Nate Cash

Nate Cash
Born
Nathan Shawn Cash

March 31, 1976 (1976-03-31) (age 48)
Utah, U.S.
Other namesNathan Cash
Occupation(s)Writer, artist, director
Years active2002–present
Known forSpongeBob SquarePants
The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack
Adventure Time
Over the Garden Wall

Nathan Shawn "Nate" Cash (born March 31, 1976) is an American writer, artist and director. He was born in Utah, and his most well-known works are SpongeBob SquarePants, Adventure Time, and Over the Garden Wall. In addition to that, he has been nominated for a Daytime Emmy Award for "Outstanding Direction in an Animated Program" in 2012.[1][2]

Career

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Cash began his career on The Simpsons as a character layout artist. He started working at Cartoon Network Studios on The Powerpuff Girls and was later a storyboard artist on My Gym Partner's a Monkey. He was a writer and storyboard director on the biggest hit from Nickelodeon, SpongeBob SquarePants, from 2006 to 2011.[3][4][5] After he left SpongeBob, he became a storyboard supervisor on Adventure Time in Season 2 and later creative director. He left Adventure Time at the end of Season 5 completely to work on the miniseries Over the Garden Wall as a creative director alongside Bert Youn, created by another former creative director of the same show named Patrick McHale. Following his leave from Adventure Time, he was replaced by Andres Salaff.[6]

Filmography

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Film

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Year Title Notes
2003 The Powerpuff Girls: Twas The Fight Before Christmas Storyboard Clean-Up
2009 Square Roots: The Story of SpongeBob SquarePants Himself
SpongeBob's Truth or Square Storyboard Director & Writer
2019 The Angry Birds Movie 2 Story Artist

Television

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Year Title Notes
2002–2003 The Simpsons Character Layout Artist (Seasons 13-14)
2003–2004 The Powerpuff Girls Storyboard Clean-Up (Seasons 5-6)
Story (Season 6)
2004–2005 Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends Character Designer & Storyboard Revisionist (Seasons 1-2)
2006–2007 My Gym Partner's a Monkey Storyboard Artist
2006–2011 SpongeBob SquarePants Storyboard Director & Writer (Seasons 4-8)
Songwriter ("New Digs")
2008 The Mighty B! Storyboard Revisionist
2009 The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack Writer & Storyboard Artist ("Shut It!" & "Under the Sea Monster")
2011–2014 Adventure Time Storyboard Supervisor (2011–2012)
Creative Director (2012–2013)
Voice Director ("The Great Bird Man," "Simon & Marcy", & "Puhoy")
Supervising Director (Season 5)[7]
2014 Over the Garden Wall Creative Director (Episodes 1-6) & Supervising Director[8]
2015 Star vs. the Forces of Evil Writer & Storyboard Artist ("The Banagic Incident")
2015 Pickle and Peanut Writer & Storyboard Artist ("A Cabbage Day Miracle")
2018 Summer Camp Island Storyboard Supervisor
2020 ThunderCats Roar Supervising Producer
2020–2021 Animaniacs
2021 Aquaman: King of Atlantis Consulting Producer
DC Super Hero Girls Co-executive Producer
2023 Tiny Toons Looniversity

References

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  1. ^ OnTheRedCarpet.com Staff (June 23, 2012). "Daytime Emmys 2012: Full list of winners". On the Red Carpet. American Broadcasting Company. Archived from the original on June 27, 2012. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
  2. ^ "The 39th Annual Daytime Entertainment Emmy® Award Nominations" (PDF). Emmy Award. Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved April 3, 2014.
  3. ^ SpongeBob SquarePants: Season 4, Vol. 2 ("Best Day Ever" credits) (DVD). United States: Paramount Home Entertainment/Nickelodeon. January 9, 2007.
  4. ^ SpongeBob SquarePants: Season 6, Vol. 1 ("To SquarePants or Not to SquarePants" credits) (DVD). United States: Paramount Home Entertainment/Nickelodeon. December 8, 2009.
  5. ^ SpongeBob SquarePants: Season 6, Vol. 2 (DVD). United States: Paramount Home Entertainment/Nickelodeon. December 7, 2010.
  6. ^ Twoo – Meet New People. New.spring.me. Retrieved on January 1, 2017.
  7. ^ Nate Cash (supervising director); Nick Jennings (art director); Jesse Moynihan & Ako Castuera (writers) (March 4, 2013). "The Great Birdman". Adventure Time. Season 5. Episode 13. Cartoon Network.
  8. ^ Patrick Kevin Day (October 3, 2014). "'Over the Garden Wall' gets lost in creator's imagination". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 15, 2021.
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