William Osborne "Tuck" Tucker III (August 20, 1961 – December 22, 2020)[1] was an American writer, storyboard artist, animator, songwriter, and director who worked on Hey Arnold! and SpongeBob SquarePants. He directed Hey Arnold!: The Movie in 2002.[2]
Tuck Tucker | |
|---|---|
| Born | William Osborne Tucker III August 20, 1961 Lynchburg, Virginia, U.S. |
| Died | December 22, 2020 (aged 59) Lynchburg, Virginia, U.S. |
| Other names | Billy Bob Tucker |
| Occupations |
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| Years active | 1987–2020 |
| Known for | Hey Arnold! SpongeBob SquarePants |
| Spouse |
Connie Tucker
(m. 1990; died 2015) |
| Children | 1 |
Early life and education
editTucker was born in Lynchburg, Virginia.[3] He attended Virginia Episcopal School and Virginia Commonwealth University. He would spend most of his time at home watching cartoons with his father and cites these experiences as being very special to him. He married Connie Dyste in 1990 and had one daughter, Gina Tucker. The family resided in La Cañada Flintridge. Connie Tucker died of a rare cancer in 2015 and Tucker moved home to Virginia to teach art to students at Longwood University.[4]
Career
editWhile in animation class, his instructor moved him to Los Angeles after graduation for work at Disney to work on films like The Little Mermaid as his first animation job. Afterwards, he left to work on shows like The Simpsons from Fox,[3] and then going to Nickelodeon while switching from storyboard work on Rugrats and Aaahh!!! Real Monsters to directing on Hey Arnold!.[5] After that, he moved on to SpongeBob SquarePants. He went from being a storyboard artist on The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie to being a writer and storyboard director,[6][7][8][9][10][11][12] and then a supervising storyboard director.[13] During his time on SpongeBob, he won the 38th Annual Annie Award in 2011 for Best Music in a Television Production alongside Jeremy Wakefield, Sage Guyton, and Nick Carr.[14] Afterwards, he went to direct on The Fairly OddParents during its ninth season.[4] In January 2015, Tucker began teaching graphic and animation design at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia.[3]
Death
editTucker died in Lynchburg on December 22, 2020, at age 59.[1][15] His cause of death was not publicly disclosed.[16]
Filmography
editFilm
edit| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night | Animation Breakdown Artist |
| 1988 | BraveStarr: The Movie | Assistant Animator |
| 1989 | Back to Neverland | Assistant Animator (uncredited) |
| 1989 | The Little Mermaid | Breakdown/Inbetween Artist |
| 1990 | Flower Planet | Concept Developer & Animator |
| 1992 | Tom and Jerry: The Movie | Layout Artist (uncredited) |
| 1996 | "Arnold" | Layout Artist, Storyboard Artist, & Supervising Director[17][18][19][20] |
| 1999 | Curbside | Storyboard Artist |
| 2002 | Hey Arnold!: The Movie | Director[21][22] |
| 2003 | Looney Tunes: Back in Action | Animator |
| 2004 | Party Wagon | Character Designer, Prop Designer, Additional Sheet Timer, Storyboard Artist, & Director |
| 2004 | Hare and Loathing in Las Vegas | Storyboard Artist |
| 2004 | The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour | Creative Consultant |
| 2004 | Jimmy Neutron: Win, Lose and Kaboom! | |
| 2004 | The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie | Production Storyboard Artist |
| 2006 | The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 2: When Nerds Collide! | Creative Consultant |
| 2006 | The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 3: The Jerkinators! | |
| 2022 | The Bob's Burgers Movie | Storyboard revisionist (posthumous release)[23] |
Television
edit| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 1987–1988 | BraveStarr | Assistant Animator |
| 1988–1989 | ALF Tales | Storyboard Clean-Up (Season 1) |
| ALF: The Animated Series | Storyboard Clean-Up (Season 2) | |
| 1990–1993; 1995 | The Simpsons | Character Layout Artist (1990-1993) Storyboard Artist ("Dancin' Homer") Animation Timer ("Principal Charming") Background Layout Artist ("A Star Is Burns") |
| 1991; 1994–1995 | Rugrats | Character Layout Artist ("Tommy's First Birthday," "Barbecue Story/Waiter, There's a Baby in My Soup," and "Baby Commercial/Little Dude") Storyboard Artist (1994–1995) Assistant Director (1994) |
| 1992–1993 | The Ren and Stimpy Show | Layout Artist |
| 1993 | 2 Stupid Dogs | Storyboard Artist |
| 1994–1995 | Aaahh!!! Real Monsters | |
| 1994–1996 | Duckman | |
| 1996–2004 | Hey Arnold! | Creative Director Supervising Director[24][25] (1999–2004) Storyboard Director (1996–1999) Storyboard Artist ("24 Hours to Live") Storyboard Supervisor ("The Journal") Sheet Timer (1997) Director (1996–1998; 2001) |
| 1997 | What a Cartoon! | Layout Artist ("Tales of Worm Paranoia") |
| 1998 | Oh Yeah! Cartoons | Storyboard Artist ("Planet Kate") |
| 2002–2006 | The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius | Creative Consultant Storyboard Artist (2003) |
| 2005 | Camp Lazlo | Writer & Storyboard Artist |
| 2005-2006 | Family Guy | Storyboard Artist ("PTV") Assistant Director ("Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story") |
| 2005–2006 | Drawn Together | Director |
| 2006–2014 | SpongeBob SquarePants | Writer & Storyboard Director (2006–2007) Supervising Storyboard Director (2007–2014) Songwriter ("The Inmates of Summer" and "Pest of the West") Special Thanks ("Truth or Square") |
| 2006 | Squirrel Boy | Storyboard Artist |
| 2008 | The Mighty B! | Storyboard Revisionist |
| 2013–2014 | The Fairly OddParents | Director (Season 9) |
| 2013–2014 | Clarence | Sheet Timer ("Pretty Great Day with a Girl") Storyboard Supervisor Storyboard Revision Supervisor ("Belson's Sleepover") |
| 2015 | All Hail King Julien | Storyboard Artist ("The Really Really Big Lie") |
References
edit- ^ a b Ramos, Dino-Ray (December 27, 2020). "Tuck Tucker Dies: 'SpongeBob SquarePants' And 'Hey Arnold!' Animator Was 59". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved December 27, 2020.
- ^ Tucker, Tuck (February 6, 2015). "6 Things I Learned About Storytelling From Animating SpongeBob".
- ^ a b c "SpongeBob animator shares top-level expertise with students in new Longwood program". Longwood University. January 28, 2015. Retrieved April 29, 2018.
- ^ a b Goddard, Emma (February 20, 2013). "Tuck Tucker goes from small town to big city with animation career". Collegiate Times. Retrieved April 29, 2018.
- ^ "'SpongeBob Squarepants' storyboard director to discuss the art of animation at Institute for Creativity, Arts, and Technology lecture". February 11, 2013. Retrieved March 3, 2019.
- ^ SpongeBob SquarePants: Season 4, Vol. 2 ("Best Day Ever" credits) (DVD). United States: Paramount Home Entertainment/Nickelodeon. January 9, 2007.
- ^ SpongeBob SquarePants: Season 5, Vol. 1 ("Waiting" credits) (DVD). United States: Paramount Home Entertainment/Nickelodeon. January 9, 2007.
- ^ SpongeBob SquarePants: Season 5, Vol. 1 ("New Digs" credits) (DVD). United States: Paramount Home Entertainment/Nickelodeon. January 9, 2007.
- ^ SpongeBob SquarePants: Season 5, Vol. 1 ("Breath of Fresh Squidward" credits) (DVD). United States: Paramount Home Entertainment/Nickelodeon. January 9, 2007.
- ^ SpongeBob SquarePants: Season 5, Vol. 1 ("Slimy Dancing" credits) (DVD). United States: Paramount Home Entertainment/Nickelodeon. January 9, 2007.
- ^ SpongeBob SquarePants: Season 5, Vol. 2 ("The Krusty Plate" credits) (DVD). United States: Paramount Home Entertainment/Nickelodeon. November 18, 2008.
- ^ SpongeBob SquarePants: Season 5, Vol. 2 ("Mermaid Man vs. SpongeBob" credits) (DVD). United States: Paramount Home Entertainment/Nickelodeon. November 18, 2008.
- ^ writer, Maitland Mann, features staff (February 18, 2013). "Storyboard director for Spongebob Squarepants comes to Virginia Tech". Collegiate Times.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Staff (2011). "38th Annual Annie Nominations". Annie Award. ASIFA-Hollywood. Archived from the original on February 14, 2014. Retrieved April 3, 2014.
- ^ "The Pegboard: In Memoriam" (PDF). The Animation Guild, IATSE Local 839. Retrieved January 14, 2021. "Tuck Tucker died on December 22, 2020, in his hometown of Lynchburg, Virginia..."
- ^ Shafer, Ellise (December 27, 2020). "Tuck Tucker, Veteran Animator and Storyboard Director for 'Hey Arnold!' and 'SpongeBob SquarePants,' Dies at 59". Variety. Retrieved December 30, 2020.
- ^ Olszewsk, Tricia (July 4, 2002). "Hey Arnold! The Movie; Directed by Tuck Tucker (film review)". Washington City Paper. ProQuest 362535824.
- ^ Mitchell, Elvis (June 28, 2002). "Flattops And Wild Hair vs. Gentrifiers (film review)". New York Times. Retrieved March 4, 2019.
- ^ Kleinschrodt, Michael (June 28, 2002). "Hey kids! It's a cartoon about urban renewal and preservation (film review)". Times - Picayune. ProQuest 415590745.
- ^ Axmaker, Sean (June 28, 2002). "'HEY ARNOLD!' FILMMAKERS FUMBLED THE CHANCE TO DO MORE (film review)". Seattle Post Intelligencer. ProQuest 385531273.
- ^ "Long Live the '90s! Hey Arnold Is Returning as a TV Movie | TV Guide". TVGuide.com. November 23, 2015.
- ^ "Hey Arnold! The Movie (U)". British Board of Film Classification. August 20, 2002. Retrieved August 20, 2015.
- ^ "Spongebob Squarepants And Hey Arnold Animator Tuck Tucker Is Dead At 59". Cinemablend.com. December 30, 2020. Retrieved January 19, 2021.
- ^ "Tuck Tucker Draws Helga (1999) - Nickelodeon BrainBender". YouTube. July 14, 2014. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
- ^ "Craig Bartlett Interview/Tuck Tucker Draws Arnold (1999) - Nickelodeon BrainBender". YouTube. July 14, 2014. Retrieved March 22, 2020.
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