Edwin E. Aguilar

Edwin E. Aguilar was a Salvadoran animator.

He is best known for his work as a character layout artist on the animated television series The Simpsons and on The Simpsons Movie (2007).

A student of Pasadena ArtCenter College of Design and Bridges Visual Institute in Santa Monica, Aguilar worked his way up in animation at a number of companies including Hanna-Barbera.

He would go on to work under famed Warner Bros. cartoon director Chuck Jones before landing at The Simpsons in 1998.  He worked on well over 100 episodes of the Fox comedy, contributing as a storyboard revisionist, lead character layout artist, animator, storyboard artist, character designer, and as an assistant director.

Aguilar also worked as an animation artist on the series Brickleberry and as a character layout artist on The Oblongs.

Aguilar died April 10, 2021, in Los Angeles, California. He was 46.