Introduction
Carl Harvey Greenblatt (born June 17, 1972) is an American screenwriter, producer, storyboard artist and voice actor. He has worked on the Nickelodeon series SpongeBob SquarePants, and on the Cartoon Network series The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy and Evil Con Carne. He is best known as the creator of Chowder for Cartoon Network and Harvey Beaks for Nickelodeon.
Greenblatt took inspiration for his work from Jim Henson, Dr. Seuss, and Richard Scarry.
Early life
He attended the University of Texas at Austin where he majored in advertising. He was classmates with future film critic Korey Coleman.
Career
He got his first job in the animation industry working as an additional storyboard artist for SpongeBob SquarePants.
In November 2007, Greenblatt began Chowder, an animated show that he created and executive produced for Cartoon Network. Greenblatt collaborated with Maxwell Atoms on his new Billy & Mandy spin-off Halloween special called Underfist, in which he reprised his role as Fred Fredburger. He announced on his blog that Nickelodeon has given the go-ahead for an 11-minute pilot for a new show created by him entitled Bad Seeds (later renamed Harvey Beaks).
He announced in September 2013 that the show has since been picked up for 26 11-minute episodes, with production commencing at the beginning of 2014. He has also directed the Deadman shorts for DC Nation. From Season 2 and 3 of SpongeBob he teamed up with Aaron Springer and later in Season 3 he teamed up with Kaz.
On April 5, 2018, Greenblatt announced that he had now been employed by Warner Bros. Animation, adding that he has been developing "something fun" for the studio but could not yet disclose anything else about it.
Legacy
Greenblatt is considered to be one of the greatest comedy writers by critics and fans in modern times. Scott Thill of Cartoon Brew praised Greenblatt as one of the most influential comedy writers with innovative comedic elements. Cartoon Brew also said Greenblatt "has logged a decade-and-a-half across studios and shows". James Poniewozik of Time credited Greenblatt as defining SpongeBob's comedic style. Greenblatt wrote the SpongeBob episode "Band Geeks", considered by many to be the best episode of the entire series. SpongeBob writer Kaz recalled writing with Greenblatt fun and said he was full with "weird energy".
Filmography
Television
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999–2005 | SpongeBob SquarePants | Carl, additional voices | Additional storyboard artist (1999-2000), writer (2000−2005), storyboard artist (2000-2002), storyboard director (2002-2005) |
| 2003 | Free for All | N/A | Storyboard artist |
| 2003–04 | Evil Con Carne | Writer, storyboard artist | |
| 2004–07 | The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy | Fred Fredburger, additional voices | |
| 2005 | The X's | N/A | Storyboard artist |
| 2007–10 | Chowder | Kimchi, Kiwi, Adult Chowder, Himself, additional voices | Creator, character designer, prop designer, executive producer, writer, songwriter, storyboard artist |
| 2010–14 | Fish Hooks | Chino | Director, story, writer, storyboard artist |
| 2012 | Deadman shorts | N/A | writer, storyboard artist, director, producer, character designer, color stylist, and prop designer |
| 2015–17 | Harvey Beaks | Technobear (originally), Dade, Jeremy, additional voices | Creator, character designer, main title designer, prop designer, executive producer, writer, storyboard artist, voice director, director |
Film
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie | N/A | Storyboard artist |
| 2007 | Billy and Mandy's Big Boogey Adventure | Fred Fredburger, Pirate #4 | |
| The Grim Adventures of the Kids Next Door | Fred Fredburger | N/A | |
| 2008 | Underfist | ||
| Hellboy II: The Golden Army | N/A | Special thanks | |
| 2015 | The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water | Storyboard punch-up | |
| 2016 | PINK: The Lighter Shade of Red | Special thanks |
Video games
| Year | Title | Voice role |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy | Fred Fredburger |
| 2009 | Cartoon Network Universe: FusionFall | Fred Fredburger, Kimchi |
| 2011 | Cartoon Network: Punch Time Explosion | Fred Fredburger |
Internet
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Cartoons VS Cancer | Himself | Podcast |
| RebelTaxi; Pizza Party Podcast | |||
| Nickelodeon Animation Podcast |