Английская Википедия:Aaron Waltke

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Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox person Aaron John Waltke (born August 8, 1984) is an American screenwriter and Emmy-winning, Annie-nominated executive producer and showrunner. He is best known for his work on Guillermo del Toro's Trollhunters (2016–2018), Wizards: Tales of Arcadia (2020), Unikitty! (2018–2020), and Star Trek: Prodigy (2021–present). In 2020, he was named by The College Magazine as one of its "20 under 40" List.

Early life

Aaron Waltke was born and raised in Greenwood, Indiana, in the suburbs of Indianapolis and spent some of his childhood on the islands of Sanibel-Captiva in the Gulf of Mexico. He attended Indiana University Bloomington, where he majored in Psychology before changing his focus to Telecommunications, English and Theatre. While there, he began directing live theatre, performing sketch comedy, and writing screenplays. He eventually moved to Los Angeles where his work was shown at venues including The Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, iO West, The Comedy Store, and the L.A. Comedy Shorts Film Festival.

Career

Film and television

Waltke began his television career producing and directing documentaries for PBS affiliate WTIU. After moving to Los Angeles, he was hired by The National Lampoon as a writer and producer to create original content.

In 2012, he was hired to write a live-action feature film adaptation of The Brave Little Toaster. He was later hired to adapt a live action feature film version of the popular comic strip Heathcliff for the same company.

In 2014, he joined Guillermo del Toro's award-winning Netflix series Trollhunters produced by DreamWorks Animation, for which he was twice-nominated and won an Emmy Award in the category of "Best Writing for an Animated Program," and was nominated for an Annie Award.

He later became co-executive producer and co-showrunner on the final installment of the franchise, Wizards: Tales of Arcadia, for which he co-wrote the pilot with del Toro. He won a Kidscreen Award for "Best New Series" and was nominated for an Emmy for "Outstanding Children's Animated Series".

In 2017, he served as a head writer for a Cartoon Network spinoff of The LEGO Movie entitled Unikitty! produced by Warner Bros. Animation. While there, he co-wrote an episode of Teen Titans Go! for the same creative team.

In July 2019, Waltke joined the Paramount+ television series Star Trek: Prodigy as a writer and producer, later co-executive producer and co-head writer for the project. He previously collaborated with the show's creators, The Hageman Brothers, on Trollhunters. In 2022, he was nominated for an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Animated Series" for his work on the show. In 2023, his work received a nomination for a Television Critics Association Award in the category of "Outstanding Achievement in Family Programming."

In October 2020, Legion M announced that Waltke was attached to develop and executive produce an adult animated feature film with Powerhouse Animation based on George Mann's Ghosts of Manhattan novels, an action sci-fi noir story set in an alternate history 1920s New York.

In 2023, Waltke was hired to develop the story and script for the forthcoming feature film Transformers One, a prequel film in the Transformers franchise.

Comics and graphic novels

In 2023, Waltke was announced as a writer for DC Comics in the upcoming anthology, How to Lose a Guy Gardner in 10 Days. The anthology will explore the strange world of superhero romance in the DC Universe.

Personal life

Waltke is married to fellow writer and published mystery author Ellen Tremiti. They reside in Los Angeles.

Waltke engages in youth activism and outreach. He was the keynote speaker at the 2018 RESET Technology & Creativity Conference, a bi-national event between El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, Chihuahua, aimed at encouraging youth innovation, creativity, and opportunity across the Mexico–US border.

Selected filmography

Aaron Waltke film and television work

Year	Title	Credit
2008–2010	National Lampoon's College Network	Writer, Producer, Director
2012–2013	Game Program Attack	Writer (7 episodes)
2016–2018	Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia	Writer (52 episodes)
2017	Teen Titans Go!	Writer (1 episode)
2018–2020	Unikitty!	Head Writer (56 episodes)
2020	Wizards: Tales of Arcadia	Showrunner, Co-Executive Producer, Head Writer (10 episodes)
2021–2023	Star Trek: Prodigy	Producer, Co-Executive Producer, Writer, Head Writer (40 episodes)
2024	Transformers One	Story Development

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Шаблон:Abbr
2013	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Creative Achievement In Interactive Media	The 3rd Annual Streamy Awards	Шаблон:Nom
2018	Kidscreen Awards	Best Writing	Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia	Шаблон:Won
	Annie Awards	Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production		Шаблон:Nominated
	Daytime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Writing in an Animated Program		Шаблон:Won
2019		Outstanding Writing for an Animated Program		Шаблон:Nominated
2021		Outstanding Children's Animated Series	Wizards: Tales of Arcadia	Шаблон:Nominated
	Kidscreen Awards	Best New Series		Шаблон:Won
2022	Children's and Family Emmy Awards	Outstanding Animated Series	Star Trek: Prodigy	Шаблон:Nominated
2023	Television Critics Association Awards	Outstanding Achievement in Family Programming		Шаблон:Nominated

External links

• Aaron Waltke on Twitter