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name: "Stephen Sandoval"
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roles: ["Director"]
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updated: "2026-09-16T23:16:18.933416+00:00"
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# Stephen Sandoval

Director. Born in Fresno.

## Details

- **Work:** Director
- **Also known as:** Stephan Sandoval, Steve Sandoval

## Biography

Stephen Sandoval is an animation director and storyboard artist. He directed eight episodes of *Futurama* across its sixth and seventh seasons (2010–2013), having previously worked as a storyboard artist on the four direct-to-video films.

He has directed episodes of series including *Rick and Morty* (2014), *Gravity Falls* (2014–2016), *Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure* (2017–2019), *Tangled: Before Ever After* (2017) and *The Owl House* (2020). Earlier credits include storyboarding on *The Simpsons Movie* (2007) and directing on *Xiaolin Showdown* (2003–2006).

Sandoval began in comics, contributing as an artist and cover artist to titles published by Everette Hartsoe's London Night Studios in the mid-1990s.

*Sources: theinfosphere.org, imdb.com, futurama.fandom.com, keycollectorcomics.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Futurama* (1999), Fi1m 81, Director — [page](https://film.one/tv/futurama.md)

## Also known for

- *Rick and Morty* (2013), Director
- *The Simpsons Movie* (2007), Story Artist
- *Gravity Falls* (2012), Director
- *The Owl House* (2020), Storyboard, Director
- *Tangled: Before Ever After* (2017), Director
- *Xiaolin Showdown* (2003), Director
- *My Life as a Teenage Robot* (2002), Storyboard
- *Rapunzel's Tangled Adventure* (2017), Director

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