Aaron Schneider

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Aaron Schneider at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival

Aaron E. Schneider (born July 26, 1965 in Springfield , Illinois ) is an American cameraman and film director . He won an Oscar in 2004 for his short film Two Soldiers .

Life

Schneider was born in Springfield and raised in Peoria . He graduated from Iowa State University and graduated from the University of Southern California in 1989 .

He has worked as a cameraman for numerous television films and series, including the pilot episodes of The Agency - In the Crosshairs of the CIA and Supernatural . He was nominated for an Emmy Award in 1996 for his work on the crime series Murder One . Later he worked as a cameraman for various films, including 1997 Titanic by James Cameron , in which he worked as Second Unit Director of Photography . Since 1999 he has been a member of the American Society of Cinematographers .

In 2000, Schneider himself directed an episode of the youth series Popular for the first time. This was followed in 2003 by the short film Two Soldiers based on a short story by William Faulkner , which Schneider was also a director. He also appeared as a producer, author and editor at the same time. In 2004 he and producer Andrew J. Sacks won an Oscar for their work in the Best Short Film category.

His first feature film At the End of the Road - A True Lies Story, starring Robert Duvall , Bill Murray and Sissy Spacek , was shown for the first time at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2009 and was released in theaters in summer 2010.

Filmography

Aaron Schneider 2009

as a director

as cameraman (selection)

as a film editor

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Director Aaron Schneider tells how 'Get Low' came together Article in the Chicago Tribune on August 1, 2010
  2. Aaron Schneider on theoscarsite.com