Aron Warner

Aron J. Warner is an actor and producer. He won an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature as a producer of the animated blockbuster Shrek, in which he also voices Big Bad Wolf.

Life and career

Warner joined PDI/DreamWorks in 1997 to serve as a producer on the computer animated hit 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.

He executive produced Shrek Forever After, along with Andrew Adamson.

Filmography

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1984	Choose Me		production assistant
1985	Ghoulies		production coordinator
	Trancers		production coordinator production manager
1988	Hairspray		production supervisor
1989	Powwow Highway		production manager
	Twister		production manager
1990	Wild at Heart		completion bond
	Men of Respect		completion bond
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		production executive
1997	The Ice Storm		production executive
	Alien Resurrection		production executive
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		visual effects studio head
2004	Shrek 2	Big Bad Wolf	producer writer: Fairy Godmother Song
2007	Shrek the Third	Big Bad Wolf	producer writer
2010	Shrek Forever After	Big Bad Wolf	executive producer
2012	Cirque du Soleil: Worlds Away		producer
2013	Free Birds		executive producer
2014	Book of Life		producer
2016	Trolls		executive producer
TBA	Beasts of Burden		producer

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes
2007	Shrek the Halls	Big Bad Wolf	executive producer
2010	Scared Shrekless	Big Bad Wolf

External links

• Aron Warner at the Internet Movie Database