Jay Lender

Jay Lender (born 14 June 1969 in New Haven, Connecticut, United States) is an American television writer and director. He is a former writer for 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.

Filmography

Film

Year	Film	Role	Notes
1994	The Pagemaster	additional special effects animator
1997	Loose Tooth	inbetween artist scene planner	special thanks
2001	Paper Clips	creative consultant
2003	Wonderful Days	writer

Television

Year	Film	Role
1996	C Bear and Jamal	storyboard artist
1996–1999	Hey Arnold!	storyboard artist layout designer
1997	The Angry Beavers	storyboard artist
1999–2004	SpongeBob SquarePants	writer storyboard director storyboard artist
2009-	Phineas and Ferb	director

SpongeBob SquarePants episodes

• "Graveyard Shift"
• "Hall Monitor"
• "Rock-a-Bye Bivalve"
• "Big Pink Loser"
• "Neptune's Spatula"
• "Pressure"
• "Plankton's Army"
• "Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV"

External links

• Jay Lender home page
• Evilscum.net
• Micah Wright home page
• Rhode Island School of Design, "RISD"
• California Institute of the Arts, "CalArts"