Biography

Matthew Youngberg (born February 17, 1977) is an American writer, animator, storyboard artist, director, and producer, who is best known as co-creator of DuckTales (2017) alongside Francisco Angones.

Prior to DuckTales (2017), Youngberg had worked on Warner Bros. Animation series based on DC superheroes starting with Batman Beyond as a storyboard artist before rising up as a director on Teen Titans and The Batman. Youngberg continued working on superhero action based shows when moving to Cartoon Network as a director on Ben 10: Ultimate Alien and supervising producer on Ben 10: Omniverse and Transformers: Animated. He also directed the Skydance Animation short film Bad Luck Spot! (2023).