NOVEMBER 2024

In 2020 I was inducted into NEWCITY magazine’s Film Hall of Fame alongside my mentor Steve James and influential Chicago filmmakers like Lana and Lilly Wachowski (The Matrix). The 2024 issue just hit the stands and congrats to all the new inductees!

AUGUST 2024

• JERROD CARMICHAEL REALITY SHOW is featured on the cover of CinemaEditor - the official rag of ACE, which you can read by clicking on the link here.

June 2024

• Our trailer for Piece by Piece dropped this week. As I type this, it has over 9.8 million views in just under 3 days and by the time you read this it will be much more than that for sure. By contrast the trailer for Won’t You be my Neighbor has 5.9million views over 6 years and the trailer for Roadrunner has 4.2 million views over 4 years! Whoa. It also begins with a LEGO cameo by yours truly. I haven’t had this much screen-time since appearing as an extra in the 2004 Chevy Chase film BAD MEAT. Enjoy the trailer as it trends on YouTube… and I’ll see you at the movies on October 11th! Mark your calendars.

MARCH 2024

• Initial reviews are in for Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show and they look hot AF. The TV critic from New Yorker called it her “favorite show of the year thus far” and Esquire said “It’s unlike anything we’ve ever seen on TV.” Here are a few more reviews from: Hollywood Reporter, Time Magazine, and The Daily Beast. Daniel Fienberg writes in the Hollywood reporter “It’s hard to call Jerrod Carmichael Reality Show a “fun” or “conventionally enjoyable” show to watch, but I laughed and covered my eyes in mortification in equal measure — and since I finished my screeners, I haven’t stopped thinking about it.”

• Esquire published a profile of Jerrod talking about the show and also a recap of Episode One.

JULY 2023

• ROADRUNNER was nominated for 3 Emmy Awards including Best Editing!

JUNE 2022

• TELEVISION EVENT was awarded the Grand Jury Prize at the 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮 𝗣𝗬𝗘𝗢𝗡𝗚𝗖𝗛𝗔𝗡𝗚 𝗜𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗣𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗙𝗶𝗹𝗺 𝗙𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹 🐯 and was also nominated the Most Valuable Documentary Of The Year by the Cinema For Peace Foundation. These prestigious honors are the most recent in a string of accolades including: Best Feature at Sidewalk Film Festival, Best Director at River Run Film Festival, Special Jury Mention at the Sydney Film Festival, and Best Documentary at the Uranium Film Festival.

• 2ND CHANCE was acquired at Sundance by Showtime and will be premiering soon!

• ROADRUNNER is now available to stream on HBOMAX.

DECEMBER 2021

• Eileen Meyer and I were nominated for Outstanding Achievement in Editing for ROADRUNNER from Cinema Eye Honors!

• 2nd Chance will premiere at Sundance 2022!

MARCH 2021

FEELS GOOD MAN won the prestigious CinemaEye Honors award for OUTSTANDING ACHIEVEMENT IN GRAPHIC DESIGN & ANIMATION! Past winners of this award include the makers of such visually innovative films as: Montage of Heck, Jodorowsky’s Dune, Tabloid, Waltz with Bashir and Searching for Sugar Man. We are so proud of our band of animation weirdos - Arthur Jones, Jenna Caravello, Nicole Stafford, and Khylin Woodrow.

OCT 2020

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JUNE 2020

May 2020

• It has been a rough few months, hasn’t it? Well hopefully the release of BECOMING will be a ray of light in these tough times. The film hits Netflix on Wednesday the 6th!

January 2020

• FEELS GOOD MAN had its world premiere at Sundance and took home a Special Jury Award. While this was Aaron’s 7th feature documentary collaboration to premiere at Sundance, this was uniquely the 1st that he Produced and his 1st to also win an award. We are so excited to share this film with the world.

OCTOBER 2019

• Aaron was invited to be a featured speaker at the 2019 Edition of The Power of Storytelling (PoS) (un)conference in Bucharest, Romania. The Power of Storytelling is built on the idea that well-crafted stories connect people, heal wounds, inspire, lead, and create change. This is a one of a kind event in Eastern Europe. Since 2011 it has brought to Bucharest almost more than 50 superstar storytellers in all fields – from media, to arts, to business – for inspirational talks, and nuts and bolts training. This year’s theme was “Heal”, as we’ll touch on the power of stories to mend the world, patch our collective wounds, and bring solace.

AUGUST 2019

• Aaron and Arthur from FEELS GOOD MAN had the incredible opportunity to get feedback on a work-in-progress version of our film at the TRUE/FALSE + Catapult Rough Cut Retreat. It was Aaron’s second year in a row at the RCR as he was a mentor back in 2018. This time our brilliant cohort included mentors Bonni Cohen, Toby Shimin, Jean Tsien, David Wilson and David Teague as well as the incredible filmmakers David Osit (Mayor), Ashley O’Shay + Rubin Daniels (Unapologetic), Bo McGuire + Max Allman (Socks on Fire), and Illiana Sosa + Clementina Mantellini (What we Leave Behind). Keep an eye out for all these amazing films in 2020!

MAY 2019

• HAIL SATAN? - the movie that NYT named a CRITICS PICK is currently 97% FRESH on Rotten Tomatoes and in wide theatrical release. Jad Abumrad (RADIO LAB) encourages you to see it while Alex Jones (INFO WARS) calls it a “Soul-Sucking Masterwork Of Evil”. See for yourself! Tickets and showtimes - HERE.

• The LEF FOUNDATION brought Aaron to Providence, RI to be on a 3 person jury for their LEF Foundation Moving Image Fund. Together they awarded nearly $200,000 in grant funding to a variety of exceptional documentary films in the production and post production phases. As a bonus, Aaron walked the length of Providence’s Wickenden Street… named after William Wickenden who was one of 12 people to settle the city and establish a government starting in 1637.

• On the heals of serving on the LEF jury, Aaron went to Utah to be a Creative Advisor at the Sundance New Frontier Story Lab. With an emphasis on story, the Lab supports independent artists working at the cutting-edge convergence of film, art, media, live performance and technology. The New Frontier Story Lab is a week-long immersive experience that empowers creatives with individual story sessions, conversations about key artistic, design and technology issues and case study presentations from experts in multiple disciplines.

FEBRUARY 2019

• Aaron and Jeff Malmberg were nominated for a ACE EDDIE Award for their work on the documentary Won’t You Be My Neighbor?. This was Aaron’s second nomination in ACE’s Best Documentary Feature Category. The dynamic duo of Aaron and Jeff were also nominated for Best Editing at the CinemaEye Honors, and won Best Editing at the Critics Choice Awards.

• Won’t You Be My Neighbor? capped off the awards season by winning Best Documentary at the Independent Spirit Awards and being named Best Documentary of the year on Rotten Tomatoes. Consequently when the film was shortlisted for the Academy Award but not nominated, it was named the biggest Oscar Snub of 2019.

JANUARY 2019

• HAIL SATAN? had its World Premiere in the US Documentary Competition category at the Sundance Film Festival. In addition to this film, Aaron also provided Additional Editing to another Sundance premiere - AMERICAN FACTORY, which was edited by the one and only Lindsay Utz. HAIL SATAN? was acquired by Magnolia Pictures and AMERICAN FACTORY was acquired by Netflix in association with Higher Ground Productions, Barack Obama and Michelle Obama’s production company.

SEPTEMBER 2018:

• They'll Love me When I'm Dead... was in Cannes (!!!) and then not in Cannes due to an international row between Netflix and Cannes over nothing less than the future of cinema. Perhaps it's an unsurprising development given the previously unfinished film's mythical curse which has kept Orson Welles' film from audiences since the end of principal photography in 1975. Nevertheless, the documentary (which Aaron Co-Edited with Jason Zeldes for Morgan Neville) has turned out beautifully.... and (drumroll) we premiered the film simultaneously over Labor Day at both the Venice Film Festival and Telluride. Next stop... it's the opening night film at Camden, followed by New York Film Festival and a few others that have yet to announce. Stay tuned for more details.

• After a stellar debut at Sundance and a remarkable theatrical release, Won’t You be my Neighbor? is now available to rent or purchase on iTunes, Amazon, and other places too.

• Generation Wealth, a multi-platform project that Lauren Greenfield (dir. Queen of Versailles, Magic City) has been working on since 2008, is now in wide release as a museum exhibition, photographic monograph, and documentary feature. Aaron Co-Edited the film with Michelle Witten (Author), Victor Livingston (Crumb), and Daniel Marks. It is now available for pre-order here.

• Almost There is now available to rent/own on iTunes and true cineastes can still buy our last few remaining Special Edition DVDs here.

• Documentary Editing: Principles & Practice, a book that Aaron was interviewed for (along with the brilliant editors Kate Amend, Geoffrey Richman, and Mary Lampson) is now available.