Bryan Konietzko
American animation director
Bryan Joseph Konietzko (born May 26, 1976) is an American animator, writer, producer, director, and voice actor. He is best known, together with Michael Dante DiMartino, as the co-creator and executive producer of the animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra. He also provided additional voice roles in both shows, most notably the Pirate Barker and Foaming Mouth Guy in Avatar: The Last Airbender and the Equalist Guard in The Legend of Korra.
Career
Konietzko has worked as a character designer at Film Roman for Family Guy and as assistant director for Mission Hill and King of the Hill. He was hired as a storyboard artist and art director for the Nickelodeon animated series Invader Zim in 2000. When Invader Zim concluded in 2002, Konietzko and his friend, Michael Dante DiMartino, were recruited by Eric Coleman to pitch their own series to Nickelodeon, which resulted in the creation of Avatar: The Last Airbender.
Between 2002 and 2014, Konietzko, together with DiMartino, were mainly occupied with writing and producing the animated series Avatar: The Last Airbender and its sequel The Legend of Korra for Nickelodeon. Konietzko's and DiMartino's long-standing creative partnership is collectively referred to as "Bryke" by fans, in reference to "shipping" naming conventions.
Avatar: The Last Airbender head writer Aaron Ehasz believed that a fourth season would be created, but this plan was interrupted when Konietzko and DiMartino decided to focus on assisting M. Night Shyamalan as executive producers for The Last Airbender film. Konietzko and DiMartino have denied Ehasz's statements, asserting that a fourth season was never considered by them or Nickelodeon.
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