Joaquim Dos Santos (Director)

Reviews of movies from director Joaquim Dos Santos

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Movies from this director have generally received positive reviews and hold an average rating of 73%.

Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse is Joaquim Dos Santos's highest rated movie, with a score of 85% based on 233 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Joaquim Dos Santos is DC Showcase: The Spectre, with a score of 68% based on 9 reviews.

Director Biography

Joaquim Dos Santos is a Portuguese-American television director of animated cartoons, best known for his directing work on Justice League Unlimited, Avatar: The Last Airbender and Legend of Korra. He was a storyboard artist for Justice League before being promoted to 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 also directed the mini-series G. I. Joe: Resolute. After that project, he moved back to Warner brothers. Animation, where he directed two DC Showcase short films: The Spectre (accompanying the Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths direct-to-video movie, and Jonah Hex on Batman: Under the Red Hood). He is now working as an executive producer and co-show runner on the animated series, Voltron: Legendary Defender, with Lauren Montgomery.

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

Joaquim Dos Santos has directed films starring Jason Schwartzman, J.K. Simmons, Neal McDonough and Andrew Garfield.

Joaquim Dos Santos has collaborated with these film directors: Kemp Powers and Justin K. Thompson.