Editing Jay Lender

{{short description|American television writer and director (born 1969)}}
{{no footnotes|date=February 2010}}
{{Infobox person
| name         = Jay Lender
| image        =
| caption      =
| birth_name   = Jay Lender
| birth_date   = {{birth date and age|1969|06|14}}
| birth_place  = [[New Haven, Connecticut]], U.S.
| known_for    = ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]''<br>''[[Phineas and Ferb]]''<br>''[[Hey Arnold!]]''
| occupation   = writer, storyboard artist, director, writer
| years_active = 1994{{ndash}}present
| website      =
}}
'''Jay Lender''' (born June 14, 1969) is an American television writer, storyboard artist and director. He is a former writer and storyboard director for ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]''. Previous to his work on ''SpongeBob'', Lender designed and drew backgrounds for [[Nickelodeon]]'s ''[[Hey Arnold!]]''. He is the son of the founder of [[Lender's Bagels]], [[Murray Lender]].

Since leaving [[Nickelodeon]], Lender has written scripts for video games with his writing partner [[Micah Wright]], and continues to develop animated series concepts as well as drawing the occasional SpongeBob comic strip for ''Nickelodeon Magazine''. Most recently, the duo worked together on ''[[Robocalypse]]'', a [[real-time strategy]] game for the [[Nintendo DS]].

Lender spent two years studying at the [[Rhode Island School of Design]] before transferring to [[CalArts]] where he specialized in animation. Lender has also directed two seasons of [[Disney Channel]]'s ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]''.

==Filmography==

===Film===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;"
! Year
! Film
! Role
! Notes
|-
| 1994
| ''[[The Pagemaster]]''
| additional special effects animator
|
|-
| 1997
| ''Loose Tooth''
| in between artist<br />scene planner
| special thanks
|-
| 2001
| ''Paper Clips''
| creative consultant
|
|-
| 2003
| ''[[Wonderful Days (film)|Wonderful Days]]''
| writer
|
|-
| 2016
| ''[[They're Watching]]''
| director and screenwriter
|
|-
| 2024
| ''[[Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie]]''
| storyboard artist
|
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable"
|- style="background:#b0c4de; text-align:center;"
! Year
! Film
! Role
|-
| 1996
| ''[[C Bear and Jamal]]''
| storyboard artist
|-
| 1996–1999
| ''[[Hey Arnold!]]''
| storyboard artist<br />layout designer
|-
| 1997
| ''[[The Angry Beavers]]''
| storyboard artist
|-
| 1999–2004
| ''[[SpongeBob SquarePants]]''
| writer<br />storyboard director<br />storyboard artist<br />songwriter<br />staff writer
|-
| 2009-2012
| ''[[Phineas and Ferb]]''
| director<br />assistant director
|-
|}

===SpongeBob SquarePants episodes===
* "[[Graveyard Shift (SpongeBob SquarePants)|Graveyard Shift]]" (writer, storyboard director)
* "[[Hall Monitor (SpongeBob SquarePants)|Hall Monitor]]" (writer, storyboard artist)
* "[[Rock-a-Bye Bivalve]]" (writer, storyboard director)
* "[[Big Pink Loser]]" (writer, storyboard director)
* "[[Neptune's Spatula]]" (writer, storyboard artist)
* "[[Pressure (SpongeBob SquarePants)|Pressure]]" (writer, storyboard director)
* "[[Plankton's Army]]" (writer, storyboard director)
* "[[Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy IV]]" (writer, storyboard director)
* "[[Valentine's Day]]" (writer, storyboard artist)
* "[[The Paper (SpongeBob SquarePants)|The Paper]]" (writer, storyboard artist)
* "[[Just One Bite]]" (writer, storyboard director)
* "[[Opposite Day]]" (writer, storyboard artist)
* "[[Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy II]]" (writer, storyboard artist)
* "[[Bubble Buddy]]" (writer, storyboard director)
* "[[Patty Hype]]" (writer, storyboard director)
* "[[Life of Crime (SpongeBob SquarePants)|Life of Crime]]" (writer, storyboard director)
* "[[I'm Your Biggest Fanatic]]" (writer, storyboard director)
* "[[Krusty Love]]" (writer, storyboard director)
* "[[The Fry Cook Games]]" (writer, storyboard director)
* "[[Sandy, SpongeBob, and the Worm]]" (writer, storyboard director)
* "[[SpongeGuard on Duty]]" (writer, storyboard director)
* "[[Can You Spare a Dime?]]" (writer, storyboard director)
* "[[Squilliam Returns]]" (writer, storyboard director)
* "[[Clams]]" (writer, storyboard director)
* "[[The Camping Episode]]" (writer, storyboard director, songwriter)
* "[[The Sponge Who Could Fly]]" (writer & storyboard director for live-action segments)

==Bibliography==
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Month
! Title
! Issue
! Story
! Publisher
! Notes
|-
| Jul. 2012 ||rowspan="5"| ''[[SpongeBob Comics]]'' || #9 || "Hold Still!" ||rowspan="5"| [[United Plankton Pictures]] ||rowspan="5"| Story
|-
| May 2015 || #44 || "The Secret of the Giant Pink Fuzzy Dice"
|-
| Jun. 2016 || #57 || "The Clarinet of Dr. Calamari"
|-
| Jul. 2016 || #58 || "Larry the Lobster (and Patrick) in: Crusoem Twosome"
|-
| Nov. 2016 || #62 || "Squidward's Mythological Madness"
|}

==External links==
* [http://www.jaylender.com/ Jay Lender home page]
* [http://www.evilscum.net/ Evilscum.net]
* [http://www.micahwright.com/ Micah Wright home page]
* [http://www.risd.edu/ Rhode Island School of Design, "RISD"]
* [http://www.calarts.edu/ California Institute of the Arts, "CalArts"]

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