Erik Wiese

Erik Wiese

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BiographyErik 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 (2025). 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.

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