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Tuck Tucker
William Osborne "Tuck" Tucker III (August 20, 1961 – December 22, 2020)[1] 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.[2] Early life and educationTucker was born in Lynchburg, Virginia.[3] 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.[4] CareerWhile 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,[3] and then going to Nickelodeon while switching from storyboard work on Rugrats and Aaahh!!! Real Monsters to directing on Hey Arnold!.[5] 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,[6][7][8][9][10][11][12] and then a supervising storyboard director.[13] 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.[14] Afterwards, he went to direct on The Fairly OddParents during its ninth season.[4] In January 2015, Tucker began teaching graphic and animation design at Longwood University in Farmville, Virginia.[3] DeathTucker died in Lynchburg on December 22, 2020, at age 59.[1][15] His cause of death was not publicly disclosed.[16] FilmographyFilm
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