Lawrence "Larry" Leichliter (born May 24, 1941; age 83) is a former SpongeBob SquarePants crew member. He left during season 5 after working as a sheet timer for 8 years and an animation director for 7 years.
Biography[]
Leichliter's career in animation began in 1975 when he worked on You're a Good Sport, Charlie Brown. This was followed by numerous other Peanuts specials that he was a crew member of throughout the late 1970s and 1980s. Since then, he has worked on many animated television series, particularly those made for Nickelodeon, which include Hey Arnold!, ChalkZone, The Fairly OddParents, CatDog, The Mighty B!, and Catscratch. Leichliter more recently was a director for the Cartoon Network original series Adventure Time, for which he directed 114 episodes and the original short. Adventure Time also garnered him three Primetime Emmy Award nominations in the category "Outstanding Short-Format Animated Program" in 2010, 2011, and 2012. He is currently directing Bee and PuppyCat for Cartoon Hangover. In 2015, he received a Primetime Emmy Award for his work as animation director on Over the Garden Wall.
Credits[]
| Episode | Credits | |
|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | ||
| 7a - "Hall Monitor" | sheet timer | |
| 7b - "Jellyfish Jam" | sheet timer | |
| 16a - "Valentine's Day" | sheet timer | |
| 16b - "The Paper" | sheet timer | |
| 20a - "Hooky" | sheet timer | |
| Season 2 | ||
| 29a - "Survival of the Idiots" | animation director | |
| 31b - "Squirrel Jokes" | animation director | |
| Season 4 | ||
| 78a - "Born to Be Wild" | sheet timer | |
| 78b - "Best Frenemies" | sheet timer | |
| 80a - "Best Day Ever" | animation director | |
| Season 5 | ||
| 85a - "New Digs" | sheet timer | |
| 85b - "Krabs à la Mode" | sheet timer | |
| 86b - "Bucket Sweet Bucket" | animation director | |
| List of episode credits | ||
Trivia[]
- During his time on the show, season 3 was the only season he did not work on.
- During his time on the show, he has only been the animation director for four episodes.
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