Sam Liu
Sam Liu is an American animation producer, director, storyboard artist and character designer. He is best known for directing animated superhero films at both Marvel Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation.
Sam attended the University of California, Santa Cruz for fine art then went on to Art Center College of Design as an illustration major. While at UCSC he illustrated for the first Cyberpunk RPG from R. Talsorian Games.
Liu's first job was in comic books, penciling for Image Comics. In 1996, he moved to animation, directing ' and ' for Sony Animation. He later went to Sony Computer Entertainment of America to design characters for PlayStation, then came back to animation, winning a Daytime Emmy Award for his work on The Batman series in 2006. He was a sequence director for The Batman vs Dracula.
He has since worked on many animated films for Marvel Entertainment and Warner Bros. Animation, including All-Star Superman, ', Hulk Vs, Planet Hulk, ', and co-directing with Lauren Montgomery on ' and '. Liu was also the primary character designer for '. In 2010, Liu moved back to television, directing ' with Bruce Timm, and Beware the Batman with Glen Murakami.
He then directed the animated film ', its companion series ' written by Bruce Timm, the animated film Justice League vs. Teen Titans, the of ', the animated films ' and Batman and Harley Quinn, the of Gotham by Gaslight, and the animated film '.
Along with James Tucker, Liu co-directed the first-installment animated adaptation of The Death of Superman. Liu then directed the sequel animated adaptation Reign of the Supermen and the animated film Justice League vs. the Fatal Five. He then co-directed ' with Justin Copeland which came with the short which he solo produced and directed. Most recently, he directed the stand-alone .
