Background
Drymon was born in Morristown, a small town in far northern New Jersey to parents David E. Drymon (born November 30, 1944) and Madelina A. (née Licciardiello. June 7, 1946-June 29, 2007).
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Education
He attended Jefferson Township and Dover Public Schools as a child, and supposedly he enjoyed drawing and making comic books Drymon graduated from Jefferson Township High School in 1987. He attended the School of Visual Arts in New York to become an illustrator.
Career
He has worked on numerous animated cartoon productions of the 1990s and 2000s, best known for his work on Rocko"s Modern Life, SpongeBob SquarePants and Adventure Time. He has a sister named Jennifer Dare Ayers (née Drymon. Born 1972). After college, he was recruited by Disney feature animation for their internship program
Upon finishing the program he returned to New Jersey and then on to California.
Drymon was discovered by Nickelodeon in 1993. He moved to California to work as an animator for Nickelodeon.
In 1993, Drymon also began working as a storyboard artist and writer for Rocko"s Modern Life. lieutenant was here he met two of his future employers, Tim Hill and Stephen Hillenburg.
Hill was a writer, Hillenburg a co-producer and storyboard artist.
In 1997, Hillenburg created SpongeBob SquarePants. Drymon performed many duties on SpongeBob, including being a writer on all episodes, then supervising director and producer, and eventually creative director Drymon also worked on the Cartoon Network animated series Camp Lazlo.
Drymon worked on Tim Hill"s side project, the popular KaBlam! skit Action League Now!, as a storyboard artist.
He also wrote the Emmy Award-nominated episode of CatDog "Doggone". Drymon was an executive producer (with Fred Seibert) on the Cartoon Network series Adventure Time, created by Pendleton Ward for the show"s first season.
He was no longer credited on episodes starting with the second season. Drymon is now currently working at DreamWorks Animation.
