C. H. Greenblatt

Screenwriter

Birthday June 17, 1972

Birth Sign Gemini

Birthplace Plano, Texas, U.S.

Age 51 years old

Nationality United States

#54145 Most Popular

1972

Carl Harvey Greenblatt (born June 17, 1972) is an American animator and voice actor.

He has worked on Nickelodeon's SpongeBob SquarePants and on Cartoon Network's The Grim Adventures of Billy & Mandy and Evil Con Carne.

He is the creator of Cartoon Network's Chowder, Nickelodeon's Harvey Beaks, and creator and executive producer of Jellystone!, a Hanna-Barbera animated series for HBO Max produced by Warner Bros. Animation.

Greenblatt grew up in Plano, Texas.

When he was in 6th grade, he made a comic called “Zibbler”.

He attended the University of Texas at Austin where he majored in advertising.

He worked as a cartoonist at the school’s newspaper alongside Korey Coleman.

After graduating, Greenblatt worked as an art director on several television commercials, including Chef Boyardee's Chef Jr. campaign.

1998

In 1998, he got his first job in the animation industry working as an additional storyboard artist for SpongeBob SquarePants, before graduating to full-on writer and storyboard artist.

After finishing up on SpongeBob, Greenblatt became a storyboard artist on The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy.

2007

In 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).

2013

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.

2018

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.

Greenblatt also plays Fish Taco, one of three main characters in an animated YouTube series titled Mexiguin since 2018.

He helps mentor show creator, Joe Kozdra, in animation and creative writing alongside his voice-acting contributions.

On January 29, 2021, a new Greenblatt project was registered for Disney Television Animation under the title Unnamed Pet Resort Project.

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 was a storyboard artist and one of the writers of 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".

2019

On October 29, 2019, the project was officially unveiled with the title of Jellystone!, described as a crossover of several Hanna-Barbera characters living in the titular town "where they can't help but make trouble for one another".