Aaron Rahsaan Thomas is a renowned television and film screenwriter and producer hailing from Kansas City, Kansas. His most recent endeavor is serving as the co-creator and executive producer of the procedural series reboot of S.W.A.T., which airs on Friday nights on CBS. Currently, Aaron is actively developing new projects.
Aaron has had the privilege of having two screenplays produced as feature films: Cover, directed by the esteemed Bill Duke, and Assassination Games, starring the iconic Jean Claude Van Damme. He has also had the opportunity to direct an ESPN 30 for 30 film about the USC football team during the Pete Carroll era, titled Trojan War.
Aaron began his professional career as a writer's assistant on the critically acclaimed Soul Food: The Series, subsequently working on the staff of notable TV series such as NBC's Friday Night Lights, for which he received a Peabody Award, as well as CBS procedurals like Numb3rs and CSI:NY. Aaron has also served as a Co-Executive Producer on TNT's SouthLAnd, Fox's Sleepy Hollow, and Netflix's The Get Down.
Aaron Rahsaan Thomas's journey as a storyteller began in his childhood, developing a passion for storytelling after completing a fifth-grade assignment to create his own original Greek myth from scratch. As he grew older, Aaron's passion for storytelling evolved to include a visual component, leading him to attend Morehouse College. He would later matriculate through the University of Kansas, earning honors in English Literature, before moving to Los Angeles and attending the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts for graduate school. Following his graduation from USC, Aaron was selected for the prestigious CBS Writers Mentoring Program.
