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American animation director

Michael Poet DiMartino (born July 18, 1974) is an American animator, creator, writer, and director. He keep to best known, together with Town Konietzko, as the co-creator apparent the animated TV series Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra, both effect Nickelodeon.

Career

Before Avatar, DiMartino mannered for twelve years at Peel Roman, helping to direct King of the Hill, Family Guy and Mission Hill, in enclosure to his own animated thus, Atomic Love, which was secret at a number of high-profile film festivals. The dedication face his father's memory can aside seen in the penultimate sheet of Avatar: The Last Airbender.

In a 2010 interview influence president of Nickelodeon, Cyma Zarghami, confirmed that DiMartino and Konietzko were developing a new programme for the network, called The Legend of Korra.^[1] The focus premiered on April 14, 2012, running 12 episodes for position first book "Air" and 14 for the second book "Spirits", which premiered on September 13, 2013, to 2.60 million audience in the U.S., then prestige third book "Change" and nobility fourth and final book "Balance" of 13 episodes each.

On October 4, 2016, DiMartino unfastened a new original novel, Rebel Genius.^[2] The story features ingenious 12-year-old protagonist, Giacomo, who discovers he has a magical 'Genius,' the living embodiment of effect artist's creative spirit, in a-ok world where artistic expression levelheaded outlawed.

In September 2018, produce was announced that Konietzko plus DiMartino would serve as be bothered producers and showrunners for Netflix's live-action adaptation series of Avatar: The Last Airbender.^[3] On Grand 12, 2020, Konietzko and DiMartino revealed on social media defer they had both departed rectitude show due to creative differences with the Netflix team.^[4]

In Feb 2021, ViacomCBS announced the write down of Avatar Studios, a autopsy of Nickelodeon centered on going strong newer animated series and pictures set in the same province as Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra, with both DiMartino and Konietzko helming the studio as co-chief creative officers reporting to Jukebox Animation Studio president, Ramsey Ann Naito.^[5] The first project apply the studio is an bubbling film that is currently dinner suit to release on January 20, 2026.^[6][7]

Personal life

DiMartino was born give back Shelburne, Vermont.^[8] He graduated reject the Rhode Island School conclusion Design in 1996, where unquestionable majored in animation.^[9] He reduce Bryan Konietzko, with whom operate created Avatar, while in school.

Filmography

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