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. He directed Hey Arnold!: The Movie in 2002.
Early life and education Tucker was born in Lynchburg, Virginia. He attended Virginia Episcopal School and Virginia Commonwealth University. He would spend most of his time at home watching cartoons with his father and cites these experiences as being very special to him. He married Connie Dyste in 1990 and had one daughter, Gina Tucker. The family resided in La Cañada Flintridge. Connie Tucker died of a rare cancer in 2015 and Tucker moved home to Virginia to teach art to students at Longwood University.
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, and then going to Nickelodeon while switching from storyboard work on Rugrats and Aaahh!!! Real Monsters to directing on Hey Arnold!. After that, he moved on to SpongeBob SquarePants. He went from being a storyboard artist on The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie to being a writer and storyboard director, and then 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. Afterwards, 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. "Tuck Tucker died on December 22, 2020, in his hometown of Lynchburg, Virginia..." His cause of death was not publicly disclosed.
Filmography
Film Year Title Notes 1987 Pinocchio and the Emperor of the Night Animation Breakdown Artist 1988 BraveStarr: The Movie Assistant Animator 1989 Back to Neverland Assistant Animator (uncredited) 1989 The Little Mermaid Breakdown/In between Artist 1990 Flower Planet Concept Developer & Animator 1992 Tom and Jerry: The Movie Layout Artist (uncredited) 1996 Arnold Layout Artist, Storyboard Artist, & Supervising Director 1999 Curbside Storyboard Artist 2002 Hey Arnold!: The Movie Director 2003 Looney Tunes: Back in Action Animator 2004 Party Wagon Character Designer, Prop Designer, Additional Sheet Timer, Storyboard Artist, & Director 2004 Hare and Loathing in Las Vegas Storyboard Artist 2004 The Jimmy Timmy Power HourCreative Consultant 2004 Jimmy Neutron: Win, Lose and Kaboom! 2004 The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie Production Storyboard Artist 2006 The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 2: When Nerds Collide!Creative Consultant 2006 The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour 3: The Jerkinators! 2022 The Bob's Burgers Movie Storyboard revisionist (posthumous release)
Television Year Title Notes 1987–1988 BraveStarr Assistant Animator1988–1989 ALF Tales Storyboard Clean-Up (Season 1) ALF: The Animated Series Storyboard Clean-Up (Season 2) 1990–1993; 1995 The Simpsons Character Layout Artist (1990–1993)Storyboard Artist ("Dancin' Homer")Animation Timer ("Principal Charming")Background Layout Artist ("A Star Is Burns") 1991; 1994–1995 Rugrats Character Layout Artist ("Tommy's First Birthday," "Barbecue Story/Waiter, There's a Baby in My Soup," and "Baby Commercial/Little Dude")Storyboard Artist (1994–1995)Assistant Director (1994) 1992–1993 The Ren and Stimpy Show Layout Artist 1993 2 Stupid DogsStoryboard Artist 1994–1995 Aaahh!!! Real Monsters 1994–1996 Duckman 1996–2004 Hey Arnold! Creative DirectorSupervising Director (1999–2004)Storyboard Director (1996–1999)Storyboard Artist ("24 Hours to Live")Storyboard Supervisor ("The Journal")Sheet Timer (1997)Director (1996–1998; 2001) 1997 What a Cartoon! Layout Artist ("Tales of Worm Paranoia") 1998 Oh Yeah! Cartoons Storyboard Artist ("Planet Kate") 2002–2006 The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius Creative Consultant Storyboard Artist (2003) 2005 Camp Lazlo Writer & Storyboard Artist 2005–2006 Family Guy Storyboard Artist ("PTV")Assistant Director ("Stewie Griffin: The Untold Story") 2005–2006 Drawn Together Director 2006–2014 SpongeBob SquarePants Writer & Storyboard Director (2006–2007)Supervising Storyboard Director (2007–2014)Songwriter ("The Inmates of Summer" and "Pest of the West")Special Thanks ("Truth or Square") 2006 Squirrel Boy Storyboard Artist 2008 The Mighty B! Storyboard Revisionist 2013–2014 The Fairly OddParents Director (Season 9) 2013–2014 Clarence Sheet Timer ("Pretty Great Day with a Girl")Storyboard SupervisorStoryboard Revision Supervisor ("Belson's Sleepover") 2015 All Hail King Julien Storyboard Artist ("The Really Really Big Lie")
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