Aaron Sims

As a teenager growing up in Arlington Texas, Aaron Sims began his career working for famed commercial illustrator Don Ivan Punchatz. After moving to Los Angeles in 1985, Aaron began designing, sculpting, and painting creatures for the movie makeup effects. In 1988, Sims joined Rick BakerAs Academy AwardA(R) winning Cinovation Studios Inc. He further developed his skills as a team member on "Gremlins 2" (Head Painter), "BabyAs Day Out" (Head Painter/Cosmetic Supervisor), "Batman Forever" ...See more

As a teenager growing up in Arlington Texas, Aaron Sims began his career working for famed commercial illustrator Don Ivan Punchatz. After moving to Los Angeles in 1985, Aaron began designing, sculpting, and painting creatures for the movie makeup effects. In 1988, Sims joined Rick BakerAs Academy AwardA(R) winning Cinovation Studios Inc. He further developed his skills as a team member on "Gremlins 2" (Head Painter), "BabyAs Day Out" (Head Painter/Cosmetic Supervisor), "Batman Forever" (Painter/Sculptor), and "Batman and Robin" (Painter/Sculptor). Sims went on to lead various projects at Cinovation, designing and sculpting the Grandma Klump prosthetic makeup on "The Nutty Professor," the Worm Guys and other aliens in "Men in Black," the Willie character prosthetic make-up in "Life," and the new Grandma Klump prosthetic make-up in "The Nutty Professor 2." Sims became Project Supervisor on "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" Sims sculpted and painted the Baby Grinch character, oversaw its construction, and puppeteered the character on set. He designed many of the WhoA Character prosthetics as well. Always looking for ways to expand his artistic ability, in the late 90As Sims began exploring the medium of computer animation. Sims joined Stan Winston Studio in 2000 and began building a digital design shop within the Academy Award winning effects house. In 2001, he joined SW Digital, the design division at Stan Winston Studio. SW Digital has since designed characters for "Terminator 3," and completed and all digital promotional trailer TRAKK for Stan Winston Creatures, the action figure and comics division of Stan Winston Studio. See less