrote and directed The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run (2020).

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.[1]

Filmography

Film

Year Title Director Writer Notes
1997 Action League Now!!: Rock-A-Big-Baby Yes Yes Short
1999 Muppets from Space Yes No
2001 Max Keeble's Big Move Yes No Also songwriter: "MacGoogle's Theme"
2004 The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie No Yes Also storyboard artist and story editor
2006 Garfield: A Tail of Two Kitties Yes No
2007 Alvin and the Chipmunks Yes No
2011 Hop Yes No
2020 The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run Yes Yes Voice of "Documentary Narrator"
The War with Grandpa[2] Yes No

Television

Year Title Director Writer Producer Notes
1991 Make the Grade No Yes No 1 episode
1991–93 Welcome Freshmen Yes Yes Executive 16 episodes (director);
43 episodes (writer)
1994–96 Rocko's Modern Life No Yes No 27 episodes (writer);
13 episodes (story editor)
1995–96 Exit 57 Yes No No 6 episodes
1996–2000 KaBlam! Yes Yes Yes 21 episodes (director);
18 episodes (writer);
30 episodes (producer)
1999; 2005–07 SpongeBob SquarePants No Yes No 18 episodes;
Also developer and story editor
2000 The War Next Door No Yes No Episode "Father Knows Death"
2001 Action League Now! Yes Yes Yes Episode "The Chief: Look Back in Anger"
2001–02 100 Deeds for Eddie McDowd No Yes Supervising 4 episodes
2003–06 Kenny the Shark No Yes No 3 episodes
2004 Whoopi's Littleburg[3] Yes No No 2 episodes
2014 Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever[4] Yes Yes No TV movie
2017 Michael Jackson's Halloween No Yes No TV short

Awards and nominations

Year Award Category Film Result[5]
1995 CableACE Award Best Comedy Series
Shared with Cindy Caponera, Stephen Colbert, Paul Dinello, John C. Fisher, Joe Forristal, Nancy Geller, Jodi Lennon, Mitch Rouse & Amy Sedaris		 Exit 57 Nominated
2006 Annie Award Best Writing in an Animated Television Production
Shared with Mike Bell, C.H. Greenblatt & Paul Tibbitt		 SpongeBob SquarePants Won

References

  1. ^ "Tim Hill biography and filmography" – Tribute.ca. Retrieved October 5, 2013.
  2. ^ McNary, Dave (July 12, 2016). "Robert De Niro's 'War with Grandpa' Set for April Release". Variety. Retrieved October 15, 2016.
  3. ^ Anima Mundi catalogo: Festival internacional de animação. Anima Mundi. 2002. p. 398.
  4. ^ Sepinwall, Alan (November 27, 2014). "Review: 'Grumpy Cat's Worst Christmas Ever' With Aubrey Plaza As Grumpy Cat". HitFix. Retrieved December 2, 2014.
  5. ^ "Tim Hill (III) - Awards". IMDb. Retrieved August 23, 2013.


source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tim_Hill_(filmmaker)