Steven Fonti

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".

Steven Fonti
Born	Steven Patrick Fonti (1970-06-16) June 16, 1970 (age 54) Camarillo, California, U.S.
Occupations	Animator storyboard artist writer
Years active	1993–present

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]

References

1. "Emmy® Award Winners in Costumes for a Variety or Music Program and Individual Achievement Announced". Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. North Hollywood, California. 21 August 2007. Retrieved 6 February 2015. Steve Fonti, Storyboard Artist for Family Guy, episode: No Chris Left Behind, FOX / Fuzzy Door Productions in association with FOX TV Animation
2. "Steven Fonti – from SpongePedia, the biggest SpongeBob-wiki in the world!". Spongepedia. 2 May 2008. Retrieved 6 February 2015. He is also a writer and the storyboard director for nickelodeon's animated series, SpongeBob SquarePants.
3. Fonti, Steven; Prum, Jory (May 1996). "Political Correction". Vimeo. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
4. Holden, Stephen (20 June 1997). "Spike and Mike's Festival of Animation". New York Times. Retrieved 2 February 2015. Steven Fonti's "Political Correction" parodies "School House Rock" with a singsongy number that carries political correctness to insane extremes by insisting that white people be referred to as "persons of non-color" and dogs be known as "canine-Americans." A subject that seemed to have been milked for all its humor clearly still has a little juice left.
5. Petrakis, John (5 June 1998). "This 'Sick and Twisted' Animation Fest Not Worth Your Time". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 6 February 2015. And speaking of disgusting, the festival really lives up to its "Sick and Twisted" name with Steven Fonti's "Yes, Timmy, There Is A Santa Claus," which presents a gleefully sadistic St. Nick who gets off on bringing worthless and inappropriate gifts to handicapped children.

External links

• Steve Fonti at IMDb
• Political Correction on Vimeo
• "Yes, Timmy, There is a Santa Claus" on YouTube