Michael DiMartino
RISD ’96 [Film/Animation/Video]
Michael Dante DiMartino, born in Point Place, Wisconsin 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 a dozen 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.