Joe Murray (animator)

**Joseph David Murray** (born May 3, 1961) is an American animator, writer, illustrator, producer, director, and voice actor.

### Television

|Year|Title|Role|Production Company|Network|Notes|||
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1991-1996|_The Ren & Stimpy Show_||Games Animation (Nickelodeon Animation Studio)|Nickelodeon|Director, writer, storyboard artist, layout artist|||
|1993-1996|_Rocko's Modern Life_|Ralph Bighead|Games Animation (Nickelodeon Animation Studio)|Nickelodeon|Creator, director, story, story editor, writer, main character designer, producer, executive producer,  storyboard artist, layout artist|||
|1994-2000|_Gullah Gullah Island_|Perez Minton|Perez Minton Productions Nickelodeon Preschool Group|1996-2007|_Blue's Clues_|Angela C. Santomero|Nickelodeon Preschool Group Nick Jr.|
|1999-present|_SpongeBob SquarePants_||United Plankton Pictures Nickelodeon Animation Studio|Nickelodeon|Story, storyboard artist, story editor, writer, director, layout artist|||
|2000-2002|_Queer Duck_||Icebox.com|Showtime|Story, story editor, storyboard artist, director, writer, layout artist|||
|2003|_Ren & Stimpy "Adult Party Cartoon"_||Spümcø Carbunkle Cartoons Big Star Enterprises PiP Animation Services|Spike TV|Director|||
|2005-2008|_Camp Lazlo_||Cartoon Network Studios|Cartoon Network|Creator, writer, story, storyboard director, executive producer, storyboard artist|||
|2005-2007|_Catscratch_||Nickelodeon Animation Studio|Nickelodeon|Storyboard artist|||
|2007-2015|_Phineas and Ferb_||Disney Television Animation|Disney Channel|Writer, storyboard artist, director, layout artist|||
|2010-2017|_Regular Show_||Cartoon Network Studios|Cartoon Network|Writer, director, executive producer, storyboard artist, story, story editor, layout artist|||
|2010-2014|_Fish Hooks_||Disney Television Animation|Disney Channel|Storyboard artist, writer, director, layout artist|||
|2013-2016|_Rocket Monkeys_||Breakthrough Entertainment Atomic Cartoons Hornet Films|Teletoon Nickelodeon|Director, writer, storyboard artist|||
|2014-2016|_Numb Chucks_||Jam Filled Entertainment 9 Story Media Group|YTV Boomerang||||
|2017-2019|_Welcome to the Wayne_||Yowza! Animation Nickelodeon Animation Studio|Nickelodeon|Layout artist, storyboard artist, director, writer|||
|2018-2022|_Let's Go Luna!_||Brown Bag Films 9 Story Media Group|PBS Kids|Creator, writer, executive producer|||
|2019-2024|_Blue's Clues & You!_|Angela C. Santomero|Brown Bag Films 9 Story Media Group Nickelodeon Preschool Group|Nick Jr.||||
|2021-2022|_Middlemost Post_||Nickelodeon Animation Studio|Nickelodeon|Writer, director, storyboard artist, layout artist|||

### Film/Special

|Year|Title|Role|Notes|
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1955|_Lady and the Tramp_||Animator|
|1981|_The Fox and the Hound_||Animator|
|1989|_The Chore_||Director, voice actor|
|1992|_My Dog Zero_||Animator|
|1994|_The Lion King_||Director|
|1999|_Tarzan_||Writer, director, storyboard artist, layout artist|
|2001|_Lady and the Tramp II: Scamp's Adventure_||Director|
|2004|_The Lion King 1½_||Layout artist|
|2004|_The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie_||Director, writer, storyboard artist, layout artist|
|2006|_Queer Duck: The Movie_||Writer, director, storyboard artist, layout artist|
|2006|_The Fox and the Hound 2_||Writer|
|2006|_Happy Feet_||Director|
|2007|_Camp Lazlo: Where's Lazlo?_||Creator, writer, story, storyboard artist, director|
|2010|_Shrek Forever After_||Special thanks|
|2011|_Nine to Fire_||Special thanks|
|2015|_The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water_||Storyboard artist|
|2015|_Regular Show: The Movie_||Story, storyboard artist, writer, director, layout artist|
|2019|_SpongeBob's Big Birthday Blowout_||Special thanks|
|2020|_The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run_|||
|2022|_Blue's Big City Adventure_||Special thanks|

## Infobox (person)

- **name**: Joe Murray
- **image**: Joe Murray publicity shot.jpg
- **caption**: Murray in a publicity photo during production of _Rocko's Modern Life_
- **birth name**: Joseph David Murray
- **birth place**: San Jose, California, U.S.
- **education**: Leland High School (San Jose, California), Leland High School
- **alma mater**: De Anza College
- **occupation**: Animator, cartoonist, director, writer, artist
- **website**: http://www.joemurraystudio.com/
- **yearsactive**: 1981–present
- **known for**: _Rocko's Modern Life_
_Camp Lazlo_
_Let's Go Luna!_