Education
Born in New York City"s Greenwich Village, he studied film at the prestigious Vassar College.
Born in New York City"s Greenwich Village, he studied film at the prestigious Vassar College.
His debut feature film was The Silver Goat (2011), the first feature film made for iPad exhibition. He produced the restoration of cult classic Burroughs: The Movie, directed by Howard Brookner, which was re-released by The Criterion Collection. Visiting the set of that film was one of Aaron"s early life memories and inspiration to become a filmmaker.
Among his early work in filmmaking, he assisted the production of Jim Jarmusch"s Coffee and Cigarettes and Personal Velocity by Rebecca Miller.
Before doing fiction films, he worked as a director of music videos such as Shake it for the band The Johns, I’m In Love With Your Knees, a collaboration between the singer/songwriter Austin Thomas, legendary guitarist Lenny Kaye of Patti Smith’s band, and acclaimed American novelist Nick Tosches. He was the director and cinematographer on a long feature documentary about Budd Schulberg, the legendary Hollywood writer
The Silver Goat
He shot his first long feature in 11 days with a microbudget and cast and crew as investors alongside Pinball London Limited, the production company in London responsible for the film. The film was finished in April 2012 and released exclusively for iPad as the first film to be done exclusively for this platform.
lieutenant was the 1st film released as an app in the United Kingdom, Europe and Latin America.
The launch happened in London, United Kingdom, on May 10, 2012 on board of a routemaster business lieutenant was the 1st ever iPad premiere on the move. The Silver Goat has been downloaded in 22 countries to date, reaching #15 of the top 50 entertainment apps in the United Kingdom, and #13 in Czechoslovakian Republic.
Burroughs: The Movie
In 2014 Brookner re-released Howard Brookner"s Burroughs: the Movie about Beat icon William South. Burroughs, following a long search to find a print of the film.
In September 2015 The Criterion Collection announced that they would release the film on Blu-ray and Digital Video Disc for the first time, arriving as part of their December 2015 slate. Uncle Howard
The documentary follows Aaron"s search for and restoration of Howard Brookner"s archives including Burroughs: The Movie and Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars.
Simultaneously the film tells Howard Brookner’s story from his early filmmaking career at New York University, through his three completed features and up until his death in 1989. On the 2nd December 2015, the Sundance Film Festival announced the film as part of the United States Documentary Competition category at the 2016 festival.