Erik Wiese (aka Eric Eldritch) is a prolific storyboard artist, director and writer who is best known for his work on the animated series SpongeBob SquarePants, beginning with his character development and design for the pilot episode, "Help Wanted", as well as the co-creator of The Mighty B!, where he directed all of the episodes, and served as the creative director, executive producer, writer, voice director and storyboard artist for the series. He studied animation at the California Institute of the Arts. Wiese has been married to Cynthia True since May 10, 2007.