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Jay Lender

Position: Writer, Storyboard Artist, Storyboard Director
Biography: A writer and director on the hit TV series SpongeBob SquarePants. Previous to his work on SpongeBob, Jay designed and drew numerous backgrounds for Nickelodeon's "Hey Arnold!" Since leaving Nickelodeon, Jay has written a number of scripts for video games with his writing partner Micah Wright, and continues to develop animated series concepts as well as drawing the occasional SpongeBob comic strip for Nickelodeon Magazine. Most recently, the duo worked together on Robocalypse, a real-time strategy game for the Nintendo DS. Jay spent two years studying at the Rhode Island School of Design before transferring to CalArts where he specialized in animation! Jay is also a director on Disney Channel's Phineas and Ferb.

Writer for:
Hall Monitor
Opposite Day
Valentine's Day
The Paper
Neptune's Spatula
Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II
Big Pink Loser
Bubble Buddy
Patty Hype
I'm Your Biggest Fanatic
Life of Crime
Pressure
The Fry Cook Games
Just One Bite
Sandy, SpongeBob, and the Worm
Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV
As Seen on TV
Squilliam Returns
SpongeGuard on Duty
Rock-a-Bye Bivalve
Graveyard Shift
Krusty Love
Clams
Plankton's Army
The Camping Episode