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Joaquim Dos Santos

American storyboard artist and designer (born 1977)

Summary

American storyboard artist and designer (born 1977)

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name	Joaquim Dos Santos
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caption	Dos Santos in 2012
birth_name	Joaquim Aranha dos Santos
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birth_place	Lisbon, Portugal
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years_active	2002–present

Joaquim Aranha dos Santos (born July 22, 1977) is a Portuguese-born American storyboard artist, designer, director, producer, and writer. He is known for his directorial work on the television series Justice League Unlimited, Avatar: The Last Airbender, G.I. Joe: Resolute, The Legend of Korra, and Voltron: Legendary Defender, the latter of which he also worked on as a co-showrunner. He also co-directed the film Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023).

Early life and education

Dos Santos was born in Lisbon, Portugal, and moved to the United States when he was four years old, though he spent his summers in Portugal.

Career

He was a storyboard artist for the animated series Justice League before being promoted in the show's renamed third season. He went on to direct half of the episodes of Justice League Unlimited alongside fellow DC Animated Universe director Dan Riba, including the final episode "Destroyer". He joined the staff of Avatar: The Last Airbender 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 *Avatar'''s sequel series *The Legend of Korra'', 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 Warner Bros. Animation, where he directed two DC Showcase short films: The Spectre (accompanying the Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths direct-to-video movie) and Jonah Hex (on Batman: Under the Red Hood). He also worked as an executive producer and co-showrunner on the animated series Voltron: Legendary Defender with Lauren Montgomery. He directed Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse, alongside Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson. In December 2024, it was reported that he would not be returning to direct Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse.

Filmography

Year	Film	Role
2007	The Invincible Iron Man	additional storyboard artist
Superman: Doomsday	storyboard artist (as Joaquim Dos Santas)
2008	Justice League: The New Frontier	storyboard artist
Batman: Gotham Knight	storyboard artist ("Deadshot" segment)
2010	The Spectre	director, producer, storyboard artist, character designer
Jonah Hex	director, producer, storyboard artist, character designer
Green Arrow	director, producer, storyboard artist, character designer
Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam	director, producer, storyboard artist, character designer
2011	Green Lantern: Emerald Knights	storyboard artist
2023	Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse	director
2000–2001	Max Steel	storyboard artist, storyboard clean-up artist, 4 episodes
2001	Heavy Gear: The Animated Series	storyboard artist, 4 episodes
2001–2004	Justice League	storyboard artist, 22 episodes
2002	He-Man and the Masters of the Universe	storyboards, 1 episode
2004	Justice League: Starcrossed	storyboard, TV movie
Teen Titans	storyboard artist, 4 episodes
2004–2006	Justice League Unlimited	director, storyboard artist, 20 episodes
2006	Legion of Super Heroes	storyboard artist, 1 episode
2006–2008	Avatar: The Last Airbender	director, storyboard artist, additional storyboard artist, background designer, character designer, 12 episodes
2008	The Spectacular Spider-Man	storyboard artist, 2 episodes
2009	G.I. Joe: Resolute	supervising director, art director, character designer, 11 episodes
2012	Tron: Uprising	storyboard artist, 1 episode
2012–2014	The Legend of Korra	director, co-executive producer, art director, storyboard artist, main character designer, Mako's Fan (voice, uncredited), 52 episodes
2016-2018	Voltron: Legendary Defender	director, executive producer, writer, storyboard, 76 episodes
2021	Invincible	storyboard artist, 1 episode
2022	The Legend of Vox Machina	main title layout (uncredited), 11 episodes

References

(June 1, 2023). "Exclusivo: Joaquim Aranha dos Santos é um dos realizadores da nova aventura animada do Homem-Aranha e é português". [[CNN]] Portugal.
"Sony Pictures Animation".
Kroll, Justin. (December 17, 2024). "'Spider-Man: Beyond The Spider-Verse' Taps Bob Persichetti and Justin K. Thompson To Direct". Deadline.
(March 10, 2016). "DreamWorks and Netflix reveal Voltron: Legendary Defender animated series showrunners".
Kit, Borys. (November 27, 2018). "'Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse' Sequel and All-Female Spinoff in the Works From Sony (Exclusive)".
D'Alessandro, Anthony. (April 20, 2022). "'Spider-Man: Across The Spider-Verse' Heads To Summer 2023; Sony Dates 'Madame Web', 'Equalizer 3' Among Other Release Changes".

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