Joaquim Dos Santos

Joaquim Dos Santos is an American television director of animated cartoons.

Director

 * 3.02 "The Headband"
 * 3.05 "The Beach"
 * 3.08 "The Puppetmaster"
 * 3.11 "The Day of Black Sun, Part 2: The Eclipse"
 * 3.14 "The Boiling Rock, Part 1"
 * 3.16 "The Southern Raiders"
 * 3.20 "Sozin's Comet, Part 3: Into the Inferno"
 * 3.21 "Sozin's Comet, Part 4: Avatar Aang"

He also is credited as co-executive producer for The Last Airbender: The Legend of Korra.

Television work

 * G.I. Joe: Resolute (director)
 * Justice League (director, storyboard artist)

Other credits

 * DC Showcase: Jonah Hex (video short - producer)
 * DC Showcase: The Spectre (video short - producer)
 * DC Showcase: Superman/Shazam!: The Return of Black Adam (video short - director)
 * DC Showcase: Green Arrow (video short - director)
 * DC Showcase Original Shorts Collection (video)
 * Justice League: The New Frontier (video - storyboard artist)
 * The Invincible Iron Man (video - additional storyboard)
 * Avatar Spirits (documentary short)
 * Masters of the Universe vs. the Snake Men (storyboard artist)

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. He has also been confirmed as a co-executive producer of the upcoming animated series, The Legend of Korra.

Trivia

 * Some fans have nicknamed him "Dr. Fight" because of his skill at choreographing fight sequences and action set pieces.