Aaron Sowd is a renowned illustrator, storyboard artist and art director based in Los Angeles. He has worked in the entertainment industry for over 20 years, bringing his versatility and expertise to feature films, TV, animation, video games, advertising and online

media.

A firm believer in sharing his craft and giving back to the creative community, Aaron has taught his Storyboarding for Filmmakers class at the prestigious Art Center College of Design, Pixar Animation Studios and Otis College of Art and Design as well as being a featured guest speaker and panelist at Lightbox Expo, WonderCon, SIGGRAPH and Comic-Con International.

He currently teaches online storyboard workshops through Schoolism. He has worked with directors such as Steven Spielberg, Sam Raimi, Akiva Goldsman, Michel Gondry, Doug Liman, Michael Bay, John Watts and Kat Coiro among others. His work on Maleficent: Mistress of Evil with director Joachim Rønning and acclaimed production designer Patrick Tatopoulos earned a nomination for an ADG Award for Excellence in Production Design for a Fantasy Feature Film.

Some recent credits include Echo, Secret Invasion, Spider-Man: Far From Home, Godzilla vs. Kong, Ms. Marvel, Star Trek: Picard, Fear The Walking Dead, and She Hulk: Attorney at Law. Aaron recently storyboarded the pilot episode of The Sex Lives of College Girls which received a GLAAD Media Awards nomination.

Aaron was the award-winning art director of Stan Lee Media, designing and supervising the look of many of Stan Lee's Flash-animated webisodes and working closely with Stan himself.

Film clients include Bad Robot, Disney, Dreamworks, Fox, Legendary, Marvel Studios, Overbrook Entertainment. Sony, Universal, and Warner Bros.

Commercial clients include Apple, Coca Cola, Lexus, McDonalds, Netflix, Nike, Ogilvy, Deutsch, TBWA\Chiat\Day, Wieden + Kennedy and Toyota. Theme park clients include Disneyland, Ferrari World Abu Dhabi and Universal Studios in Hollywood, Japan and

Singapore.

Aaron currently lives by the beach in Marina del Rey and resents the fact that he has no free time with which to enjoy it.