Jay Oliva (born 1976) is an American film director, producer, and storyboard artist working at Los Angeles–based animation studio Lex+Otis.

After working on a few DC animated TV series including Teen Titans and Justice League, he then moved to the Marvel/Lionsgate studios where he directed The Invincible Iron Man and Doctor Strange: The Sorcerer Supreme.

After which, he was then hired by The Walt Disney Company to storyboard on the critically acclaimed children's series My Friends Tigger & Pooh.

After working on six other DC Comics projects such as Green Lantern: First Flight, Superman/Batman: Public Enemies, Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths, Batman: Under the Red Hood, Superman/Batman: Apocalypse and All-Star Superman, he was asked to once again direct an animated film but this time for WB/DC, Green Lantern: Emerald Knights which received many positive reviews.

Oliva has also worked as a storyboard artist on multiple episodes of The CW's live-action TV adaptation of The Flash.

[7] In 2016, Oliva directed Justice League Dark, the first animated DC movie with an R rating and would be released digitally on January 24, 2017.

Set in Manila where mythical creatures of Philippine folklore live in hiding amongst humans, Alexandra Trese finds herself going head-to-head with a criminal underworld composed of malevolent supernatural beings.

Oliva will reunite with Zack Snyder and Netflix to develop an anime series based on Norse mythology titled Twilight of the Gods scheduled for release in late 2024,[10][11] as well as Army of the Dead: Lost Vegas, an anime prequel series to Army of the Dead, for which Oliva will serve as showrunner.