Jay Lender
Directing
Jay Lender 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.
Known for
Directing4
tvI'll Get You! Holidays
2021
Series Director
movieThey're Watching
2016
Director
tvPhineas and Ferb
2007
Director, Assistant Director
tvSpongeBob SquarePants
1999
Director
Writing13
movieSpongeBob and Patrick's Timeline Twist-Up
2025
Original Story
movieSpongeBob SquarePants: The Seascape Capers
2004
Storyboard, Writer
movieSpongeBob Squarepants: Christmas
2003
Storyboard, Writer
movieSpongeBob SquarePants: Tide and Seek
2003
Storyboard, Writer
movieWonderful Days
2003
Writer
movieSpongebob Squarepants: Lost at Sea
2003
Writer, Storyboard
movieSpongeBob Squarepants: Tales from the Deep
2003
Writer, Storyboard
movieSpongeBob SquarePants: Sea Stories
2002
Writer, Storyboard
movieSpongeBob SquarePants - Nautical Nonsense and Sponge Buddies
2002
Writer, Storyboard
theBluVR
Writer
Art8
movieSaving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie
2024
Storyboard Artist
movieSpongeBob SquarePants: The Seascape Capers
2004
Storyboard Artist
movieSpongeBob SquarePants: Tide and Seek
2003
Storyboard Artist
movieSpongebob Squarepants: Lost at Sea
2003
Storyboard Artist
movieSpongeBob Squarepants: Tales from the Deep
2003
Storyboard Artist
movieSpongeBob SquarePants: Sea Stories
2002
Storyboard Artist
tvSpongeBob SquarePants
1999
Storyboard Artist
tvThe Angry Beavers
1997
Storyboard Artist
Acting1
tvFound Footage Finds
2025
Himself
Crew1
moviePhineas and Ferb The Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension
2011
Sequence Supervisor