Avi Arad (/ˈɑːvi ˈɑːrɑːd/; Hebrew: אבי ארד; born August 1, 1948[1][2]) is an Israeli-American studio executive and producer of film, television and animation.

[3] Since then, he has produced and sometimes written a wide array of live-action, animated, and television comic book adaptations.

The son of Holocaust survivors from Poland, he grew up reading Superman and Spider-Man comics translated into Hebrew.

[4][5] Along with Israeli-American Toy Biz co-owner Isaac Perlmutter, Avi Arad came into conflict with Carl Icahn and Ron Perelman over control of Marvel Comics in the wake of its 1996 bankruptcy.

[9] In August 2010, it was announced that Arad was given a chair with the American branch of animation studio Production I.G in Los Angeles, California.