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 was born in
Shelburne, Vermont.
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 Legend of Korra.