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The School of Rock

2003

Fired from his band and hard up for cash, guitarist and vocalist Dewey Finn finagles his way into a job as a fifth-grade substitute teacher at a private school, where he secretly begins teaching his straight-A students the finer points of rock 'n' roll and the power of sticking it to the man. But as the school’s stern principal closes in and the Battle of the Bands looms, Dewey must risk everything to prove that rock 'n' roll can change lives.

Jacob Moran

Cast · Known for Black Phone 2

Jacob Moran is known for his role of Billy in the Blumhouse Universal Pictures blockbuster “The Black Phone.” Jacob starred as Tristan, in Thommy Kane’s “New Shoes” that premiered at the American Pavilion at Cannes Film Festival which earned Jacob "Best Actor" and "Rising Star" awards. Most recently, Jacob portrayed David in the Warner Bros./Essex horror film "The Curse of the Necklace" which was released in September 2024. This past year Jacob wrapped two highly anticipated projects “Regarding Us”, Nicole Kidman’s new film “Holland Michigan” and "Brooklyn, Minnesota". Jacob has had Guest Star roles in a variety of television shows including ABC’s “Wonder Years,” NBC’s “New Amsterdam” and Netflix’s Emmy-award winning “Christmas on the Square” with Dolly Parton. Jacob is credited with over 300 performances of the First National Broadway show "The School of Rock." Jacob resides in Atlanta, Georgia, and is a proud member of the Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA) and Actors' Equity Association (AEA).

Sharon Washington

Cast · Known for Joker: Folie à Deux, Die Hard: With a Vengeance, Joker

Sharon Washington is an American playwright as well as a stage, TV, film, and voice actress. She received her MFA from the Yale School of Drama and her BA from Dartmouth College. She got her start doing soap operas such as the 1996 season of "One Life to Live" in addition to having a recurring role on the mini-series follow-up "Heaven & Earth: North & South, Book III". She has had guest star appearances in TV series including Power Book III: Raising Kanan, and in the final season of Madam Secretary. She’s also had recurring roles in For Life, City On A Hill, The Code, Gotham, Law & Order: SVU, and Damages. Other television credits include the Hulu series The Looming Tower, Blue Bloods, The Blacklist, Golden Boy, White Collar, Royal Pains, NYC 22, Law & Order and Law & Order: CI. She has appeared in numerous television commercials both on-camera and voice-over and is an accomplished audiobook and documentary film narrator. She played Lena in the webseries Hustling for which she was awarded an Indie Series award for Best Supporting Actress (2015). Her film appearances include Joker, The Bourne Legacy, Michael Clayton, Wiener Dog, Rocksteady, Taking Chance, Freedomland, The School of Rock, Half Nelson, The Long Kiss Goodnight, Malcolm X, and Die Hard With A Vengeance. She also appeared in the short film Approaching A Breakthrough, directed by Noah Pritzker, which premiered at the 2017 Tribeca Film Festival.  She is the narrator of several documentary series for Animal Planet, Discovery, NOVA and TV One. She has also narrated a diverse range of PBS, Nova, National Geographic, and Discovery Channel programs. She voiced different characters in two installments of the successful Grand Theft Auto video game saga. She added playwright to her resumé, writing and performing her solo play Feeding The Dragon which received it’s world premiere at City Theatre in Pittsburgh followed by a production at Hartford Stage and from there to a successful run Off-Broadway at Primary Stages at the Cherry Lane Theater in the Spring of 2018 where she was nominated for an Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Solo Performance, a Lucille Lortel Award for Outstanding Solo Show and won an Audelco Award for Solo Performance. On Broadway, she appeared as The Lady in the critically-acclaimed The Scottsboro Boys musical by Kander & Ebb directed by five-time Tony Award winner Susan Stroman. A role she originated at The Vineyard Theatre and The Guthrie. Other Off-Broadway credits include roles in Dot at the Vineyard Theatre, written by Colman Domingo and also directed by Susan Stroman; While I Yet Live by Billy Porter at Primary Stages; Luce by JC Lee at Lincoln Center Theater (LCT3); and Wild With Happy also by Colman Domingo at the Public Theater for which she received a Lucille Lortel Award nomination and an Audelco Award. She has worked many times on the New York Shakespeare Festival stage including playing Lady Anne to Denzel Washington's Richard III and Valeria to Christopher Walken's Coriolanus; as well as in the award-winning adaptation of Caucasian Chalk Circle directed by George C. Wolfe and Stuff Happens directed by Daniel Sullivan.

Mike White

Cast · Writer · Director · Known for The School of Rock, Despicable Me 4, Migration

Michael Christopher White (born June 28, 1970) is an American writer, actor and producer. He is known as the co-creator of the HBO comedy-drama series Enlightened (2011–2013), as well as the screenwriter for films, such as Chuck & Buck (2000), Orange County (2002), The Good Girl (2002), The School of Rock (2003) and Beatriz at Dinner (2017).

Rivkah Reyes

Cast · Known for The School of Rock

Rivkah Reyes (they/she, but mostly they) is a queer Filipinx-Jewish actor, musician, comedian, producer, and writer from Chicago. They have been performing since the age of 4 when they picked up a guitar for the first time. In the 4th grade, Rivkah performed on the NPR show From the Top, which eventually led to them being discovered and cast in the 2003 film School of Rock. Since their movie debut, Riv has been a prominent force in the comedy and theater scenes of Chicago, Los Angeles, and New York. They have worked with The Second City in Chicago on several sketch revues and performed improv, sketch, and stand-up at iO, The Hollywood Improv, The Laugh Factory, Club Cumming, and Las Culturistas' I Don't Think So Honey! Live. They are an alum of the School at Steppenwolf, The Second City and iO's training centers, and the University of Illinois at Chicago. In 2020, Rivkah released an article called “Confessions of an Obsolete Child Actor” about their journey from childhood stardom to adulthood lessons. Currently, Riv resides in Los Angeles and spends their days drinking tea, listening to Lo-Fi beats, and being a spooky witch.

Lucy Montgomery

While at Jesus College, Cambridge, Montgomery was a member of the Footlights, its amateur theatrical club. Subsequently, she studied at the Central School of Speech and Drama. Montgomery built her career as one third of Comedy Theatre Company Population 3, along with James Bachman and Barunka O'Shaughnessy, and she appeared as a roving reporter for the comic television programme The Friday Night Project. Other television work has included Bo' Selecta!, The Mighty Boosh, and The IT Crowd. Montgomery has been heard in several Radio 4 programmes, including the radio phone-in spoof Down the Line, Robin and Wendy's Wet Weekends, The Way We Live Right Now, The Museum of Everything, The Department, Another Case of Milton Jones, The Party Line, Harry Hill's Ghost of a Christmas Present, The Pits, the Torchwood story "Lost Souls" and Lucy Montgomery's Variety Pack. She produced a pilot for her own sketch show pilot for the BBC called The Full Montgomery which went on to run on Radio 4 for two series. In 2005, Montgomery began writing for and performing in the comedy sketch show Tittybangbang on BBC Three. The sketch comedy series also stars Debbie Chazen and has had three series, from 2005 to late 2007. She was in The Armstrong and Miller Show on BBC One, and Bellamy's People on BBC Two. She has also been on The Law of the Playground and The Wall on BBC Three. She provided the voice of Destiny in Mongrels. Montgomery had various roles in The Life of Rock with Brian Pern and Harry and Paul's Story of the Twos. She was also the voice of Jeanine and other female characters in the Animated Puppetoon children's television series A Town Called Panic. She voiced for the series Badly Dubbed Porn on Comedy Central. She has starred in many stage productions, including leads in record-breaking and critically acclaimed Jerusalem with Mark Rylance at the Royal Court in 2009, the 2011–12 revival of Stephen Sondheim's Company at the Sheffield Crucible and Canvas at the Chichester Festival in 2012. Montgomery appeared in the musical Viva Forever!, based on the music of the Spice Girls.

Louise Lockwood

Louise Lockwood is a fine art graduate of the Glasgow School of Art. She began directing television in 1999 on the cult Channel 4 review show Vids, then went on to work for the BBC where she has filmed, directed & produced many factual documentaries including the multi award winning Parallel Worlds, Parallel Lives which follows the lead singer of US rock band Eels, Mark Oliver Everett, on his journey of discovery across America to learn about the father he never knew, Hugh Everett III, the quantum mechanic who developed the ground breaking theory of Parallel Universes.

Yohan Levy

Yohan was trained in stage acting in Paris and studied Actors Studio at the USC School of Cinematic Arts, Los Angeles. He played in several short and feature films with directors from France (award-winner Étienne Chatiliez), the US (Lewis Eble), Brazil (Ricky Mastro) and Argentina (Andrés Andreani). Yohan is also a musician - he sings, plays the piano and the guitar. He was the singer and keyboardist of French rock band Bleu Velvet and is developing an indie pop-folk album with two alumni from the Conservatoire de Paris. Yohan speaks French, English and Spanish fluently and has a good command of Portuguese, Hebrew and German.

Paul Michael Bloodgood

PAUL MICHAEL BLOODGOOD is a 4x Lone Star EMMY® & CLIO Entertainment Award-winning film and commercial director, SAG-AFTRA stunt performer, and movement specialist. Bloodgood’s 20-year career as a professional ballet dancer presented him the opportunity to perform a myriad of principal roles in theaters worldwide. Growing up on the road across the US and Europe, he is the son of late musician Michael Bloodgood, founder of the platinum-selling band BLOODGOOD. Bloodgood holds a BA in Dance and the Humanities from Saint Edward’s University and is currently earning his MA in Media Producing from New York University Tisch School of the Arts. Bloodgood is an AV Awards “AV Freelancer of the Year” finalist and is a guest speaker, including film festivals panels, Soldiers of Oxfordshire Museum, Holocaust Museum Houston, university classes and InfoComm in Las Vegas. Bloodgood directed the feature documentary TRENCHES OF ROCK, executive produced by Academy Award®-winner James Moll (FOO FIGHTERS: BACK AND FORTH, 2011). TRENCHES had its world premiere at the Oscar-qualifying Atlanta Film Festival, garnering the attention of 18 festivals worldwide and receiving 14 accolades including multiple “BEST FEATURE DOCUMENTARY” and “BEST DIRECTOR” awards (Apple TV • Amazon Prime Video • YouTube • DirecTV • Blu-ray). Two of Bloodgood’s latest projects, CLIO Entertainment Award and Lone Star EMMY®-winning POE: A TALE OF MADNESS and 4x Telly Award-winning MARIE ANTOINETTE: VAMPIRE QUEEN OF VERSAILLES were filmed on a virtual production soundstage with a 50-foot curved LED screen utilizing groundbreaking technology known as “The Volume” – combining real props with backgrounds built with Unreal Engine. Both projects stand at the precipice of film industry tech seen in big budget productions such as Star Wars’ THE MANDALORIAN and THE BATMAN. In addition to the New York Festivals TV & Film Awards silver trophy, POE has also received Hermes Platinum, Marcom Platinum and Davey Gold awards. Additional virtual production projects include Lone Star EMMY®-winning LOVE’S GENTLE SPRING and ROMEO & JULIET. Bloodgood collaborated with choreographer Stephen Mills on the Lone Star EMMY®-winning haunted dance film, PRELUDES/BEGINNINGS which premiered on Austin PBS to critical acclaim. Bloodgood’s FINDING LIGHT screened its world premiere at the prestigious Miami Jewish Film Festival and is an official selection of 16 film festivals around the globe and the recipient of 14 accolades, including “BEST DOCUMENTARY” awards in Berlin, Rome and Madrid, “BEST HISTORICAL FILM” at Cannes World Film Festival, the “AUDIENCE AWARD” at Film Pittsburgh’s JFilm Festival and a COMMUNITAS AWARD for “Making A Difference in Communities.” In addition to Bloodgood’s feature films, he has over 16 televised commercial credits as director – including Lone Star EMMY®-winner, THE NUTCRACKER: Clara’s Paperdolls and VIDDY Award-winner, CINDERELLA: A Dream Is A Wish Your Heart Makes. Stunt credits include Martin Scorsese’s KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON, Robert Rodriguez’s HYPNOTIC, 20+ episodes of FEAR THE WALKING DEAD, LEVERAGE: REDEMPTION and MAFIA WARS. Additional appearances include Michael Bay’s TRANSFORMERS, Forest Whitaker’s FIRST DAUGHTER, Richard Linklater’s BERNIE and a supporting role with Mena Suvari and Jason Biggs in the Wheatus “Teenage Dirtbag” music video for the feature film LOSER.

Jeff Corey

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jeff Corey (born Arthur Zwerling; August 10, 1914 – August 16, 2002) was an American actor, television director, and teacher. After being blacklisted in the 1950s, he became one of the most prominent and influential acting coaches in Hollywood, whose students included the likes of Kirk Douglas, Jack Nicholson, Robin Williams, James Dean, Jane Fonda, Peter Fonda, James Coburn, Leonard Nimoy, Cher, Barbra Streisand and Rob Reiner. He returned to film and television work in the 1960s, playing many character roles. Early life and education Corey was born Arthur Zwerling in Brooklyn, New York to working-class Jewish immigrant parents. His father, Nathan Zwerling, was from Austria-Hungary, and his mother, Mary (nee Peskin), was from Russia. He attended New Utrecht High School in Brooklyn and was active in the school's Dramatic Society. He received a scholarship to the Feagin School of Dramatic Art, where he furthered his studies. Prior to his acting career, he worked as a salesman of sewing machines. Blacklisted and teacher Corey's career was again interrupted in the early 1950s, when he was summoned before the House Un-American Activities Committee. He refused to give names of alleged Communists and subversives in the entertainment industry and went so far as to ridicule the panel by offering critiques of the testimony of the previous witnesses. That led to his being blacklisted for 12 years. "Most of us were retired Reds. We had left it, at least I had, years before," Corey told Patrick McGilligan, the co-author of Tender Comrades: A Backstory of the Hollywood Blacklist, who teaches film at Marquette University. "The only issue was, did you want to just give them their token names so you could continue your career, or not? I had no impulse to defend a political point of view that no longer interested me particularly... They just wanted two new names so they could hand out more subpoenas." Back to work in the 1960s In 1962, Corey began working in films again, and remained active into the 1990s. He played Hoban in The Cincinnati Kid (1965); Tom Chaney, the principal villain in True Grit (1969); and Sheriff Bledsoe in Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid (also 1969), who says to the title characters, "I never met a soul more affable than you, Butch, or faster than the Kid, but you're still nothing but two-bit outlaws on the dodge. Television Corey made guest appearances on many television series. He appeared as murder victim Carl Bascom in the Perry Mason episode, "The Case of the Reckless Rockhound" (1964). He was featured on science-fiction series, too, including an episode of The Outer Limits ("O.B.I.T.", 1963) in which he played Byron Lomax; Star Trek ("The Cloud Minders", 1969) in which he played High Advisor Plasus; as Caspay in Beneath the Planet of the Apes (1970), and Babylon 5 ("Z'ha'dum", 1996) in which he played Justin. Personal life Corey married his wife Hope (nee Victorson) in 1938. They had three children. Death Corey died on August 16, 2002, aged 88, after a fall. CLR

Marnie McPhail

Cast · Known for Trap

Marnie McPhail Diamond is a well-known American-born Canadian actress and musician. She is famous for her roles as Maria Wong in Braceface, Annie Edison in The Edison Twins, and Peaches in JoJo's Circus. McPhail was born and raised in Columbus, Ohio, U.S. She later moved to Toronto, Ontario, where she attended the Etobicoke School of the Arts. When she was 14 years old, she got her first major role as Annie Edison in the children's television series The Edison Twins (1982). On the set of Scared Silent (2002), McPhail met her husband, Reed Diamond, and they have been happily married since 2004. Both McPhail and her husband are members of the rock band "Chuck Valiant," with McPhail as the lead singer and Diamond playing the guitar.

Jim Kaplan

Cast · Known for The Floaters

Jim Kaplan made his professional acting debut at the age of 9 in Lincoln Center Theater's Tony Award winning revival of The King and I. He went on to appear as Lawrence in the Broadway production of School of Rock, Eric in the national tour of Matilda, and Jason in the national tour of Falsettos. On screen, he can be seen in Universal Pictures' Marry Me (2022) and director Alexander Payne's feature film The Holdovers (2023).

Ana Otero

Cast · Known for Love in Difficult Times

The actress Ana Otero was born in Valladolid. Completed his secondary education, he enrolled at the school of theatre in Valladolid, where was taken the diploma in dramatic art, which she completed with various courses and workshops, taught by prestigious figures such as Pilar Miro or Bob McAndrew. He has worked both on television and in film and theater, being best known for his work on the small screen. On television, in 1996 participated in the series "all men are equal", giving life to the character of Yoli. This work followed, in 1999, his interpretation of Nuria in "Fellows". In 2005 she was hired to work in the SOAP "Amar en tiempos revueltos", in the role of Paloma Beltran, a businesswoman who was mistress of Fabian. Subsequently, the actress has been participating in other series, such as "Sex issue" or "The mysteries of Laura". ANA has made also some plays, like "Ephemeral love nights", "Those Blue Hills", "Better days" or "Rock 'n' Roll". His debut in the film took place in 1994, with the film "Give me fire", h ctor Carr. Sta followed by, in the year 1996, "Malena is a name of tango", directed by Gerardo Herrero. The rest of his filmography, highlight some feature films as "the love can seriously damage health", "Nobody, a winter's tale", "The voice of his master", "Reflections", "Dead flowers", "a good day have any it" or "The rose of no one". It has also participated in some short films like "Dogs in the rain", "sofa", "Gold" or "Eye tooth". ANA has been nominated twice by the actors Union Award for the best actress, one in 1997 for her role in the series "all men are equal" and the other in the year 2007 for his work on the telenovela "Amar en tiempos revueltos".

Sam Hoffman

Producer · Known for Madam Secretary

Hoffman produces and periodically directs the CBS drama Madam Secretary. He is also developing, with producing partner Frances McDormand, an adaptation of Michael Pollan’s best-seller The Omnivore’s Dilemma. Hoffman created the web series Old Jews Telling Jokes, which has been viewed over 50 million times, released on DVD, and broadcast on the BBC. His book, based on the series, is now in its sixth printing and the off-Broadway play derived from the series currently tours throughout North America. Feature films he has produced include Wes Anderson’s Moonrise Kingdom, John Carney’s Begin Again, and Richard Loncraine’s 5 Flights Up. Earlier in his career, Hoffman also assistant directed such acclaimed titles as The Royal Tenenbaums, School of Rock, Donnie Brasco, Dead Man Walking, and Groundhog Day.

Amanda Grace Benitez

American actress. Both of her parents are Set Decorators and met while working on CBS, "The Young and The Restless". She is of Panamanian and Hungarian decent. Started dancing by the age of 4, then began her career as an actress at eleven. Beyond acting, she is also a drummer. Known for her roles in The Ranger (2018), The F* It List (2019), School of Rock (2018) and All Cheerleaders Die (2013).

Mick Jagger

Sir Michael Philip Jagger is an English musician. He is known as the lead singer and one of the founding members of The Rolling Stones. Jagger has co-written most of the band's songs with lead guitarist Keith Richards; their songwriting partnership is one of the most successful in rock music history. His career has spanned more than six decades, and he has been widely described as one of the most popular and influential leaders in the history of rock music. His distinctive voice, energetic live performances, and Richards' guitar style have been the Rolling Stones' trademark throughout the band's career. Early in his career, Jagger gained notoriety for his romantic involvements and illicit drug use and has often been portrayed as a countercultural figure. Jagger was born and grew up in Dartford. He studied at the London School of Economics before abandoning his studies to focus on his career with the Rolling Stones. In the early 1970s, Jagger starred in the films Performance (1970) and Ned Kelly (1970), to mixed receptions. Beginning in the 1980s, he released a number of solo works, including four albums and the single "Dancing in the Street", a 1985 duet with David Bowie that reached No. 1 in the UK and Australia and was a top-ten hit in other countries. In the 2000s, Jagger co-founded a film production company, Jagged Films, and produced feature films through the company, beginning with the 2001 historical drama Enigma. He was also a member of the supergroup SuperHeavy from 2009 to 2011. Although relationships with his bandmates, notably Richards, deteriorated during the 1980s, Jagger has always found more success with the Rolling Stones than with his solo and side projects. He was married to Bianca Pérez-Mora Macias from 1971 to 1978. He has had SEVERAL other relationships; he has eight children with five women. In 1989, Jagger was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and, in 2004, into the UK Music Hall of Fame with the Rolling Stones. As a Rolling Stones member and a solo artist, he reached No. 1 on the UK and US singles charts with 13 singles, the top 10 with 32 singles and the top 40 with 70 singles. In 2003, he was knighted for his services to popular music. Jagger is credited with being a trailblazer in pop music and bringing a style and sex appeal to rock and roll that has been imitated and proven influential with subsequent generations of musicians.

Jade Pettyjohn

Jade Elizabeth Pettyjohn is an American actress. She is known for her roles as McKenna Brooks in An American Girl: McKenna Shoots for the Stars, as Summer on the Nickelodeon television series School of Rock, as Lexie Richardson on the Hulu drama television miniseries Little Fires Everywhere, and as Grace Sullivan on the ABC series Big Sky.

David Fynn

David Fynn is a British-Irish actor, producer and screenwriter, best known for playing Brett in the NBC TV sitcom Undateable. He began playing Dewey Finn in the West End cast of Andrew Lloyd Webber's musical School of Rock (based on the 2003 film with Jack Black) in October 2016 at the New London Theatre, for which he received an Olivier Award nomination for Best Actor in a Musical in 2017.

Ricardo Hurtado

Teen heartthrob Ricardo Hurtado was born in Miami, Florida to parents Ricardo Jose Hurtado and Ofelia Veronica Ramirez and raised in Atlanta, Georgia. Ricardo was 13 when he first got the acting bug. “School of Rock” was his first professional acting gig, and he booked his role on the show on his first acting audition ever. Ricardo is Nicaraguan and speaks fluent Spanish. In his spare time, he loves playing guitar, singing, playing video games, and playing soccer. He also enjoys spending time with his cat, Chichi. He currently lives in Los Angeles, California.

Aidan Miner

Aidan Miner was born on 29 May 2002 in Los Angeles, California, USA. He is an actor, known for The Secret Life of the American Teenager (2008), School of Rock (2016) and Mad Men (2007).

Caitlin Hale

Cast · Known for The School of Rock

Caitlin Mariah Hale is an American actress, singer, and writer. She played Marta in the 2003 film, School of Rock. She also played a minor role as Lucy's sister in Julie Taymor's Across the Universe in 2007.

Luca Padovan

Cast · Known for Late Fame, You

Luca Padovan is a theater, voice, television, and film actor. His Broadway credits include Newsies (2012), School of Rock (2015), and Marvin’s Room (2017). His voiceover work includes The Boy and the Heron (2023). His film and television credits include Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (2018), You (2018), Are You Afraid of the Dark (2022), and Late Fame (2025).

Rogier Stoffers

Cinematographer · Known for A Dog's Journey, Brimstone, Death Wish

Rogier Stoffers, ASC is a Dutch cinematographer known for his extensive work in both film and television, shooting movies like Quills, John Q., School of Rock, and Disturbia. Description above from the Wikipedia article Rogier Stoffers, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Derek Drymon

Cast · Producer · Writer · Known for Hotel Transylvania: Transformania, Adventure Time, Kung Fu Panda 2

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Derek Drymon (born November 19, 1968) is an American animator, writer, storyboard artist, director, comedian, and producer. He has worked on numerous animated cartoon productions. Derek Drymon was born in New Jersey. He attended Jefferson Township and Dover public schools as a child and enjoyed drawing and making comic books. Drymon graduated from Jefferson Township High School in 1987. Drymon attended the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York, where he majored in illustration, sharpening his drawling skills and moving from still images to animation. He graduated from SVA in 1992. Drymon obtained an internship with Disney on the strength of his life drawings. Drymon was discovered by Nickelodeon in 1993. He moved to California to work as an animator for Nickelodeon. In 1993, Drymon also began working as a storyboard artist and writer for Rocko's Modern Life. It was here he met two of his future employers, Tim Hill, Chris Savino and Stephen Hillenburg; Hill was a writer, Hillenburg a co-producer and storyboard artist. In 1997, Hillenburg created SpongeBob SquarePants. Drymon performed many duties on SpongeBob, including being a writer on all episodes, the creative director, and, on his last season with the show, supervising producer. Drymon also worked on the Cartoon Network animated series Camp Lazlo. Drymon worked on Tim Hill's side project, the popular KaBlam! skit Action League Now!, as a storyboard artist. He also wrote the Emmy Award-nominated episode of CatDog "Doggone". Drymon met Stephen Hillenburg on the Nickelodeon cartoon Rocko's Modern Life. Hillenburg recalled Drymon as "one of the main people in the genesis of SpongeBob". Drymon teamed up with Hillenburg, Hill, and Nick Jennings who was also a companion from Nickelodeon. Drymon was the creative director for the first three seasons and became Supervising Producer in season 3 until being replaced by Paul Tibbitt starting in season 4. Along with Stephen Hillenburg, Drymon approved the writers' ideas and outlines for episodes and controlled the creative and production process on SpongeBob. Drymon was eventually promoted to Executive producer on television show Adventure Time, and became a lead writer and director for DreamWorks Pictures, Illumination Entertainment, Sony Pictures Animation and Rovio Animation. During the first three seasons of SpongeBob, Drymon being a creative director allowed him to work with executive story editor Merriwether Williams and the rest of the writing team. Staff writer Kent Osborne responded to the writing process with Drymon and other writers by saying "By the third season we had done 26 half-hours. I came up with millions of ideas." Despite the issues with writing new episodes, Drymon collaborated with the writers to create episode ideas like the half-hour specials and episodes that focused on other characters, for example the season three episodes "The Algae's Always Greener" and "Plankton's Army" focused on Sheldon Plankton and "Doing Time" focused on Mrs. Puff. Drymon said in an interview "Coming up with episode ideas was always tough".