Michael Dante DiMartino is an American animation director best known as the co-creator, executive producer, and story editor of the hit Nickelodeon television series Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra. He is also, together with Bryan Konietzko, the co-chief creative officer of Avatar Studios, a production company that will work on future upcoming projects in the Avatar franchise.
Avatar: The Last Airbender credits[]
Executive producer[]
Story editor[]
Title designer[]
Writer[]
- 100. Unaired pilot
- 101. "The Boy in the Iceberg"
- 102. "The Avatar Returns"
- 103. "The Southern Air Temple"
- 108. "Winter Solstice, Part 2: Avatar Roku"
- 113. "The Blue Spirit"
- 118. "The Waterbending Master"
- 206. "The Blind Bandit"
- 212. "The Serpent's Pass"
- 213. "The Drill"
- 219. "The Guru"
- 310. "The Day of Black Sun, Part 1: The Invasion"
- 318. "Sozin's Comet, Part 1: The Phoenix King"
- 320. "Sozin's Comet, Part 3: Into the Inferno"
- 321. "Sozin's Comet, Part 4: Avatar Aang"
- "School Time Shipping" (short)
Storyboard artist[]
- 111. "The Great Divide"
- 113. "The Blue Spirit"
- 208. "The Chase"
- 220. "The Crossroads of Destiny"
- 305. "The Beach"
- 310. "The Day of Black Sun, Part 1: The Invasion"
- 314. "The Boiling Rock, Part 1"
- 318. "Sozin's Comet, Part 1: The Phoenix King"
- 321. "Sozin's Comet, Part 4: Avatar Aang"
Director[]
- 100. Unaired pilot
- 220. "The Crossroads of Destiny"
Additional voices[]
- 320. "Sozin's Comet, Part 3: Into the Inferno" (uncredited)[1]
Author[]
The Legend of Korra credits[]
Creator[]
Executive producer[]
Story editor[]
Writer[]
- 101. "Welcome to Republic City"
- 102. "A Leaf in the Wind"
- 103. "The Revelation"
- 104. "The Voice in the Night"
- 105. "The Spirit of Competition"
- 106. "And the Winner Is..."
- 107. "The Aftermath"
- 108. "When Extremes Meet"
- 109. "Out of the Past"
- 110. "Turning the Tides"
- 111. "Skeletons in the Closet"
- 112. "Endgame"
- 203. "Civil Wars, Part 1"
- 204. "Civil Wars, Part 2"
- 207. "Beginnings, Part 1"
- 214. "Light in the Dark"
- 305. "The Metal Clan"
- 309. "The Stakeout"
- 312. "Enter the Void"
- 402. "Korra Alone"
- 407. "Reunion"
- 413. "The Last Stand"
Storyboard artist[]
- 204. "Civil Wars, Part 2"
- 104. "The Voice in the Night"
- 408. "Remembrances"
Director[]
- 408. "Remembrances"
Additional voices[]
- 109. "Out of the Past" (uncredited)[2]
- 205. "Peacekeepers" (uncredited)[3]
Author[]
- The Legend of Korra—The Art of the Animated Series, Book One: Air
- The Legend of Korra—The Art of the Animated Series, Book Two: Spirits
- The Legend of Korra—The Art of the Animated Series, Book Three: Change
- The Legend of Korra—The Art of the Animated Series, Book Four: Balance
Comic writer[]
- Iss. #44. "Friends for Life"
- Iss. #50. "Lost Pets"
Graphic novel writer[]
- Turf Wars trilogy
- Ruins of the Empire trilogy
Avatar: Braving the Elements credits[]
Guest[]
- 2. "Origin Stories with Mike DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko Pt. 1"
- 3. "Origin Stories with Mike DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko Pt. 2"
- 47. "Book Two: Earth!"
- 60. "Creating an Icon: TOPH! with Mike DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko"
- 81. "Holiday Special: "Book Two: Earth" with Mike DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko"
- 90. "Remembering Mako with Michael DiMartino, Bryan Konietzko, & Andrea Romano"
- 94. ""The Crossroads of Destiny" with Michael DiMartino and Zach Tyler Eisen"
- 95. "The Origins of Toph Beifong with Mike DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko"
- 101. "Book Three: Fire"
- 101.5. "Secrets from the Vault: Zuko's Scar & Darker Themes from the Avatarverse"
- 106.5. "Secrets from the Vault: What about Book 4?"
- 136. "'Sozin's Comet: Part 3' with Mike DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko"
- 138. "Sozin's Comet: Part 4 with Mike DiMartino and Bryan Konietzko"
Chronicles of the Avatar[]
- Main article: Chronicles of the Avatar
- The Rise of Kyoshi (co-author)
- The Shadow of Kyoshi (co-author)
Avatar Studios credits[]
Producer[]
- Untitled first film from Avatar Studios (TBA)
Avatar: The Last Airbender (Netflix) credits[]
Writer[]
Selected other credits[]
Television work[]
- Mission Hill (director and storyboard artist)
- Family Guy (director and assistant director)
- King of the Hill (assistant director, director, and storyboard artist)
Filmography[]
- The Last Airbender (2010 - executive producer)
- Atomic Love (2003; short - director)
Biographical information[]
DiMartino began his training at the Rhode Island School of Design with Bryan Konietzko, with whom he created Avatar, graduating in 1996 with a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the Film and Animation Department. Mike later 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, including the 2003 Sundance and Los Angeles Film Festivals. The film also aired as part of the Nicktoons Film Festival on Nicktoons. His directing credits include the primetime animated series King of the Hill, Family Guy, and Mission Hill.
In 2002, DiMartino teamed up with friend and co-worker, Bryan Konietzko, to create the hit animated Nickelodeon series Avatar: The Last Airbender. DiMartino served as executive producer and story editor on the series, which ran for three seasons on Nickelodeon, from 2005 to 2008.
In a 2010 interview, the president of Nickelodeon, Cyma Zarghami, confirmed that Michael Dante DiMartino and Avatar: The Last Airbender co-creator Bryan Konietzko were developing a new series for the network, called The Legend of Korra. The series premiered on April 14, 2012, and ran for fifty-two episodes over four books, split across two distinct seasons.
In 2015, after The Legend of Korra had finished, DiMartino revealed that he was working on a series of fantasy novels called "Rebel Geniuses", with the first novel released on October 4, 2016. During San Diego Comic-Con later that year, he also announced that he would be continuing The Legend of Korra in the form of comics, albeit without Bryan Konietzko. On June 23, 2022, DiMartino's newly created fiction podcast Sundown: A Time Capsule Society Mystery was released as an Audible Original.[4]
DiMartino resides in Los Angeles, California and is a father to twins.[5]
Trivia[]
- DiMartino is in charge of overseeing plot developments in comics.[6]
- DiMartino consults Avatar Wiki from time-to-time in order to "fact check" his work.[7]
References[]
- ↑ DiMartino, Michael Dante & Konietzko, Bryan (July 29, 2008). "Sozin's Comet, Part 3: Into the Inferno" commentary. Book 3: Fire, Volume 4 DVD.
- ↑ DiMartino, Michael Dante; Konietzko, Bryan; Varney, Janet & Gabriel, Seychelle (July 9, 2013). "Out of the Past" commentary. Book One: Air Blu-ray.
- ↑ DiMartino, Michael Dante; Konietzko, Bryan; Hedrick, Tim & Hamilton, Joshua (July 1, 2014). "Peacekeepers" commentary. Book Two: Spirits Blu-ray.
- ↑ "Sundown: A Time Capsule Society Mystery Podcast. Audible. Retrieved on June 29, 2022.
- ↑ Michael Dante DiMartino on Wikipedia. Wikipedia. Retrieved on April 2, 2022.
- ↑ SDCC 2013: Legend Of Korra Team Talks Season 2. MTV (July 29, 2013). Retrieved on September 15, 2013.
- ↑ DiMartino, Mike (2013-07-25). "Creating Mythology: The Search for Zuko's Mother Continues...". MichaelDanteDiMartino.com. Retrieved on June 7, 2020. “When I look at sites like Avatar.wikia, I'm amazed at the volume of characters, places, and creatures that now exist in the Avatar universe. And to be honest, I've had to consult it now and then to fact check.”