Richard Ashley Hamilton
Award-Winning Writer for Animation, VR, Gaming & Comics
- Role
- Writer Creative Consultant at MGA Entertainment
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA, US
- LinkedIn followers
- 500 followers
About Richard Ashley Hamilton
RICHARD ASHLEY HAMILTON is an award-winning Cuban-American (no, really) screenwriter and author best known for his storytelling across many DreamWorks Animation franchises including How To Train Your Dragon and Guillermo Del Toro’s Tales of Arcadia. Born and raised in Miami, Florida, Richard graduated Summa Cum Laude from the University of Miami with dual degrees in Psychology and Motion Pictures. He was then accepted as a fellow at the American Film Institute, earning his Master of Fine Arts degree in Screenwriting. After forming his own publishing company, Richard ultimately landed at DreamWorks, where he worked his way up from a temp to an assistant to a script coordinator to a screenwriter.Richard wrote on the first season of Netflix’s Dragons: Race to the Edge, which earned an Emmy for Best Writing, consulted on the Oscar-nominated How To Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World, and has developed IP for NBCUniversal, DC, LEGO, Skybound Entertainment, Facebook, Walmart, IKEA, Great Wolf Lodge, Falcon\'s Beyond, Epic Story Media, Lionel Trains, and more. Apart from his work in animation, Richard has authored numerous Trollhunters and 3Below middle-grade novels for Simon & Schuster. His writing also appears beyond publishing, most notably in How To Train Your Dragon: Hidden World Tour (winner of the 2020 Lumiere Award for Best Entertainment VR; nominee for the PGA Innovation Award) as well as in the DreamWorks Dragons: Flight Academy VR Experience, one console video game, and the Kirkus-starred DreamWorks Press: Dragons digital storybook. But in his heart, Richard remains a lifelong comic book fan and has written titles for Dark Horse Comics, Aftershock Comics/Seismic Press, DC Entertainment, Insight Editions, Papercutz, and more. Richard currently writes two original middle-grade graphic novel titles, SCOOP and FEARBOOK CLUB, and lives in Los Angeles with his wife, their two sons, and a Husky named Lulu.
Experience
Writer Creative Consultant
Jul 2024 — Present · Los Angeles, CA, US
Writer, World-Builder, and Comic Book Author for NINJOMBIE — 2025 Toy Of The Year Nominee for Best Action FigureWriting and developing content and franchise presentation materials for current and upcoming toy lines, including motion comics, story bibles, and location-based entertainment activations.
Education
The American Film Institute
Master of Fine Arts (M.F.A.), Screenwriting
2000 — 2002
University of Miami
Bachelor of Science (B.S.), Motion Pictures/Psychology
1996 — 2000
Skills
- Film Production
- Entertainment
- Scripting
- Animation
- Short Films
- Comedy
- Commercials
- Screenwriting
- Creative Writing
- Final Draft
- Feature Films
- Directing
- Film
- Video Production
- Storytelling
- Television
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