---
name: "Jay Lender"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/jay-lender"
fi1m_id: "jay-lender"
imdb_id: "nm1083610"
tmdb_id: 1579739
wikidata_id: "Q3163237"
roles: ["Director"]
born: "14 June 1969"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "director"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-24T02:06:52.987653+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Jay Lender

## Identity

Jay Lender

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/jay-lender
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** jay-lender
- **IMDb ID:** nm1083610
- **TMDB ID:** 1579739
- **Wikidata ID:** Q3163237
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Lender, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3163237, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1083610/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1579739

Director. Born 14 June 1969 in New Haven, Connecticut, U.S..

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Born:** 14 June 1969, New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.
- **Active:** 1999–2007
- **Also known as:** Джей Лендер, Dzhey Lender, James Stephen Lender
- **Frequently works with:** [Bobby Gaylor](https://film.one/person/bobby-gaylor.md), [Chris Headrick](https://film.one/person/chris-headrick.md), [Dan Povenmire](https://film.one/person/dan-povenmire.md), [Kaz](https://film.one/person/kaz.md), [Kent Osborne](https://film.one/person/kent-osborne.md), [Marc Ceccarelli](https://film.one/person/marc-ceccarelli.md), [Mike Bell](https://film.one/person/mike-bell.md), [Sherm Cohen](https://film.one/person/sherm-cohen.md)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Lender, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3163237, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1083610/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1579739

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Phineas and Ferb*](https://film.one/tv/phineas-and-ferb.md) (80)

For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country.

## Biography

Jay Lender (born 14 June 1969) is an American television writer, storyboard artist and director. He worked on the first three seasons of *SpongeBob SquarePants* (1999) as a writer and storyboard director, and directed episodes of *Phineas and Ferb* (2007).

Prior to *SpongeBob SquarePants*, he designed and drew backgrounds for Nickelodeon's *Hey Arnold!* (1996–1999). He is the son of Murray Lender, founder of Lender's Bagels. Lender studied for two years at the Rhode Island School of Design before transferring to CalArts to specialise in animation. After leaving Nickelodeon, he wrote scripts for video games with his writing partner Micah Wright.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, spongebob.fandom.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Phineas and Ferb* (2007), Fi1m 80, Director, Assistant Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/phineas-and-ferb.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *SpongeBob and Patrick's Timeline Twist-Up* (2025), Original Story
- *Saving Bikini Bottom: The Sandy Cheeks Movie* (2024), Storyboard Artist
- *I'll Get You! Holidays* (2021), series, Series Director
- *They're Watching* (2016), Writer, Director
- *Phineas and Ferb the Movie: Across the 2nd Dimension* (2011), Sequence Supervisor
- *Phineas and Ferb* (2007), series, Director, Assistant Director — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/tv/phineas-and-ferb.md)
- *SpongeBob Squarepants - Absorbing Favorites* (2005), Storyboard, Storyboard Artist, Writer
- *Spongebob Squarepants: Fear of a Krabby Patty* (2005), Storyboard Artist, Writer, Storyboard
- *SpongeBob SquarePants: Home Sweet Pineapple* (2005), Storyboard Artist, Storyboard, Writer
- *SpongeBob SquarePants: Sponge for Hire* (2004), Writer, Storyboard
- *SpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeGuard on Duty* (2004), Storyboard, Writer
- *SpongeBob SquarePants: SpongeBob Goes Prehistoric* (2004), Storyboard, Writer
- *SpongeBob SquarePants: The Seascape Capers* (2004), Storyboard, Storyboard Artist, Writer
- *SpongeBob Squarepants: Christmas* (2003), Storyboard, Writer
- *SpongeBob SquarePants: Tide and Seek* (2003), Storyboard, Writer, Storyboard Artist
- *Wonderful Days* (2003), Writer
- *Spongebob Squarepants: Lost at Sea* (2003), Writer, Storyboard Artist, Storyboard
- *SpongeBob Squarepants: Tales from the Deep* (2003), Storyboard Artist, Writer, Storyboard
- *SpongeBob SquarePants: Sea Stories* (2002), Writer, Storyboard, Storyboard Artist
- *SpongeBob SquarePants - Nautical Nonsense and Sponge Buddies* (2002), Writer, Storyboard
- *SpongeBob SquarePants* (1999), series, Storyboard Artist, Writer, Director
- *The Angry Beavers* (1997), series, Storyboard Artist
- *theBluVR*, Writer

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