Steven Fonti

Steven Fonti
Born
Steven Patrick Fonti

(1970-06-16) June 16, 1970 (age 54)
Camarillo, California, U.S.
Occupations
  • Animator
  • storyboard artist
  • writer
Years active1993–present

Steven Fonti, also known as Steve Fonti (born June 16, 1970), is a Primetime Emmy Award winner[1] who has worked in the Art Department on movies such as Over the Hedge and Adam Sandler's Eight Crazy Nights, Cinderella III: A Twist in Time, Pooh's Heffalump Movie, Osmosis Jones and TV shows including The Simpsons, Family Guy and Futurama. He was also a writer and the storyboard director for Nickelodeon's animated series SpongeBob SquarePants.[2] He also worked on an episode of The Powerpuff Girls called "Catastrophe".

Fonti studied character animation at the California Institute of the Arts, where he produced a parody of Schoolhouse Rock! called Political Correction with fellow student Jory Prum in 1995.[3] The film was part of Spike and Mike's Festival of Animation in 1997.[4] His 1993 student film Yes Timmy, There is a Santa Claus was included in the 1998 Spike and Mike's Sick & Twisted festival.[5]

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