Justin K. Thompson
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- Artist
- designer
- film director
- Various (1993–1999)
- Cartoon Network (2000–2005)
- Sony Pictures Animation (2006–present)
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Justin K. Thompson is an American artist, designer, and film director. He is best known as the production designer for the animated film Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018) and for co-directing its sequels Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) and Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse (2027).
By 1993, he began his career working on various projects at Disney Television Animation, DreamWorks Animation Television, and Film Roman.[1][2] In 2000, Thompson transitioned to Cartoon Network, working as a production designer on The Powerpuff Girls (2002–04), Samurai Jack (2003–04), and Star Wars: Clone Wars (2003–05).[3][2] In 2006, he moved to Sony Pictures Animation, where he served as a production designer on Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs (2009), its 2013 sequel, The Angry Birds Movie (2016), Smurfs: The Lost Village (2017), The Emoji Movie (2017), and Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse (2018).[1][4][5][6][7] In 2021, he made his directorial debut with Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023) with Joaquim Dos Santos and Kemp Powers.[5][8] In December 2024, it was reported that he would direct Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse (2027) alongside Bob Persichetti.[6][9][10]
Filmography
Feature films
| Year | Title | Director | Production designer |
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| 2009 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs | No | Yes | [5] |
| 2013 | Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs 2 | No | Yes | [5] |
| 2016 | The Angry Birds Movie | No | Yes | [4] |
| 2017 | Smurfs: The Lost Village | No | Yes | [4] |
| The Emoji Movie | No | Yes | [7] | |
| 2018 | Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse | No | Yes | [6] |
| 2023 | Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse | Yes | No | With Joaquim Dos Santos and Kemp Powers[11] |
| 2027 | Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse † | Yes | No | With Bob Persichetti In production[6] |
Television
| Year | Title | Production designer |
Other | Notes/Ref(s) |
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| 2002–04 | The Powerpuff Girls | Yes | Yes | Story writer (4 episodes) Storyboard artist (21 episodes)[4] |
| 2003–04 | Samurai Jack | Yes | Yes | Layout artist (2 episodes)[2] |
| 2003–05 | Star Wars: Clone Wars | Yes | Yes | Background animation supervisor (25 episodes)[3] |
