Jay Oliva

An animation industry veteran since 1996, Oliva has directed a dozen animated films for both Marvel and DC, including The Dark Knight Returns and the acclaimed Young Justice series.
In 2012, Oliva was recruited by Zack Snyder to storyboard the DC Cinematic Universe, beginning with Man of Steel. Oliva has worked on both the DC cinematic universe as well as the Marvel cinematic universe. In 2018, Oliva founded Lex + Otis as an independent, artist-driven TV and film animation studio. He is currently the showrunner for multiple animated series, including Trese and Ark the animated series.