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 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.

Credits Edit

His credits on Family Guy are as follows:

• I Never Met the Dead Man (11 April 1999) - Director
• Brian: Portrait of a Dog (16 May 1999) - Director
• Death Is a Bitch (21 March 2000) - Director (as Michael Dante Dimartino)
• The Kiss Seen Around the World (29 August 2001) - director (re-takes)
• Mr. Saturday Knight (5 September 2001) - director (re-takes), Director
• A Fish out of Water (19 September 2001) - director (re-takes)
• Emission Impossible (8 November 2001) - director (re-takes)
• To Love and Die in Dixie (15 November 2001) - director (re-takes)
• Screwed the Pooch (29 November 2001) - director (re-takes)
• Peter Griffin: Husband, Father...Brother? (6 December 2001) - director (re-takes)
• Ready, Willing, and Disabled (20 December 2001) - director (re-takes)
• Brian Wallows and Peter's Swallows (17 January 2002) - director (re-takes)
• From Method to Madness (24 January 2002) - director (re-takes)
• Stuck Together, Torn Apart (31 January 2002) - director (re-takes), Director
• Road to Europe (7 February 2002) - director (re-takes)
• Family Guy Viewer Mail No. 1 (14 February 2002) - director (re-takes), Director (segment "Li'l Griffins")