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William Arthur "Bill" Reiss (born May 4, 1976; age 48) is a former SpongeBob SquarePants crew member. In his earlier years, he was teamed with Jay Lender as a storyboard artist and writer, but he was later teamed with Paul Tibbitt, Walt Dohrn, Kaz, and Kent Osborne as a storyboard artist.
Biography[]
He is best known for collaborating with former SpongeBob writer C.H. Greenblatt, to serve as creative director on his cartoon Chowder.
They later worked as directors for Fish Hooks, which he co-developed with Alex Hirsch and Noah Z. Jones for Disney Channel. After Fish Hooks, he worked on Mickey Mouse as a writer, storyboard artist and director.
In 2016, Reiss worked on C.H. Greenblatt's new series for Nickelodeon, Harvey Beaks.
Trivia[]
- As revealed in the season 2 DVD audio commentaries, he is called Bill by his friends.
- According to the DVD audio commentary for "Big Pink Loser," that episode was the first episode he had written for any cartoon.
- He is the youngest writer/storyboardist in the first 3 seasons.
- "Patty Hype" and "C.H.U.M.S" are the only episodes where he was credited as Bill Reiss in the opening credits.
- During season 1, he was credited as Bill Reiss only during the end credits.
- In "I'm Your Biggest Fanatic," he is credited as Williams Reiss, but back to William Reiss without one of the "S" in the "written by" section of the credits.