Aaron Douglas Johnston

Aaron Douglas Johnston is an American filmmaker who is based in the Netherlands. He is known for the films Bumblefuck, USA, and My Sister's Quinceañera.^[1] Both films focus on outsider themes and mixup the boundary between documentary and fiction through his use of non-professional actors.^[2]^[3] He has used community funding to provide the small budgets for his films.^[4]

Biography

Johnston was born in 1978 and raised in Muscatine, Iowa.^[5] He studied sociology at Oxford and Yale before finding his way into filmmaking in the Netherlands.^[6] In Amsterdam, he studied directing at the Netherlands Film and Television Academy, where he made the Sundance-selected short Today and Tomorrow, a drama made with and about political asylum seekers living in the Netherlands.

Awards

2014 Independent Spirit Awards – Someone to Watch Award (Nominated)^[7]^[8]

References

^ "My Sister's Quinceañera". americanfilmshowcase.com. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
^ "Aaron Douglas Johnston - Festival Scope: Festivals on Demand for Film Professionals World Wide". pro.festivalscope.com. Retrieved 2017-10-06.
^ "Interview with Director Aaron Douglas Johnston on His New Indie Film "MY SISTER'S QUINCEANERA" | VIMOOZ". VIMOOZ. 2013-06-18. Retrieved 2017-10-06.
^ "CLOSER TO HOME: A Community Filmmaking Project". Kickstarter. Retrieved 2017-10-06.
^ "Aaron Douglas Johnston". IFFR. 2015-09-04. Retrieved 2017-10-06.
^ "Aaron Douglas Johnston". americanfilmshowcase.com. Retrieved 2017-10-06.
^ "THE 29th ANNUAL FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED | Film Independent Press Center". www.filmindependent.org. Archived from the original on 2017-03-13. Retrieved 2017-09-17.
^ "Spirit Awards Nominees Are Announced! Excitement Ensues - Film Independent". Film Independent. 2013-11-26. Retrieved 2017-09-17.

External links

Aaron Douglas Johnston at IMDb

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[:0-1] "My Sister's Quinceañera". americanfilmshowcase.com. Retrieved 2017-09-17.

[2] "Aaron Douglas Johnston - Festival Scope: Festivals on Demand for Film Professionals World Wide". pro.festivalscope.com. Retrieved 2017-10-06.

[3] "Interview with Director Aaron Douglas Johnston on His New Indie Film "MY SISTER'S QUINCEANERA" | VIMOOZ". VIMOOZ. 2013-06-18. Retrieved 2017-10-06.

[4] "CLOSER TO HOME: A Community Filmmaking Project". Kickstarter. Retrieved 2017-10-06.

[5] "Aaron Douglas Johnston". IFFR. 2015-09-04. Retrieved 2017-10-06.

[6] "Aaron Douglas Johnston". americanfilmshowcase.com. Retrieved 2017-10-06.

[7] "THE 29th ANNUAL FILM INDEPENDENT SPIRIT AWARDS NOMINATIONS ANNOUNCED | Film Independent Press Center". www.filmindependent.org. Archived from the original on 2017-03-13. Retrieved 2017-09-17.

[8] "Spirit Awards Nominees Are Announced! Excitement Ensues - Film Independent". Film Independent. 2013-11-26. Retrieved 2017-09-17.

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