Erik Wiese

Erik C. Wiese (born Erik Guerrero-Wiese; January 24, 1974) is an American director, writer, storyboard artist and animator. He directed the Apple TV+ Peanuts musical special Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical. He is also 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, 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 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 2025 Snoopy Presents: A Summer Musical director (television special)

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