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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]
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]
| 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 |
| Year | Title | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| 2002–2003 | The Simpsons | Character Layout Artist (Seasons 13-14) |
| 2003-2013 | Tiny Toons Looniversity | |
| 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 |
