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Aaron spent most of 2005 working at Storyteller Productions
in Brooklyn, with director/cinematographer, Andrew Berends. Working
with 150 hours of footage Andrew shot in Iraq in 2004, Aaron cut
two feature documentaries, The Blood of My Brother, and
When Adnan Comes Home. The Blood of My Brother
recently had its world premiere at IDFA, the documentary film festival
in Amsterdam.
Previous to his experience at Storyteller, Aaron had the unique
experience of working with three legendary documentary filmmakers,
interning for Bill Moyers and Al Maysles, and studying under D.A.
Pennebaker, and his partner, Chris Hegedus. Advised by Pennebaker
and Hegedus Aaron shot, directed, and edited an hour-long documentary,
“The Same Moon,” which tells the story of an American
aid group’s interaction with AIDS and AIDS orphans in Ethiopia.
Aaron graduated from Yale, with a BA in film studies, and was awarded
the Howard R. Lamar prize for best senior film, for “The Same
Moon.” He currently resides in New York City. |