Aaron Simpson (born June 23, 1971) an American animation producer best known as the founder of the animation website ColdHardFlash.com. A native of

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, Simpson was a producer for

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's animated television series ''

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'', which debuted on

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. Simpson also helped develop the animated television series ''

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'' in 2004, producing the pilot that preceded the first season order. Aaron has been producing animation since 2001, starting with Jorge Gutierrez's ''El Macho'', an online series of shorts for

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. Starting in 2006, Simpson served as Vice President, Animation Production and Development at

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, where he supervised Internet and mobile ventures. In 2012, Simpson directed ''Steve Jobs: Resurrection'', an animated parody that coincided with the release of the

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. The video was viewed over a million times on YouTube. In 2013, Simpson, acting as one of the film's Executive Producers, helped formulate and execute the distribution strategy for '' Dick Figures: The Movie''. Simpson is the current Vice President of Development at

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, where he is in charge of developing all new television series and shorts for the division.

Awards

In 2006, Simpson was nominated as a Producer for Outstanding Special Class Animated Program at the

33rd Daytime Emmy Awards The 33rd Daytime Emmy Awards, commemorating excellence in American daytime programming from 2005, was held on Friday, April 28, 2006 at the Kodak Theatre in Los Angeles. This was the first time that the Daytime Emmys were held outside New York. A ...

."THE NATIONAL TELEVISION ACADEMY ANNOUNCES 33RD ANNUAL DAYTIME EMMY AWARD NOMINATION"
, ''EmmyOnline.com'', 8 February 2006

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Cold Hard Flash
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