FILMMAKERS
Steve Drucker – Executive Producer
Steve Drucker is Vice President of IP Development at Hasbro. In this role he has led Hasbro's Design and Intellectual Property teams in the development of a wide range of animated programs and DVD releases, including Transformers Armada, Energon and Cybertron, as well as Transformers Animated on Cartoon Network; the GI JOE direct-to-DVD movies Spy Troops and Valor vs. Venom; and the GI JOE 26-episode series Sigma 6. Steve came to Hasbro from Kenner Toys after working previously at Cap Toys, Shelcore Toys and Olmec Toys in design and project management.
Sam Register - Executive Producer
Sam Register is Executive Vice President, Creative Affairs, at Warner Bros. Animation., where he spearheads creative efforts for the development and production of new programming and content for all distribution outlets. A veteran of the animation industry, he has developed and produced such hit programs as “Ben 10”, “Teen Titans”, “Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi”, and the hit microseries “Star Wars: Clone Wars”. He is also executive producer for “Transformers Animated” on Cartoon Network.
Joaquim Dos Santos - Supervising Director/ Art Director
Joaquim Dos Santos is an animation director based out of Los Angeles, CA. He is best known for his work on Justice League Unlimited for Warner Bros. and Avatar the Last Airbender for Nickelodeon. During his time away from the art desk, he enjoys practicing Brazilian Jiu- Jitsu, playing video games and spending time with his beautiful wife Sharon.
Dave Johnson - Lead Art Director
Reverend Dave "Soft batch" Johnson hails from Atlanta but now lives in Los Angeles and is a man of many skills. Animation designer, comic book cover/interior artist, builder of Samurai armor out of garbage cans. And after 20 years of trying, he has yet to do something in art that he doesn't hate within a weeks time. The struggle continues.
Dan Norton – Lead Art Designer
Dan Norton is a 17 year comic veteran. Since starting his career at Wildstorm Comics at the age of 20 where he developed the Black Ops book series, Dan has contributed to a wide range of titles including X-men, Transformers and Spiderman; movies like Ultraviolet and Gatchaman; and major video games like Star Wars: Episode 3 and Everquest. Now Dan is excited to flex his skills in the animation world with one of his most treasured childhood memories: G.I.JOE.
Jackie Buscarino – Producer
Jackie Buscarino has been in animation production for some time. She has worked on the likes of hit shows such as SpongeBob, Dexter's Lab and Powerpuff Girls. GI Joe Resolute is her first experience on an action show. She also makes tasteless short films and writes for The Marvelous Misadventures of Flapjack. She dreams of meeting Liza Minelli one day.
Felipe Salazar – Editor
Felipe Salazar was born and raised in Los Angeles. After graduating from film school he began his career in Post Production on Adult Swim’s Metalocalypse. Editing on GI Joe Resolute was a revival of his childhood as he still has his entire GI Joe collection.
