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]
Eric Shaw | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1973 (age 50–51) Jericho, New York, U.S. |
| Occupation | Television writer |
| Years active | 1996–present |
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References edit
- ^ "Festival on the Mississippi: The Shape and Color of Red Stick". Animation World Network.
- ^ "Notable Alumni". gs.columbia.edu. Archived from the original on 2014-07-15. Retrieved 2019-06-17.
- ^ "News - Entertainment, Music, Movies, Celebrity". MTV News.
- ^ "Animation Writing 101 with Eric Shaw". Archived from the original on 2010-05-17. Retrieved 2009-05-10.
- ^ "Cartoons on the Bay – A Film Festival World profile". Film Festival World. Archived from the original on December 24, 2011. Retrieved December 5, 2011.
- ^ Tucker Shaw (17 June 2013). "Coloradan wins Emmy for writing work on PBS series "WordGirl"". The Denver Post.