Aaron “Ari” Charny

Aaron “Ari” Charny is a highly experienced Senior Roto/Paint Artist currently with LAIKA, LLC since August 2022. Charny's extensive background includes roles at prominent companies such as Netflix, Refuge Visual Effects, and HouseSpecial, with expertise in tasks such as green screen compositing, marker removal, and cleanup on notable projects including Netflix’s *Wendell & Wild*, Hulu’s *Helstrom*, and FX’s *Legion*. Charny’s career began with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Visual Effects and Motion Graphics from The Art Institutes, and notable past contributions include work on the stop-motion feature films *Kubo and the Two Strings* and *Missing Link*.