Rayfield Michael "Ray" DeLaurentis (born December 29, 1958) was a writer, story editor or co-producer for 32 episodes between seasons 7 and 10. He started on the show by co-writing "Anti-Poof". His first story writing position appeared in "Add-a-Dad", where he co-wrote the story with Butch Hartman while DeLaurentis made his very first story in "9 Lives!", though he was uncredited.[citation needed] His first solo writing episode was "Mice Capades". He has one episode that he wrote the story for by himself, which is "Timmy's Secret Wish!" He co-produced "Dinklescouts", "I Dream of Cosmo", "Turner & Pooch", "Dumbbell Curve". and "Fairly Odd Fairy Tales". This was not the first time he wrote for an animated series as he co-created and co-wrote the infamous Bubsy cartoon pilot that failed to be greenlit into a series. He also co-created the Nickelodeon animated pilot Knight and Dave with Butch Hartman, Will Schifrin, and Mike Dougherty in 2014.[1]
Outside of The Fairly OddParents!, DeLaurentis also worked on Shaggy and Scooby-Doo Get a Clue!, Coconut Fred's Fruit Salad Island!, T.U.F.F. Puppy, and some select episodes of two seasons of Pet Alien.
After the series was cancelled, he became a writer on Rainbow Butterfly Unicorn Kitty, which has since ended. Outside of Nickelodeon, DeLaurentis co-wrote the Disney+ animated films The Ice Age Adventures of Buck Wild and Night at the Museum: Kahmunrah Rises Again.