Merriwether Williams
Merriwether St. John Williams (born March 28, 1968) is an American television writer, former Nickelodeon executive, and voice actress whose writing credits include SpongeBob SquarePants, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, Camp Lazlo, Adventure Time, and Pig Goat Banana Cricket.
Career
[edit | edit source]After leaving the executive ranks at Nickelodeon, she wrote outlines for SpongeBob SquarePants[1][2][3] and a couple episodes of The Angry Beavers. In 2003, she developed and became the show-runner and head writer of the short-lived Showtime animated sitcom Free For All. In 2005, she became the head of story for Camp Lazlo at Cartoon Network.
More recently, Williams has written several episodes for Adventure Time, Littlest Pet Shop, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, and Pig Goat Banana Cricket. She has also written an episode for Johnny Test and Pound Puppies. She is formerly co-producer and writer on Billy Dilley's Super-Duper Subterranean Summer.[4][5]
She has also co-written the films Good Time Max, The Ape, and Fool's Gold with actor James Franco.
Filmography
[edit | edit source]Television
[edit | edit source]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1996–1997 | Aaahh!!! Real Monsters | Story Editor | Seasons 3–4 |
| Rugrats | Story Consultant | Season 4 | |
| 1997–2000 | The Angry Beavers | Story Editor & Writer | |
| 1998–2000 | The Wild Thornberrys | Story Editor & Story Consultant | |
| 1999 | Fashionably L.A. | Actress | Receptionist |
| KaBlam! | Additional Writing | Segment: Stewy the Dogboy | |
| 1999–2004 | SpongeBob SquarePants | Story Editor, Writer, & Executive Story Editor, Actress, Story | Actress of Subliminal Message Girl |
| 2003 | Free for All | Developer, Writer, & Executive Producer | |
| 2005–2008 | Camp Lazlo | Story & Story Editor | |
| 2010–2011 | Adventure Time | Story & Story Editor[6] | Seasons 1–2 |
| 2011 | Johnny Test | Writer | Episode: "Johnny's World Record" |
| 2011–2013 | My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic | Writer & Songwriter | Seasons 2–4 |
| 2012 | Pound Puppies | Writer & Songwriter | Episode: "Salty" |
| 2012–2014 | Littlest Pet Shop | Writer: Story & Teleplay | Seasons 1–3 |
| 2013 | SheZow | Writer | Episode: "SheZon's Greetings" |
| 2015–2017 | Pig Goat Banana Cricket | Writer, Story | |
| 2017 | Billy Dilley's Super-Duper Subterranean Summer | Co-producer, Writer and Story Editor | TBA |
Film
[edit | edit source]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | The Ape | Writer: Screenplay | |
| 2005 | Fool's Gold | Writer: Screenplay | |
| 2007 | Diggs Tailwagger | Writer | Pilot |
| 2007 | Where's Lazlo? | Story | TV movie |
| 2007 | Good Time Max | Writer | |
| 2016 | Toasty Tales | Writer & Story Editor |
References
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External links
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- American women screenwriters
- Living people
- American television writers
- 1968 births
- 20th-century American writers
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- 21st-century American women writers
- 20th-century American women writers
- Primetime Emmy Award winners
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