Joaquim Dos Santos

Joaquim Dos Santos is an American television animation director. He is credited as background and character designer and director in Avatar: The Last Airbender and art director, character designer, director, executive producer, storyboard artist, and an additional voice in The Legend of Korra.

Television work

 * G.I. Joe: Resolute (director)
 * Justice League (director and storyboard artist)
 * Masters of the Universe vs. the Snake Men (storyboard artist)

Filmography

 * 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 and producer)
 * Justice League: The New Frontier (2008; video - storyboard artist)
 * The Invincible Iron Man (2007; video - additional storyboard)

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 renamed 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 D.C. Showcase short films, The Spectre and Jonah Hex.

Awards

 * 2009: Won an Annie Award for Avatar: The Last Airbender (Best Directing in an Animated Television Production or Short Form)

Trivia

 * He made his voice-acting debut as a minor comic-relief character with one line in "The Spirit of Competition".