Justin K. Thompson
Justin K. Thompson is an American film director, production designer, and background animation supervisor. He is best known for co-directing the animated films Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse and Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse.
Career
By 1993, he began his career working on various projects at Disney Television Animation, DreamWorks Animation Television, and Film Roman. In 2000, Thompson transitioned to Cartoon Network, working as a production designer on The Powerpuff Girls, Samurai Jack, and Star Wars: [Clone Wars |Star Wars: Clone Wars]. In 2006, he moved to Sony Pictures Animation, where he served as a production designer onCloudy with a Chance of Meatballs, its 2013 sequel, The [Angry Birds Movie], Smurfs: [The Lost Village], The Emoji Movie, and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse. In 2021, he made his directorial debut with Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse with Joaquim Dos Santos and Kemp Powers. In December 2024, it was reported that he would direct Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse alongside Bob Persichetti.