Spider Man: Across the Spider-Verse

With over 20 years of experience in the animation industry, Justin K. Thompson has contributed his work to some of the most groundbreaking television programs. Over the past ten years, he has made the transition to visual development and production design on digitally animated feature films. He previously served as the production designer for "Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse," for which he received an Annie Award from ASIFA-Hollywood for Outstanding Achievement for Production Design in an Animated Feature Production, and a nomination from the Art Directors Guild for Excellence in Production Design for an Animated Film. Thompson has also served as a visual development artist on a number of projects at Disney Television Animation, DreamWorks SKG Television and Film Roman.

Joaquim Dos Santos has directed, produced, and storyboarded on a variety of animated television shows such as Nickelodeon’s “The Legend of Korra” and "Avatar: The Last Airbender," DreamWorks Animation’s "Voltron: Legendary Defender" and Warner Bros.’ "Justice League Unlimited" and "Teen Titans." Dos Santos began his career 20 years ago at Sony Pictures Television in their TV department working on animated series like "Roughneck: The Starship Troopers Chronicles" and "Men in Black: The Series."

Kemp Powers Powers is a Golden Globe®-winning and Academy Award®-nominated screenwriter, playwright, producer and director who was named one of Variety's 2020 "10 Screenwriters to Watch." He is currently working on two separate features for Netflix - "Ireedeemable," with Jeymes Samuels directing and Jay-Z, Samuels, and James Lassiter producing; and "Eloquent," with Higher Ground producing, is based on David W. Blight’s Pulitzer Prize-winning biography Frederick Douglass: Prophet of Freedom. Powers also co-wrote and co-directed the Oscar-winning "Soul" for Pixar Animation Studios and wrote for the popular CBS All Access series, "Star Trek: Discovery."" His stage plays include "One Night in Miami...,"Little Black Shadows," "Christa McAuliffe’s Eyes Were Blue," "The Two Reds"" and "A Negro by Choice." Prior to his work in stage, television and film, Powers was a journalist for 17 years.