Eric Shaw (screenwriter)
Eric Shaw (born 1973) is an American television writer whose credits include Nickelodeon's SpongeBob SquarePants.[1] Originally from Jericho, NY, he attended Jericho High School and graduated from Columbia University.[2] He has been an animation writer since 2003 and has also written for Skunk Fu, Krypto the Superdog, Sid the Science Kid, My Friends Tigger and Pooh and many other animated hit shows. He is known for writing on SpongeBob SquarePants seasons five and six. As a staff writer, Shaw has written for more than 50 SpongeBob episodes.[3][4] In 2007, Shaw served as the President of the International Jury at the Cartoons on the Bay Animation Festival in Salerno, Italy.[5] Shaw was Head Writer on the PBS animated series WordGirl starring Tom Kenny, Maria Bamford, Patton Oswalt, Jeffrey Tambor, and others. Shaw ran the writing on Season 5 (26 episodes), from Soup2Nuts's Watertown, Mass studio. On June 14, 2013, he won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in Animation at the 40th Annual Creative Arts Daytime Emmy Awards.[6]
Eric Shaw | |
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Born | 1973 (age 46–47) Jericho, New York, U.S. |
Occupation | Television writer |
Residence | Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
Years active | 1996–present |
SpongeBob episodes
- Blackened Sponge
- Krabby Road
- Sun Bleached
- Krusty Krushers
- The Splinter
- Not Normal
- Gone
- House Fancy
- The Battle of Bikini Bottom
- Mermaid Man vs. SpongeBob
- The Krusty Plate
- Krabs a la Mode
References
- "Festival on the Mississippi: The Shape and Color of Red Stick". Animation World Network.
- "Notable Alumni". gs.columbia.edu. Archived from the original on 2014-07-15. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
- "News - Entertainment, Music, Movies, Celebrity". MTV News.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-05-17. Retrieved 2009-05-10.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Cartoons on the Bay – A Film Festival World profile". Film Festival World. Archived from the original on December 24, 2011. Retrieved December 5, 2011.
- Tucker Shaw (17 June 2013). "Coloradan wins Emmy for writing work on PBS series "WordGirl"". The Denver Post.