Merriwether Williams
{{Short description|American voice actress}}
Merriwether St. John Williams (born March 28, 1968) is an American television writer, former Nickelodeon executive and actress, who has worked on television shows such as SpongeBob SquarePants, My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic, Camp Lazlo, Adventure Time and Pig Goat Banana Cricket.
Career
After leaving the executive ranks at Nickelodeon, she wrote outlines for SpongeBob SquarePants{{cite web|title=Writer Appreciation Day 2: Merriwether Williams|url=http://www.roundstable.com/2012/08/15/writer-appreciation-day-2-merriwether-williams/|work=The Round Stable|accessdate=May 25, 2013|date=August 15, 2012|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622073845/http://www.roundstable.com/2012/08/15/writer-appreciation-day-2-merriwether-williams/|archivedate=June 22, 2013}}Banks 2004, p. 10{{cite news | author = Drymon, Derek | title = The Oral History of SpongeBob SquarePants | work = Hogan's Alley #17 | year = 2010 | accessdate = September 21, 2012 | url = http://cartoonician.com/the-oral-history-of-spongebob-squarepants/ | publisher = Bull Moose Publishing Corporation | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150831044034/http://cartoonician.com/the-oral-history-of-spongebob-squarepants/ | archive-date = August 31, 2015 | url-status = dead }} 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.{{Cite web|url=http://www.toonzone.net/forums/threads/billy-dilleys-super-duper-subterranean-summer-news-discussion-thread.5501022/|title = "Billy Dilley's Super Duper Subterranean Summer" News & Discussion Thread}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.sbmania.net/forums/topic/48999-aaron-springer-and-merriwether-williams-are-working-on-something-new-for-disney/|title = Aaron Springer and Merriwether Williams are working on something new for Disney!| date=29 October 2015 }}
She has also co-written the films Good Time Max, The Ape, and Fool's Gold with actor James Franco.
Filmography
=Television=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| rowspan="2" | 1996–1997
| Story Editor | Seasons 3-4 |
| Rugrats
| Story Consultant | Season 4 |
| 1997–2000
| Story Editor & Writer | |
| 1998–2000
| Story Editor & Story Consultant | |
| rowspan="2" | 1999
| Actress | Receptionist |
| KaBlam!
| Additional Writing | Segment: Stewy the Dogboy |
| 1999–2004
| Story Editor, Writer, & Executive Story Editor, Actress, Story | Actress of Subliminal Message Girl |
| 2003
| Developer, Writer, & Executive Producer | |
| 2005–2008
| Story & Story Editor | |
| 2010–2011
| Story & Story Editor{{cite book|last=McDonnell|first=Chris|title=Adventure Time: The Art of Ooo|date=2014|publisher=Harry N. Abrams|isbn=978-1-4197-0450-5|page=35|quote=Cartoon Network management decided to hire some experienced help in several key position to nudge the production toward smoother operation. Derek Drymon was brought on as an executive producer. Merriwether Williams was hired as story editor. Nick Jennings was hired as art director. All three were veterans of SpongeBob SquarePants}} | Seasons 1-2 |
| 2011
| Writer | Episode: "Johnny's World Record" |
| 2011–2013
| My Little Pony: Friendship Is Magic | Writer & Songwriter | Seasons 2-4 |
| 2012
| Writer & Songwriter | Episode: "Salty" |
| 2012–2014
| Writer: Story & Teleplay | Seasons 1-3 |
| 2013
| SheZow | Writer | Episode: "SheZon's Greetings" |
| 2015–2017
| Writer, Story | |
| 2017
| Billy Dilley's Super-Duper Subterranean Summer | Co-producer, Writer and Story Editor | TBA |
=Film=
| class="wikitable sortable" |
| Year
! Title ! Role ! Notes |
|---|
| 2005
| The Ape | Writer: Screenplay | |
| 2005
| Writer: Screenplay | |
| 2007
| Writer | Pilot |
| 2007
| Story | TV movie |
| 2007
| Writer | |
| 2016
| Writer & Story Editor | |
References
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External links
- {{IMDb name|1059729}}
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Category:American women screenwriters
Category:American television writers
Category:20th-century American writers
Category:21st-century American writers
Category:21st-century American women writers
Category:20th-century American women writers
Category:Primetime Emmy Award winners
Category:American women television writers
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