Aaron John Waltke (born August 8, 1984)[1] is an American screenwriter and Emmy and Peabody Award-winning, Annie-nominated executive producer and showrunner.

[6] Aaron Waltke was born and raised in Greenwood, Indiana and spent some of his childhood on the islands of Sanibel-Captiva in the Gulf of Mexico.

[7] He attended Indiana University Bloomington, where he began directing live theatre, performing sketch comedy, and writing screenplays.

[8] He 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.

[10] He was later hired to adapt a live action feature film version of the popular comic strip Heathcliff for the same company.

[8] He 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.

[22] In 2025, Waltke became co-writer of Stan Lee'sThe Excelsiors, a graphic novel series based on Lee's final unpublished works for an original superhero universe.