Aaron Hillel Swartz (November 8, 1986 – January 11, 2013) was an American computer programmer, entrepreneur, writer, political organizer and Internet hacktivist who was involved in the development of the web feedformat RSS and the Markdown publishing format, the organization Creative Commons, the website framework web.py and the social news site, Reddit, in which he became a partner after its merger with his company, Infogami. He committed suicide while under federal indictment for data-theft, a prosecution that was characterized by his family as being "the product of a criminal-justice system rife with intimidation and prosecutorial overreach".
Aaron Swartz has 6 screen credits in a career dating back to 2005. Signature works include The Internet's Own Boy: The Story of Aaron Swartz, The Death of Reddit's Creator, Aardvark'd: 12 Weeks with Geeks. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.
