Joaquim Dos Santos is a Portuguese-born American storyboard artist, director, producer, writer, and designer. He is best known for his directing work on the television series ''

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'', ''

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'', '' G.I. Joe: Resolute'', ''

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'', and '' Voltron: Legendary Defender''. He also serves as a co-director on the films '' Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse'' (2023) and '' Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse'' (2024).

Career

He was a storyboard artist for the animated series ''

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'' before being promoted in the show's renamed third season. He went on to direct half of the episodes of ''

'' alongside fellow

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director Dan Riba, including the final episode "Destroyer". He joined the staff of ''

'' in the middle of the show's second season as a storyboard artist, and began directing episodes in the third season, including the last two parts of the four-part series finale. He would later go on to work on ''Avatars sequel series ''

'', as he co-directed all of the first season alongside Ki Hyun Ryu and served as co-executive producer for the entire series. He also served as supervising director on the mini-series '' G.I. Joe: Resolute''. After that project, he moved back to

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, where he directed two ''

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'' short films: '' The Spectre'' (accompanying the '' Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths'' direct-to-video movie) and ''

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'' (on '' Batman: Under the Red Hood''). He also worked as an executive producer and co-showrunner on the animated series '' Voltron: Legendary Defender'' with

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. He is attached to direct '' Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse'' and '' Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse'', alongside

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and Justin K. Thompson.

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1977 births American art directors American storyboard artists American television directors American television producers Background artists Living people DreamWorks Animation people Nickelodeon people Sony Pictures Animation people {{tv-director-stub