Andrew Overtoom

Andrew Overtoom
Alma mater Vancouver Film School
Fordham University
Occupation Animation director, writer, photographer & cinematographer
Known for SpongeBob SquarePants, My Life with Morrissey, Billy Dilley

Andrew Overtoom is an American animation director, writer and photographer/cinematographer best known for his work on the Disney animated television series Billy Dilley where he was a writer and animation supervisor, as well as the Nickelodeon animated television series SpongeBob SquarePants[1] for which he was nominated for the Emmy Awards in 2004, 2007 and 2011.[2][3] My Life with Morrissey is his award winning first feature film, which he wrote, directed and photographed, and is distributed by MVD.[4][5]

Career

After graduating, Overtoom attended Pasadena's yearly Animation Celebration where his feature film No Parachute caught the attention of the American producer Mike Girard. Girard hired Overtoom onto Nickelodeon’s The Angry Beavers where he worked as an Animation Timer.[6]

Overtoom moved as an animation director over to another Nickelodeon series, SpongeBob SquarePants since the show had begun in 1999.[7] Laura Fries of Variety praised his work on the 2002 special SpongeBob's House Party: "Overtoom has created a very stylistic and vivid animated world that smacks of retro pastiche."[8]

On August 2001, Overtoom began the production of his first feature film My Life with Morrissey which he wrote, directed and photographed. The film premiered in 2003.[9] Critic Stephen Dalton of The Times, in a positive review, wrote that "[B]ehind its high-camp, irreverent tone, Overtoom's film is clearly a twisted tribute."[7] The film won the Audience Award at the 2003 Black Point Film Festival in Wisconsin.[10]

In 2009, Overtoom directed the 2009 animated short film All in the Bunker.[11]

Overtoom has also served as an animation timer on Family Guy episodes,[12][13] a sheet timer for The Mighty B! and as an animation timer on the Disney Channel animated series Phineas and Ferb.[14] He served as the supervising animation director on the Cartoon Network series Clarence (2014 TV series) and the Disney XD animated series Billy Dilley's Super-Duper Subterranean Summer. Overtoom also worked as a director for the television series Pickle and Peanut.

Personal life

Overtoom graduated from the Vancouver Film School,[10] and also studied at Fordham University.[15]

Filmography

Television

Year Show Role Notes
1997 Nightmare Ned Sheet Timer
1999 The Angry Beavers Animation timer
Oh Yeah! Cartoons Director
1999–2012 SpongeBob SquarePants Animation director, Sheet timer, Footage provider, Song writer
2004 Dave the Barbarian Timing director
2005 Family Guy Animation timer
2006–2007 The Emperor's New Grove Timing director
2007 Squirrel Boy Sheet timer
Ni Hao, Kai-Lan Sheet timer
2007–2008 Random! Cartoons Director, Sheet timer
2008–2009 The Mighty B! Sheet timer
2010; 2012 Phineas and Ferb Animation timer/Timing director
2012, 2014 Adventure Time Sheet Timer
2014–2015 Clarence Supervising Animation Director, Title Art and Photograghy, Stop Motion Animation, Live Action Sequences
2016–2018 Pickle and Peanut Director
2017 Billy Dilley's Super-Duper Subterranean Summer Supervising Animation Director, writer, Storyboard Artist
2017–present Spider-Man Timing director

Film

Year Film Role Notes
2003 My Life with Morrissey Director
writer
producer
Cinematographer
2004 The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie Animation timing director
2007 SpongeBob's Atlantis SquarePantis Animation Director Television movie
2009 All in the Bunker Director
writer
producer		 Animated short film
SpongeBob's Truth or Square Animation Director Television movie

References

  1. ↑ Lerman, Laurence (October 6, 2003). "Meeting Mr. Smiths". Video Business. 23 (40): 21.
  2. ↑ "SpongeBob SquarePants nominations for the Emmy Awards". Emmy Awards. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Andrew Overtoom's crew page". My Life With Morrissey. Archived from the original on November 19, 2008. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
  4. ↑ "My Life With Morrissey (2003)". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
  5. ↑ "Interview: From SpongeBob to Morrissey –Andrew Overtoom works with the Best". Film Threat. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
  6. ↑ "Successful Animation School Graduates". Animation School. September 23, 2011. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
  7. 1 2 Dalton, Stephen (February 26, 2005). "My Life with Morrissey". The Times. p. 11.
  8. ↑ Fries, Laura (May 16, 2002). "SpongeBob's House Party". Variety. Retrieved December 3, 2012.
  9. ↑ "Interview with Andrew Overtoom". Film Threat. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
  10. 1 2 Burroughs, Alexandra (October 2, 2003). "Cult of Morrissey fodder for feature". Calgary Herald. p. F6.
  11. ↑ "All in the Bunker". All in the Bunker. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
  12. ↑ "Overtoom Bio". IN.com. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
  13. ↑ "Overtoom listing on New York Times". The New York Times. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
  14. ↑ "Overtoom – Comic Con 2010 TV Panels Schedule". TV Equals. Retrieved October 23, 2012.
  15. ↑ "Andrew Overtoom". LinkedIn. Retrieved October 22, 2012.
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