Oliva first started in animation as a cleanup artist for an animated FoxTV seriesSpider-Man in 1996 where he eventually started his career as a storyboard artist. He then moved to Sony Animation in 1997 and storyboarded on Extreme Ghostbusters. He would stay at Sony for the next five years where he worked on ' and then eventually becoming a director on the animated TV series ' which was then followed by Heavy Gear and Max Steel. Before leaving Sony, he storyboarded on Jackie Chan Adventures. He went on to work as storyboard supervisor on the Mike Young Productions/Mattel series He-Man and the Masters of the Universe and the follow upMasters of the Universe vs. the Snake Men. He was then hired as a storyboard artist for the first season of the hit series The Batman, after which then moved back to Sony Animation to direct the last season of Jackie Chan Adventures. While at Sony, he worked as storyboard artist on ' in 2005. 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 '. After which, he was then hired by The Walt Disney Company to storyboard on the critically acclaimed children's seriesMy Friends Tigger and Pooh. During this period he also worked as a storyboard artist on ' before moving one last time back to Marvel to direct Marvel Animation's '. He worked as a storyboard artist on Marvel's Hulk Vs and DC's Wonder Woman, both of which were deemed successful. After working on six other DC Comics projects such as ', ', ', ', ' and All-Star Superman, he was asked to once again direct an animated film but this time for WB/DC, ' which received many positive reviews. He also went on to direct many episodes of the hit Young Justice TV series. He also worked on '. In late 2012, he was assigned by Warner Bros. Animation to direct a two-part animated film, ', based on the comic book series of the same name by Frank Miller. Part 1 received a 100% score by Rotten Tomatoes. In 2013, he, along with Zack Snyder, storyboarded his first live-action feature film, Man of Steel, after which he was tasked to make ', based on the comic crossover, Flashpoint which received generally positive reviews. He was then tasked to helm the next animated movie from The New 52 series, ', and, along with Son of Batman director Ethan Spaulding, which would release in 2014. Spaulding replaced Oliva as director for the sequel ' based on the third Aquaman story by Geoff Johns. Oliva then directed the film Batman vs. Robin before working on Snyder's '. Oliva returned to directing for Warner Bros. Animation with . His first live-action Marvel Cinematic Universe film he storyboarded on was Ant-Man in 2015 as well as the Tim Miller film Deadpool in 2016. He worked as a storyboard artist on multiple episodes of The Flash. In 2016, he directed another WB/DC movie in Justice League Dark, a movie which was given an R rating and would be released digitally on January 24, 2017. He is currently splitting his time directing for WB/DC animated films and storyboarding live-action films and commercials. On August 29, 2017, however, Oliva confirmed that he no longer works for Warner Bros. In Singapore on November 8th 2018, Netflix announced it will produce an anime for Filipino graphic novel 'Trese.' It was Taito Okiura, Director International Originals - Anime, who made the exciting announcement. 'Trese' is a graphic novel created by Budjette Tan and illustrated by Kajo Balidissmo. Set in a Manila where the mythical creatures of Philippine folklore live in hiding amongst humans, Alexandra Trese finds herself going head to head with a criminal underworldcomposed of malevolent supernatural beings. According to Netflix, 'Trese' will be executively produced by Jay Oliva. Shanty Harmayn and Tanya Yuson at BASE Entertainment, a studio based in Jakarta and Singapore, will act as producers.
