Jay Oliva (born in 1976) is an American storyboard artist, producer and animation film director of Filipino descent.
He studied at Servite High School then graduated at Loyola Marymount University and works at the Los Angeles-based animation studio he founded, Lex+Otis
. He is known for having storyboarded a large number of Marvel Comics and DC Comics adaptations (either animation or live-action, in both the Marvel Cinematic Universe and the DC Extended Universe in particular), and he's directed several DC Universe Animated Original Movies.
Among his non-DC/non-Marvel works, one of the most notable is the series Trese.
Works he's directed include:
- Army of the Dead: Lost Vegas (TBA)
- DC Animation:
- Young Justice (10 episodes)
- DC Universe Animated Original Movies:
- Hero Factory (LEGO animated series, 1 episode)
- Jackie Chan Adventures (3 episodes)
- Marvel Animation:
- RAID: Call of the Arbiter
- Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles (6 episodes)
- Trese
- Twilight of the Gods (TBA)
Tropes & Trivia in his works:
- Production Posse: He's worked extensively with Zack Snyder, storyboarding his DC Extended Universe films and working on the animated series Army of the Dead: Lost Vegas and Twilight of the Gods.
