Kaz

Kazimieras Gediminas Prapuolenis (born 1959), known professionally as Kaz, is an American cartoonist, animator, writer, storyboard artist, and illustrator. In the 1980s, after attending New York City's School of the Visual Arts, he was a frequent contributor to the comic anthologies RAW and Weirdo. Since 1992, he has drawn Underworld, an adult-themed syndicated comic strip that appears in many alternative weeklies. He is also known for his long tenure as a storyboard director and writer for SpongeBob SquarePants and work on shows such as Camp Lazlo and Phineas & Ferb. Description above from the Wikipedia article Kaz (cartoonist), licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Works

Drew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht Belt

For years, artist Drew Friedman has chronicled a strange, alternate universe populated by forgotten Hollywood stars, old Jewish comedians and liver-spotted elevator operators. Drew Friedman: Vermeer of the Borscht Belt is an in-depth documentary tracing artist Friedman's evolution from underground comics to the cover of The New Yorker. The film, directed by Kevin Dougherty, features interviews with Friedman's friends and colleagues, including Gilbert Gottfried, Patton Oswalt, Richard Kind, Mike Judge, Merrill Markoe and many others.

Release Date2024-04-01

Charactersd Self

Phineas and Ferb

Each day, two kindhearted suburban stepbrothers on summer vacation embark on some grand new project, which annoys their controlling sister, Candace, who tries to bust them. Meanwhile, their pet platypus plots against evil Dr. Doofenshmirtz.

Release Date2007-08-17

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count44

Vote Count1007

The Patrick Star Show

Follow a younger Patrick Star living at home with his family, where he hosts his own variety show for the neighborhood from his television-turned-bedroom.

Release Date2021-07-09

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count20

Vote Count48

The SpongeBob Movie: Search for SquarePants

Desperate to be a big guy, SpongeBob sets out to prove his bravery to Mr. Krabs by following The Flying Dutchman – a mysterious swashbuckling ghost pirate – on a seafaring adventure that takes him to the deepest depths of the deep sea, where no Sponge has gone before.

Release Date2025-12-16

DepartmentWriting

JobStory

Vote Count272

SpongeBob SquarePants

Deep down in the Pacific Ocean in the subterranean city of Bikini Bottom lives a square yellow sponge named SpongeBob SquarePants. SpongeBob lives in a pineapple with his pet snail, Gary, loves his job as a fry cook at the Krusty Krab, and has a knack for getting into all kinds of trouble without really trying. When he's not getting on the nerves of his cranky next door neighbor Squidward, SpongeBob can usually be found smack in the middle of all sorts of strange situations with his best buddy, the simple yet lovable starfish, Patrick, or his thrill-seeking surfer-girl squirrel pal, Sandy Cheeks.

Release Date1999-05-01

DepartmentDirecting

JobDirector

Episode Count8

Vote Count3190

Corpse Bride

In a 19th-century European village, a young man about to be married is whisked away to the underworld and wed to a mysterious corpse bride, while his real bride waits bereft in the land of the living.

Release Date2005-09-12

DepartmentWriting

JobStoryboard

Vote Count10124

Camp Lazlo

The series is set in a universe inhabited solely by anthropomorphic animals of many species and focuses on a trio of campers attending a poorly run summer camp known as Camp Kidney. The trio consists of Lazlo, the eccentric, optimistic spider monkey; Raj, the timid Indian elephant; and Clam, the quiet albino pygmy rhinoceros, and their multiple surreal misadventures.

Release Date2005-07-08

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count27

Vote Count160

Kamp Koral: SpongeBob's Under Years

SpongeBob and friends spend the summer catching jellyfish, building camp-fires, and swimming in Lake Yuckymuck at Camp Coral, located in the Kelp Forest.

Release Date2021-03-04

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count13

Vote Count520

Little Big Awesome

Little Big Awesome

Two inseparable buddies, Gluko and Lennon, are in for a strange adventure. Not only must they get a lost little bubble back home to Bubble Land, but they need to make it back in time to stop a group of adorable yet naughty kittens from messing up Grandma's house.

Release Date2018-04-26

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Episode Count2

Plankton: The Movie

Plankton's tangled love story with his sentient computer wife goes sideways when she takes a stand — and decides to destroy the world without him.

Release Date2025-03-08

DepartmentWriting

JobScreenplay

Vote Count163

Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie

When Bikini Bottom is scooped from the ocean, scientific squirrel Sandy Cheeks and her pal SpongeBob SquarePants saddle up for Texas to save their town.

Release Date2024-10-01

DepartmentWriting

JobStory

Vote Count158

Phineas and Ferb The Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension

Phineas and Ferb get trapped in an alternate dimension where the evil Doofenshmirtz rules the tri-state area. They must find a way back home with the help of their pet platypus named Perry, who they discover is a secret agent.

Release Date2011-08-05

DepartmentCrew

JobAdditional Writing

Vote Count597

SpongeBob Squarepants: Kreepaway Kamp

While at Kamp Koral for a reunion, SpongeBob and the gang are stalked by a mysterious figure lurking in the shadows as campers start disappearing one by one!

Release Date2024-10-10

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count102

Camp Lazlo: Shorts

shorts featured on television and on the podcasts, and were created without the involvement of the creator, Joe Murray

Release Date2006-11-09

DepartmentWriting

JobStory

Episode Count14

Vote Count2

Phineas and Ferb: Mission Marvel

Phineas and Ferb team up with the Avengers to save the world from Dr. Doofenshmirtz and a group of dangerous supervillains.

Release Date2013-08-16

DepartmentArt

JobStoryboard Artist

Vote Count188

SpongeBob SquarePants Presents The Tidal Zone

GrandPat travels through alternate dimensions and timelines to get home.

Release Date2023-01-13

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count43

O.W.C.A. Files

When an attack on the O.W.C.A. incapacitates the animal agents, only Agent P and his animal trainees can save the day. Carl and Monogram fend for themselves.

Release Date2015-11-09

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count7

Phineas and Ferb: Last Day of Summer

On the inevitable 104th day of summer vacation, the season — and the series — is quickly coming to an end, and it’s Candace’s last chance to bust her brothers; who build huge playground equipment for the finale of summer. She is quickly foiled, but when she goes to return a DVD to Vanessa and finds Dr. Doofenshmirtz’s Do-Over-Inator, she finds an opportunity to redo the day, which results in other consequences like rips in the space-time continuum, the shortening of days and the disappearance of her brothers.

Release Date2015-06-15

DepartmentArt

JobStoryboard Artist

Vote Count35

SpongeBob LongPants

SpongeBob's personality changes when he starts wearing long pants.

Release Date2016-09-07

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count7

Phineas and Ferb: Summer Belongs to You!

It's the summer solstice, so Phineas, Ferb, and their friends decide to travel around the world in one day in an effort to create the "biggest, longest, funnest summer day of all time". But not everyone believes they can actually achieve what they have set out to do, especially Buford. Candace tags along because Jeremy is on a trip to Paris, and she fears that there he may meet other girls. Also, Isabella finds her affections for Phineas sorely tested when his steadfast focus on achieving his goal puts pressure on her. Meanwhile, Dr. Doofenshmirtz takes a father trip to Tokyo, Japan with Vanessa, but sets out with Perry and Major Monogram to find her when she joins Phineas, Ferb and the others.

Release Date2010-08-02

DepartmentArt

JobStoryboard Artist

Vote Count42

SpongeBob SquarePants: The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom

Tricks and treats strike Bikini Bottom in this haunting stop-motion spectacular! Nothing gives SpongeBob a fright on Halloween night - not even when the Flying Dutchman traps all his friends! Can SpongeBob get some sense scared into him and save his buds from a ghostly fate? Plus, you’ll shake in your square pants with this spooked-out stop-motion special!

Release Date2017-10-13

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

SpongeBob SquarePants: Sponge for Hire

More nautical nonsense as lovable sea sponge SpongeBob and his friends Patrick, Squidward, Mr Krabs and Sandy return for eight further deep-sea adventures. Episodes are: 'Krusty Krab Training Video'; 'Can You Spare a Dime?'; 'Missing Identity'; 'Krabby Land'; 'Wet Painters'; 'New Student Starfish'; 'Mid-Life Crustacean'; and 'The Camping Episode'.

Release Date2004-11-02

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

I'm Urchin You to Leave

SpongeBob and Patrick lure a sea urchin into the building.

Release Date2021-02-22

DepartmentWriting

JobStaff Writer

SpongeBob and Patrick's Timeline Twist-Up

When Patrick's time closet goes on the fritz, SpongeBob's history is re-written by the Star family.

Release Date2025-06-27

DepartmentWriting

JobWriter

Vote Count1

Thanks a Latte

Droopy pursues a rude customer for a tip

Release Date1999-06-12

DepartmentArt

JobArt Direction