About Us/AAA Projects | Afro-Audacity Animation

"Building a New and Bold Type of Community in the Animation Industry."

Afro-Audacity Animation is an animation production company focusing on socially conscious, diverse, and audacious stories from the African American perspective.

AAA was created by Elliot Marvin Sims in 2024 to create a diverse community, offer something contrasting to large-scale studio dynamics, and see more stories and artists of color. AAA focuses on both adults as well as kids and family demographics. AAA's goal is to demonstrate a strong level of authentic, and bold storytelling while representing marginalized communities in TV, film, publishing, and retail goods. AAA also advocates for creatives in the animation industry by focusing on healthy work-life balances, remote work, early and established artists, the intimacy of a small team, and AAA's commitment to providing stories/opportunities to their team of artists.

-Elliot M. Sims (Founder)

The Departments

Production Management

Visual

Audio

Performance

Eli Harris: Voice-Over Production Lead

Eli is a military veteran and award-winning voice actor with over 20 years of experience in the entertainment industry known for his dynamic range and memorable performances. Eli has worked on an incredible catalog of voice-acting projects, appearing in numerous video game titles like Need For Speed: Takedown, No More Room in Hell 2, Starship Troopers, Cookie Cutter, Superfuse, Immortals of Aveum, Elder Scrolls, Baldur's Gate, and many others. He also lends his dynamic voice to animated projects such as Monkey Wrench, Star Wars: The Order, Amazon’s Space Agents: The Mysterious Ax, Torn Seas, The Tuttle Twins, Kembe, Star Chasers, Poof!, and countless others. In addition to his animation and video game work, Eli doubles as the voice of numerous Fortune 500 companies and brands like Disney, Manscaped, UFC, Icy Hot, Hormel, CFL, the NBA, True Victory, and many others. His impressive voice talents are an integral part of the animation, advertising, and gaming industries.

Through that work, he's come to know that voice actors are the soul and pulse of a project. They breathe life into and sustain the characters of your favorite shows, movies, animes, etc. He's spoken to audiences that include SXSW, AfroAnimation Summit, North Carolina A&T's Aggie Universe Invitational (for anime and gaming), The Game Crafters Festival in Las Vegas, Sketch2Screen (formerly The Animation Exp), the Game Developers Conference (GDC), Game Devs of Color, IndieGame Business, and ECGC.

As a proud military veteran, Eli gives back to his fellow service members as a speaker at numerous veteran advocacy events as a Veterans in Media & Entertainment (VME) representative, and as the voice of the Veteran-owned brand True Victory. As a member of the BIPOC community in gaming and animation, Eli won Most Outstanding Voice Actor from the Black in Gaming Foundation, which adds to his numerous other standout accomplishments.

Carley Russel: Visual Lead

Carley Russell is a Texan illustrator and animator based out of Chicago, Illinois. With a BFA from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with a focus in Film and Animation, Carley strives in experimenting with traditional and digital mediums to produce compelling stories that express the human condition. Her strong sense of storytelling has presented itself in the forms of Puppetry, Comics, Video games, and Illustrations. Her work has been exhibited at the Gene Siskel Film Center and performed at the Agitator Gallery in Chicago. She is currently the Head of the Visual Department at AAA.

Mateo Nossa: Audio Lead

Mateo Nossa is a Chicago based composer, sound designer and guest lecturer at NYU Tisch School of the Arts. He has worked in films with international renown such as "Virgencita" by Giselle Bonilla, and "Anos Luz" by Paula Hopf. Mateo's work has been in (2018 Sundace Film Festival, Palm Springs International ShortsFest, and more). In 2019 he founded FrostLab Studios, a video game development studio based in New York City. In theatre, he worked in Mexico City on many plays. Mateo has also scored the 2014 National Geographic documentary series "Obsesion." He is currently one of AAA's leads over the Audio department serving focus to composing.

Max Fabian/Tightrope Recording: Audio Lead

Max's passion for music was solidified the first time he picked up a Gibson Flying V 1967 Reversion. He went on to play with rock n roll bands, producing hip-hop and collaborating with Chicago artists in all genres of music. He translated his audio production skills to Voice-Over and found what Chicago's industry was missing. The bridge between the Artists and the Studio. He specializes in production, helping clients fully realize the potential of each and every project. He found Tightrope Recording with the mission to create a space where access to recording is available to everyone. The Tightrope team is here to support and produce for the Artists of Chicago and beyond. He is currently one of AAA's leads of the Audio department, focusing on sound engineering.

"A Black Animated Sketch Show" (TV-MA) 2025

You are invited into the outrageous world of animated sketches parodying many variations of black culture, celebrities, social norms, and the human condition. (Web series)

"The Companionship of Family" (PG) 2026-27

Tells the story of Kirk, an orphaned stray boy, and Mack, a street-savvy English bulldog who inspires Kirk to believe in the meaning of family and caring for others. (Short film)

"Intergalactic Chef" (T-Y7) 2026-27

A passionate ten-year old chef named Amari Bailey crosses paths with an alien race struggling to find food on their planet, and he secretly takes on the journey of becoming their savior, the Intergalactic Chef. (Series)

"KICKZ" (TV-14) TBA

In a cyberpunk world three siblings do their best to survive in a corporate cutthroat society, and shoes are the next technological phenomenon both aiding and destructing humanity. (Series)