Joaquim Dos Santos

Joaquim Dos Santos is a Portuguese-American director and producer. He worked as a background and character designer for Book Two: Earth and as a director for Book Three: Fire of Avatar: The Last Airbender, and later as, among other positions, art director, director, and executive producer for The Legend of Korra.
== Avatar: The Last Airbender credits ==
=== Background designer ===
=== Character designer ===
=== Director ===
=== Comic artist ===
== The Legend of Korra credits ==
=== Art director ===
=== Director ===
=== Co-executive producer ===
52 episodes
=== Main character designer ===
52 episodes
=== Main title developer ===
52 episodes
=== Storyboard artist ===
=== Additional voice ===
DiMartino, Michael Dante; Konietzko, Bryan; Varney, Janet & Faustino, David (July 9, 2013). "The Spirit of Competition" commentary. Book One: Air Blu-ray.
=== Author ===
* The Legend of Korra—The Art of the Animated Series, Book One: Air
* The Legend of Korra—The Art of the Animated Series, Book Two: Spirits
* The Legend of Korra—The Art of the Animated Series, Book Three: Change
* The Legend of Korra—The Art of the Animated Series, Book Four: Balance
== Avatar: Braving the Elements credits ==
=== Guest ===
* 114. "'The Puppetmaster' with Joaquim Dos Santos"
== Selected other credits ==
=== Television work ===
* G.I. Joe: Resolute (director)
* Justice League (storyboard artist)
* Justice League Unlimited (director)
* Masters of the Universe vs. the Snake Men (storyboard artist)
* The Spectacular Spider-Man (storyboard artist)
* Voltron: Legendary Defender (executive producer)
=== Filmography ===
* Spider-Man: Beyond the Spider-Verse (2024; director)
* Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse (2023; director)
* Avatar Spirits (2010; documentary short - self)
* DC Showcase: Green Arrow (2010; video short - character designer and director)
* DC Showcase: Jonah Hex (2010; video short - character designer, director, and producer)
* DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection (2010; video - director)
* DC Showcase: Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam (2010; video short - director)
* DC Showcase: The Spectre (2010; video short - character designer, director, producer)
* Justice League: The New Frontier (2008; video - storyboard artist)
* The Invincible Iron Man (2007; video - additional storyboard)
== Biographical information ==
=== Career ===
Dos Santos is best known for his directing work on Justice League Unlimited and Avatar: The Last Airbender. He was a storyboard artist for Justice League before being promoted in the show's third season. He went on to direct half of the episodes of JLU alongside fellow DCAU director Dan Riba, including the final episode, "Destroyer". He joined the staff of Avatar: The Last Airbender in the middle of the show's second season as a storyboard artist and began directing episodes in the third season, including the last two parts of the four-part season finale. He recently finished working on G.I. Joe: Resolute, an animated series initially shown only on the web but later broadcast on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim programming block. After that, Dos Santos went back to Warner Bros. Animation, where he directed two DC Showcase short films, The Spectre and Jonah Hex. He is currently attached to direct the sequel to Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse, which is set to be released on June 2, 2023.
== Awards ==
* 2009: Won an Annie Award for Avatar: The Last Airbender (Best Directing in an Animated Television Production or Short Form)
* 2015: Won an Annie Award for The Legend of Korra (Storyboarding in an Animated Television Production; "Venom of the Red Lotus")
== Trivia ==
* Dos Santos made his voice-acting debut as a minor comic-relief character with one line in "The Spirit of Competition".
== References ==
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