Tom Yasumi

Visual Effects

Birthday	Aug 20, 1965 (59 years old)
Place of birth	Tokyo, Japan
Gender	Male

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Yoshito "Tom" Yasumi (born August 29, 1965 in Tokyo, Japan) is a Japanese-born American animator and director best known for his work on SpongeBob SquarePants as well as Rocko's Modern Life. Yasumi was the animation director on SpongeBob SquarePants from the beginning of the series to season 12. He also worked as an animation director on one other Nicktoon, Sanjay and Craig.