David Jerome Wasson (born September 11, 1968) is an American animator, storyboard artist, director, producer, writer, and voice actor. He graduated from the California Institute of the Arts with a B.F.A. Wasson created the Cartoon Network original series Time Squad, before going on to develop Star vs. the Forces of Evil on which he is also a director, writer, and executive producer, and directing and writing on the series Mickey Mouse Shorts. He was the supervising director of Making Fiends and was the executive producer and director of the series The Buzz on Maggie. He is also the author and illustrator of the children's book The Big Ideas of Buster Bickles. Wasson is currently developer and executive producer of The Cuphead Show! for Netflix.