Michael Dante DiMartino

DiMartino at the 2011 San Diego Comic-Con International.

Michael Dante DiMartino is an American animation director, best known as the co-creator, executive producer and story editor of the hit TV series Avatar: The Last Airbender on Nickelodeon. He studied at the Rhode Island School of Design with Bryan Konietzko, with whom he created Avatar. Before Avatar, Mike worked for twelve years at Film Roman, helping to direct King of the Hill, Family Guy, and Mission Hill in addition to his own animated short, Atomic Love, which was screened at a number of high profile film festivals. The dedication to his father's memory can be seen in the last episode of Avatar: The Last Airbender. In a 2010 interview the president of Nickelodeon, Cyma Zarghami, confirmed that Michael Dante DiMartino and Avatar: The Last Airbender co-creator Bryan Konietzko are developing a new series for the network, called The Last Airbender: Legend of Korra.^[1]

References

1. ^ Huff, Richard (2010-03-12). "Testing Soap-y waters: Nickelodeon to use 'Degrassi: The Next Generation' to try out telenovelas". New York: nydailynews.com. http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/tv/2010/03/12/2010-03-12_testing_soapy_waters_nickelodeon_to_use_degrassi_the_next_generation_to_try_out_.html#ixzz0hykkjzy5. Retrieved 2010-06-27. 

External links

• Michael Dante DiMartino at the Internet Movie Database
• Interview with Mike and Bryan at AvatarSpirit.Net

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