Eric Shaw (screenwriter) explained

Eric Shaw
Birth Place:Jericho, New York, U.S.
Occupation:Television writer
Years Active:1996–present

Eric Shaw (born 1973) is an American television writer whose credits include Nickelodeon's SpongeBob SquarePants.[1] Originally from Jericho, NY, he attended Jericho High School and graduated from Columbia University.[2] He has been an animation writer since 2003 and has also written for Skunk Fu, Krypto the Superdog, Sid the Science Kid, My Friends Tigger & Pooh and many other animated hit shows. He is known for writing on SpongeBob SquarePants seasons five and six. As a staff writer, Shaw had written 10 SpongeBob episodes.[3] [4] In 2007, Shaw served as the President of the International Jury at the Cartoons on the Bay Animation Festival in Salerno, Italy.[5] Shaw was Head Writer on the PBS animated series WordGirl starring Tom Kenny, Maria Bamford, Patton Oswalt, Jeffrey Tambor, and others. Shaw ran the writing on Season 5 (26 episodes), from Soup2Nuts's Watertown, Mass studio. On June 14, 2013, he won an Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in Animation at the 40th Annual Creative Arts Daytime Emmy Awards.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Festival on the Mississippi: The Shape and Color of Red Stick. Animation World Network.
  2. Web site: Notable Alumni. gs.columbia.edu. 2019-06-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20140715014713/https://gs.columbia.edu/notable-alumni. 2014-07-15. dead.
  3. Web site: News - Entertainment, Music, Movies, Celebrity. https://web.archive.org/web/20180301164318/http://www.mtv.com/news/movies/celebrities/eric-shaw/19803467/. dead. March 1, 2018. MTV News.
  4. Web site: Animation Writing 101 with Eric Shaw . 2009-05-10 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100517093111/http://www.cct.lsu.edu/events/talks/387 . 2010-05-17 . dead .
  5. Web site: Cartoons on the Bay – A Film Festival World profile . Film Festival World . December 5, 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20111224192048/http://www.filmfestivalworld.com/festival/Cartoons_on_the_Bay/ . December 24, 2011 .
  6. Web site: Coloradan wins Emmy for writing work on PBS series "WordGirl" . Tucker Shaw . 17 June 2013. The Denver Post.