Karim Ahmad is a writer, producer, culture strategist, and the founder/CEO of UTOPIA STUDIO, a new narrative change studio dedicated to reshaping perceptions of marginalized communities through worldbuilding, genre storytelling, innovative producing models, and impact partnerships. His work is driven by a commitment to storytelling that fosters necessary and liberatory change, envisioning utopian futures for all.

Most recently, the complete collection of his comic series, DIVIDE, was released in 2024 in trade paperback by Comics Experience Publishing. This science fiction epic explores themes of family separation, the criminalization of immigrants, and the devastating impact of divisive politics.

Ahmad also created Muslim Futures, a collaborative narrative change project that brings together 16 Muslim writers and filmmakers to reimagine the perception of Muslims in America. Through a multiverse of stories set in radically aspirational futures, the project will evolve across multiple mediums, including a literary fiction anthology, a comic book series, and a slate of TV series and feature films.

Beyond his creative work, Ahmad has served as a worldbuilding consultant for studios, leading media nonprofits, and foundations. He is also the founder of Restoring the Future, a consultancy and network of culture workers spanning fiction and nonfiction, feature films to episodic content. Through worldbuilding and industry organizing, the initiative designs, prototypes, and promotes new ways of working in the media arts ecosystem, centering restorative justice and care.

Previously, Ahmad was the Director of Outreach & Inclusion at the Sundance Institute, a Senior Strategist and Senior Producer at ITVS, and the Creator and Showrunner of the groundbreaking science fiction series FUTURESTATES. He can be found on social media as @thatkarimahmad.