For me, the toughest thing for kids to deal with is when the parents are fighting. It's not violence on them - it's the feeling of violence in the family.

Early life and career
Arad was born in Giv'atayim Israel to refugees from Poland during the 1948 Arab-Israeli War. Future ventures include: an adaptation of the manga Ghost in the Shell; an adaption of Brandon Mull's best-seller teenage fantasy Fablehaven; an adaption of James Patterson's award winning teenage novel Maximum Ride; an adaption of BioWare's award-winning video game franchise Mass Effect; the adaptations of two Sony PlayStation properties Uncharted and inFAMOUS; and the adaptation of Hideo Kojima's video game Metal Gear Solid. In 1970 Arad moved to the United States and enrolled at Hofstra University to study industrial management.

He became the CEO of the company Toy Biz in the 1990s and soon afterward became the chief creative officer of Marvel Entertainment a Marvel director chairman CEO and the founder of Marvel Studios.