Aron J. Warner is an American film producer, screenwriter, and voice actor, best known for producing the Shrek films, in which he also voiced the Big Bad Wolf. He was known as the first person to win the Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.
Life and career Warner joined PDI/DreamWorks in 1997 to serve as a producer on the animated film Antz, which marked the first collaboration between PDI and DreamWorks. Warner went on to become head of PDI/DreamWorks from 2000 to 2002. Warner had previously held the post of vice president of production at Twentieth Century Fox, where he supervised production on such films as Independence Day, The Ice Storm, The Crucible, Alien Resurrection and Titanic.
A graduate of UCLA Film School, Warner started out as a production coordinator at Empire Pictures, gaining experience on low-budget horror and science-fiction films. He then moved on to a position at Film Finances, a completion bond company, where he worked on more than 50 films.
Warner began his career as a producer on the horror hit Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare. He then served as supervising producer on John Dahl's Red Rock West, before beginning his relationship with Twentieth Century Fox as the line producer on Rachel Talalay's Ghost in the Machine. He later executive produced Tank Girl, also directed by Talalay. In addition, he oversaw production on James Cameron's film True Lies.Filmbug.com
He executive produced Shrek Forever After, along with Andrew Adamson and John H. Williams.
Filmography Film Year Title Role Notes 1984 Choose Me production assistant 1985 Ghoulies production coordinator Trancers production coordinatorproduction manager 1988 Hairspray production supervisor 1989 Powwow Highway production manager Twister 1990 Wild at Heart completion bond Men of Respect 1991 Highlander II: The Quickening production manager Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare producer 1993 Red Rock West supervising producer Suture special thanks Ghost in the Machine line producer 1994 True Lies production executive 1995 Tank Girl executive producer 1996 Independence Day production executive The Crucible 1997 The Ice Storm Alien Resurrection 1998 Antz producer 2001 The Deep End special thanks Shrek Big Bad Wolf producer A.I.: Artificial Intelligence visual effects studio head 2002 Minority Report 2004 Shrek 2 Big Bad Wolf producerwriter: Fairy Godmother Song 2007 Shrek the Third producerwriter 2010 Shrek Forever After executive producer 2011 Puss in Boots special thanks 2012 Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away producer 2013 Free Birds executive producer 2014 The Book of Life Thomas 2019 The Angry Birds Movie 2 2021 Wish Dragon producer2027Charlie vs. the Chocolate Factory
Television Year Title Role Notes 2007 Shrek the Halls Big Bad Wolf executive producer 2010 Scared Shrekless Big Bad Wolf special thanks
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