Michael Dante DiMartino

About

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

== Career ==
Before Avatar, DiMartino 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 penultimate episode of Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Avatar: The Last Airbender head writer Aaron Ehasz believed that a fourth season would be created, but this plan was interrupted when Konietzko and DiMartino decided to focus on assisting M. Night Shyamalan as executive producers for The Last Airbender film. Konietzko and DiMartino have denied Ehasz’s statements, asserting that a fourth season was never considered by them or Nickelodeon. Nonetheless, Konietzko and DiMartino stated they offered their input during the film’s production but it was largely ignored.
In a 2010 interview the president of Nickelodeon, Cyma…