Paul Sherman "Sherm" Cohen (born January 19, 1965) is an American storyboard artist, director, and writer.
He got his start in animation at Nickelodeon on The Ren and Stimpy Show as character layout artist, followed by a three-year stint on Hey Arnold!
In early 1998, Cohen was invited by Stephen Hillenburg to be part of the original SpongeBob SquarePants crew.
After the fourth season, Cohen left Nickelodeon to write and illustrate his first book for Walter Foster Publications, "Cartooning: Character Design".
[2] Cohen also began teaching classes in storyboarding at the Entertainment Art Academy in Pasadena, California.
From 2009–2010, Cohen worked on Disney's Kick Buttowski: Suburban Daredevil as storyboard supervisor, story editor, and director.