# Erik Wiese

Erik C. Wiese (born Erik Guerrero-Wiese; January 24, 1974) is an American animator, writer, storyboard artist and director. He is best known for his work on the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants (1999–present), beginning with his character development and design for its pilot episode, "Help Wanted". He is the co-creator of the television series The Mighty B! (2008–2011), where he served as director, executive producer, writer, voice director, and storyboard artist for the series. He studied animation at the California Institute of the Arts.
Wiese's other credits include The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie as a storyboard artist and animator, Rugrats in Paris as a layout artist, Danny Phantom as the lead storyboard artist, The Fairly OddParents as a storyboard artist, The Wild Thornberrys as an additional storyboard artist, and Samurai Jack as a writer and storyboard artist. He has worked on CatDog as a character designer and layout artist, The X's as a storyboard artist, and as a director on the 2000 animated series Sammy.
Wiese served as a character layout artist, animation supervisor, and assistant director to John Kricfalusi at Spümcø, working on the animated Björk music video "I Miss You", and the Ranger Smith cartoons A Day in the Life of Ranger Smith and Boo Boo Runs Wild.
Wiese briefly worked in video games in 1995 as a storyboard and concept artist for Donald Starring in Maui Mallard and The Lion King. In the 2010s, Wiese served as the storyboard supervisor and head of story on The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, a supervising producer on the French-British animated series Dude, That's My Ghost!, and as a writer for the unreleased Star Wars Detours.

## Filmography
### Film

| Year | Title | Role |
| 2000 | Rugrats in Paris: The Movie | storyboard artist/character layout artist |
| 2004 | The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie | production storyboard artist |
| 2015 | The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water | storyboard supervisor |
| 2017 | Smurfs: The Lost Village | story artist |
| 2018 | Hotel Transylvania 3: Summer Vacation | story artist |

### Television

| Year | Title | Role |
| 1998–1999 | CatDog | character designer/intertitle design/storyboard clean-up/storyboard artist |
| 1999–2014 | SpongeBob SquarePants | character layout artist/clean-up artist/key animator/assistant storyboard artist/writer/songwriter/storyboard artist/storyboard director/special thanks |
| 1999 | Boo Boo Runs Wild | layout artist |
| 1999 | A Day in the Life of Ranger Smith | layout artist |
| 1999 | The Wild Thornberrys | additional storyboard artist |
| 2000 | Sammy | director |
| 2000 | Dora the Explorer | storyboard artist (episode: "Grandma's House") |
| 2001–2008 | The Fairly OddParents | storyboard artist |
| 2001–2004 | Samurai Jack | storyboard artist/writer |
| 2003 | Johnnie Talk | Himself |
| 2004 | Danny Phantom | storyboard artist |
| 2005 | The X's | storyboard artist (episode: "Photo Ops") |
| 2008–2011 | The Mighty B! | co-creator/story/writer/storyboard artist/director/creative director/executive producer |
| 2011 | Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil | storyboard artist |
| 2013 | Dude, That's My Ghost! | supervising producer |
| 2015 | Zip Zip | writer |
| 2015–2017 | Dawn of the Croods | director/supervising producer |
| 2019 | Star Wars Detours | writer |
| 2022 | Sonic Prime | writer/director/executive producer |

### Video games

| Year | Title | Role |
| 1994 | The Lion King | concept art/storyboard artist |
| 1995 | Donald in Maui Mallard | concept artist/character developer |
| 1999 | Disney's Tarzan Activity Center | assistant animator |

### Music video

| Year | Title | Role |
| 1997 | I Miss You | assistant director/animation supervisor |

### Brands

| Year | Title | Role |
| 1997 | Nike | Animator |