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Aaron John Waltke (born August 8, 1984)[1] is an American screenwriter and Emmy-winning, Annie-nominated executive producer and showrunner.[2] 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).[3][4] In 2020, he was named by The College Magazine as one of its "20 under 40" List.[5]

Aaron Waltke
Waltke at the 2018 Annie Awards
Born	(1984-08-08) August 8, 1984 (age 38) Indianapolis, Indiana, United States
Nationality	American
Other names	Aaron J. Waltke
Occupation	screenwriter and television producer
Notable work	Trollhunters (Writer) Wizards: Tales of Arcadia (Showrunner, Co-Creator, Writer & Co-Executive Producer) Unikitty! (Co-head writer) Star Trek: Prodigy (Writer & Co-Executive Producer)
Spouse	Ellen Tremiti ​ (m. 2016)​

Early life

Aaron Waltke was born and raised in Greenwood, Indiana, in the suburbs of Indianapolis.[6] He attended Indiana University Bloomington, where he majored in Psychology before changing his focus to Telecommunications, English and Theatre.[7] While there, he began directing live theatre, performing sketch comedy, and writing screenplays.[8] 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.[9]

Career

Film & 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 for their online comedy and college television networks.[10]

In 2012, he was hired to write a live-action feature film adaptation of The Brave Little Toaster.[11] He was later hired to adapt a live action feature film version of the popular comic strip Heathcliff for the same company.[12]

In 2014, he joined the writers room of 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.[13] 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, won a Kidscreen Award for "Best New Series" and was nominated for an Emmy for "Outstanding Children's Animated Series".[14][15][16]

In 2017, he served as a head writer for a Cartoon Network spinoff of The LEGO Movie entitled Unikitty! produced by Warner Bros. Animation.[17] While there, he co-wrote an episode of Teen Titans Go! for the same creative team.[18]

In July 2019, it was announced Waltke had joined the Paramount+ television series Star Trek: Prodigy as a writer and co-producer, later co-executive producer and story editor for the project, which marks the first CBS Studios and Nickelodeon co-production in the Star Trek franchise. He previously collaborated with the show's creators, The Hageman Brothers, on Trollhunters. [19] In 2022, he was nominated for an Emmy Award for "Outstanding Animated Series" for his work on the series.[20]

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.[21]

Personal life

Waltke is married to fellow writer and published mystery author Ellen Tremiti. They reside in Los Angeles.[22]

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 Juárez, Mexico aimed at encouraging youth innovation, creativity, and opportunity across the Mexico-US border.[23]

Selected filmography

Aaron Waltke 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 (24 episodes), Staff Writer (52 episodes)
2017	Teen Titans Go!	Writer (1 episode)
2018–2020	Unikitty!	Head Writer, Story Editor (56 episodes)
2020	Wizards: Tales of Arcadia	Showrunner, Co-Executive Producer, Head Writer (10 episodes)
2021–2022	Star Trek: Prodigy	Co-Producer, Writer (20 episodes) Co-Executive Producer, Co-Head Writer/Story Editor (20 episodes)

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Work	Result	Ref.
2013	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Creative Achievement In Interactive Media	The 3rd Annual Streamy Awards	Nominated	[24]
2018	Kidscreen Awards	Best Writing	Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia (for "Escape from the Darklands")	Won	[25]
2018	Annie Awards	Outstanding Achievement for Writing in an Animated Television / Broadcast Production		Nominated	[26]
2018	Daytime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Writing in an Animated Program	Trollhunters: Tales of Arcadia	Won	[27][28]
2019		Outstanding Writing for an Animated Program		Nominated	[29]
2021		Outstanding Children's Animated Series	Wizards: Tales of Arcadia	Nominated	[30]
	Kidscreen Awards	Best New Series		Won	[31]
2022	Children's and Family Emmy Awards	Outstanding Animated Series	Star Trek: Prodigy	Pending	[20]

References

External links

• Aaron Waltke on Twitter

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