We’re excited to introduce you to the always interesting and insightful Aaron King. We hope you’ll enjoy our conversation with Aaron below.

Alright, Aaron thanks for taking the time to share your stories and insights with us today. When did you first know you wanted to pursue a creative/artistic path professionally?

There’s not really one single moment where my love for storytelling all clicked, as much as a constant exposure to others’ pursuit for the arts. When my parents were alive, my mother worked magic with a paint brush or drawing pen. And my father, when he was in my life, knew how to tell orally engaging stories too. Between that, and bonding with my grandmother over black and white classics, or the Oscars, or The Thanksgiving Day parade, I really appreciated how the media could freeze wholesome moments like that in time, and I knew I wanted to do the same for other families. As I got older, my love for theater and acting grew and so did my wild imagination for comic books. I would even cut out the Sunday LA Times comic strips to bury my head in those stories. That’s really it- seeing other’s healthy relationship with their creative path of choice, knowing the warmth of memories those art forms created for me as a kid, and growing to see the ways in which acting could be a way to channel my creative imagination that was inspired by the comic book genre. Now, I continue fueling my inspiration by reading development books like “Dreams In Action” by Milton Katselas, and, being a candidate for The Juilliard School.

Aaron, before we move on to more of these sorts of questions, can you take some time to bring our readers up to speed on you and what you do?

Art is life. There’s not really one single moment where my love for storytelling all clicked, as much as a constant exposure to others’ pursuit for the arts. When my parents were alive, my mother worked magic with a paint brush or drawing pen. And my father, when he was in my life, knew how to tell orally engaging stories too. Between that, and bonding with my grandmother over black and white classics, or the Oscars, or The Thanksgiving Day parade, I really appreciated how the media could freeze wholesome moments like that in time, and I knew I wanted to do the same for other families. As I got older, my love for theater and acting grew and so did my wild imagination for comic books. I would even cut out the Sunday LA Times comic strips to bury my head in those stories. That’s really it- seeing other’s healthy relationship with their creative path of choice, knowing the warmth of memories those art forms created for me as a kid, and growing to see the ways in which acting could be a way to channel my creative imagination that was inspired by the comic book genre. Now, I continue fueling my inspiration by reading development books like “Dreams In Action” by Milton Katselas, and, being a candidate for The Juilliard School.

What do you find most rewarding about being a creative?

I really stand by the statement that life is one of the greatest teachers, and it’s great when art can imitate that. What started as an innocent love for watching classic black and white film with my grandmother turned into a lifelong chase to tell the stories I want to tell. And that, in itself, can be a great story. I can look back, and what I see is this progression of starting with stage plays and getting a chance by director Byron Nora, to dabbling as a production assistant, a script supervisor, and a background actor. Anything to get that feeling of making art. Like I said, our own lives can make for great stories, so a few years ago, Byron Nora came back into my life to help me take my short film idea titled “Grace For A Gangsta” to the next level. What we accomplished was $10,000 in crowdfunding among my friends and family, and a completed feature film for “Grace For A Gangsta”. That’s where persistence got me, and the second chapter working with director Byron Nora, who in 2024 directed the second episode to the dramedy series of which I am one of the leading actors, entitled The Single(s). Our pilot can actually be watched when you check out the links on the show’s Instagram, and I am excited to continue working with Byron and this growing team with every new project.

Any insights you can share with us about how you built up your social media presence?

Through creating a podcast.

Contact Info:

• Instagram: Adevonking
• Facebook: Aaron Devon King

Image Credits

Christian Alan