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Steamroller Studios Names Hollywood Veteran CEO
Marco Santana • Apr 21, 2022

Hollywood veteran Aaron Gilman, who worked with acclaimed effects studio WETA Digital on films like Iron Man, The Hobbit and Avatar, named CEO.


You may not know Aaron Gilman personally. But you'd almost have to have actively tried to avoid his work to have missed it. The Hollywood veteran's credentials match up against any in the industry's recent history.


Hellboy. The Avengers. Iron Man. Dawn of the Planet of the Apes. The Hobbit.


Now, he adds CEO of Steamroller Animation to his resume. The Mt. Dora-based studio announced Gilman's promotion from chief creative officer to CEO this week. Cofounder Jalil Sadool will shift roles, as well, moving into Gilman's former position.


"Steamroller got to a point where I did feel we were growing so fast and I could see we were going to get to the vision, but we were weakening ourselves as we were going," Sadool said in a video the company shared announcing the news.


"I felt we needed to bring in somebody who could fulfill the role of making sure our foundation is really strong."


Steamroller hired Gilman about a year ago.


"I love the talent on our teams in this company," he said in the video. "I'm just really excited to grow it and develop it and find awesome ways for it to be incredibly successful."

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