Final writing credits for live-action ATLA Season 1 have been submitted; Bryke wrote two episodes
With the final writing credits now submitted, Avatar: The Last Airbender and The Legend of Korra co-creators and Avatar Studios co-heads Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino (“Bryke”) co-wrote two episodes of Netflix’s eight-episode live-action Avatar: The Last Airbender Season 1: episode 1 and episode 6.
We already knew about episode 1, which was co-written between live-action showrunner Albert Kim and them.
What’s new is episode 6, the story of which was by Ubah Mohamed and Bryke and the script (aka “teleplay” in the world of TV) by Emily Kim (Marvel’s Spider-Gwen), Hunter Ries (Nick/Netflix), and Bryan only.
“Story by” + “teleplay by” = “written by”, so all the other episodes besides episode 6 had the same people for both story and script, and “teleplay by”/“written by” credits are for when someone has contributed at least 33% of a script when it comes to an adaptation. This isn’t because Bryke are the creators of the source material-- their credits for that will be separate and unrelated to episode writing credits.
Here’s the updated list for the season:
Episode 1: Albert Kim and Michael Dante DiMartino & Bryan Konietzko
Mike and Bryan: ATLA/TLOK creators, Avatar Studios heads
Episode 2: Joshua Hale Fialkov
Episode 3: Christine Boylan
The Punisher (Marvel, Netflix)
Episode 4: Keely MacDonald
He-Man and the Masters of the Universe (Netflix)
Episode 5: Gabriel Llanas
National Treasure: Edge of History (Disney+)
Episode 6: story by Ubah Mohamed and Bryan Konietzko & Michael Dante DiMartino, teleplay by Emily Kim & Hunter Ries and Bryan Konietzko
Emily Kim: Marvel’s Spider-Gwen
Hunter Ries: Nickelodeon, Netflix
Episode 7: Audrey Wong Kennedy
Amazing Stories (Apple TV+)
