Tuck Tucker

William Osborne "Tuck" Tucker III (August 20, 1961 – December 22, 2020) was an American writer, storyboard artist, animator, songwriter, and director who worked on Hey Arnold! and SpongeBob SquarePants.
==Early life and education==
Tuck Tucker was born in Lynchburg, Virginia. Due to his poor school performance, his parents put him into Virginia Episcopal School, a private school. He would spend most of his time at home watching cartoons with his father and cites these experiences as being very special to him.
==Career==
While 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. Then going to Nickelodeon while switching from storyboard work on Rugrats and Aaahh!!! Real Monsters to directing on Hey Arnold!. While after that, he moved on to SpongeBob SquarePants by his own choice and Hey Arnold! close to ending. He went from being a storyboard artist on The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie, to writing episodes of the show as a writer and storyboard director, and then to being a supervising storyboard director. 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. Afterward, he went to direct on The Fairly OddParents during its ninth season. In January 2015, Tucker began teaching graphic and animation design at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia.
==Death==
Tucker died in Lynchburg on December 22, 2020, at age 59. The cause of death was not publicly disclosed.
==Filmography==
===Film===
Year	Title 	Notes
1987	Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night 	Breakdown Artist
1988	BraveStarr: The Movie 	Assistant Animator
1989	Back to Neverland 	Assistant Animator (uncredited)
1989	The Little Mermaid 	Breakdown and In between Artist
1990	Flower Planet 	Concept Developer & Animator
1996	"Arnold" 	Layout Artist, Storyboard Artist, & Supervising Director
1997	Tales of Worm Paranoia 	Layout Artist
1998	Planet Kate 	Storyboard Artist
1999	Curbside 	Storyboard Artist
2002	Hey Arnold!: The Movie 	Director
2004	Party Wagon 	Character Designer, Prop Designer, Sheet Timer, Storyboard Artist, & Director
2004	Hare and Loathing in Las Vegas 	Storyboard Artist
2004	The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 	Creative Consultant
2004	The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie 	Storyboard Artist
2005	Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story 	Assistant Director
2006	The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 2: When Nerds Collide!	Creative Consultant
2021	Bob's Burgers: The Movie 	Storyboard revisionist (posthumous release)
===Television===
Year 	Title 	Notes
1988–1989 	ALF 	Storyboard Clean-Up
1990–1993; 1995	The Simpsons 	Storyboard Artist (Dancin' Homer)Layout ArtistCharacter Layout Artist (1990)Animation Timer (Principal Charming)Background Layout Artist (A Star Is Burns)
1991; 1994–1995	Rugrats 	Character Layout Artist (1991)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 	Storyboard Artist
1994–1996 	Duckman: Private Dick/Family Man 	Storyboard Artist
1996–2004 	Hey Arnold! 	Creative DirectorSupervising Director (1999–2004)Storyboard Director (1996–1999)Storyboard SupervisorDirector (1996–1998; 2001)
2002–2006 	The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius	Creative Consultant
2005 	Camp Lazlo 	Writer & Storyboard Artist
2005–2006 	Family Guy 	Storyboard Artist (PTV)Assistant Director
2005–2006 	Drawn Together 	Director
2006–2014 	SpongeBob SquarePants 	Writer & Storyboard Director (2006–2007)Songwriter (2008)Supervising Storyboard Director (2007–2014)
2006–2007 	Squirrel Boy 	Storyboard Artist
2008 	The Mighty B 	Storyboard Revisionist
2013–2014 	The Fairly OddParents 	Director
2014 	Clarence 	Sheet Timer, Storyboard Supervisor, & Storyboard Revision Supervisor
2015 	All Hail King Julien 	Storyboard Artist
Category:1961 births
Category:2020 deaths
Category:American television writers
Category:American male television writers
Category:American storyboard artists
Category:Animators from Virginia
Category:Artists from Virginia
Category:American television directors
Category:American film directors
Category:American animated film directors
Category:Prop designers
Category:Nickelodeon people
Category:Walt Disney Animation Studios people
Category:Writers from Lynchburg, Virginia
Category:Songwriters from Virginia
Category:Screenwriters from Virginia