AIKO HILKINGER

ABOUT
Aiko Hilkinger (she/they) is an award-winning, queer screenwriter of color from Colombia. Her fantasy animated pilots have placed in numerous contests, most notably she was a winner of the WeScreenplay TV Contest in 2022, and the Fast Track Fellowship Holiday and Animation category in 2020. They were also named one of Network ISA's 'Top 25 Screenwriters to Watch' in 2021.
Inspired by her multicultural background, mythology and fables, the Barbie Movies, Studio Ghibli, and fandom culture of the 2010s, Aiko writes children and young adult stories about ordinary people going on extraordinary magical adventures, ones that she wishes she could’ve gone on when she was a kid.
She strives to tell diverse and inclusive stories, using them as a gateway to reconnect with her inner child and rep mixed, queer, plus-size kids and teens like her. Her stories explore coming of age themes like self-discovery, acceptance, identity, mental health in order to show them they deserve to see themselves represented in the characters and media they love and show them that they're not alone in their experiences.
Aiko is managed by Alison Mann at Fourth Wall Management.
CONTEST PLACEMENTS

RESUME
WORK EXPERIENCE
ARTICLE
WRITING
EXPERIENCE
MENTORSHIPS AND PROGRAMS
EDUCATION
SKILLS
'SMOOTH SAILING'
2021
Educational Video Series
TinDragon Media
Screenwriter
COVERFLY
2020-
Screenwriting Competition
Database
Script Analyst
INTEGRAL ARTISTS
2020
Talent Agency
Script Analyst Internship
SCREEN SPECK
2022-
Staff writer covering Film, TV, and Fandom Culture
POPSUGAR
LATINA
2022-
Freelance Writer
REMEZCLA
2021-
Freelance Writer
WOMEN IN ANIMATION
2021
Mentorship Program
Writing for Animation
DEVELOPMENT SLATE
2020-
Network ISA
EMERGING CONTENT CREATORS SCHOLARSHIP
2020
Latino Media Film Festival and Women in Media Forum
WRITING FOR FILM, TV AND GAMES
Vancouver Film School
Honors
Vancouver, BC
- Screenwriting and Creative Writing
- Story Editing/Analysis
- Final Draft and Microsoft Office
- Fluent in English and Spanish