Stephen Hillenburg directed The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie.
 He also directed The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie (2004), which he originally intended to be the series finale
" Called The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, the second film adaptation was released in 2015 to positive critical reception, currently holding a Rotten Tomatoes approval rating of 80 percent and an average rating of 6

