Aaron Schimberg

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Aaron Schimberg is an American filmmaker best known for the 2019 film Chained for Life and the 2024 film A Different Man . [1] [2]

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Career

Schimberg's debut feature, Go Down Death, was the closing film of the 2013 Fantasia Film Festival. [3] His next film, Chained for Life , premiered at the 2018 BAMcinemaFest and was released theatrically by Kino Lorber the following year. [1]

Schimberg's third feature A Different Man , starring Sebastian Stan and Adam Pearson and distributed by A24, premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. [2] It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling at the 97th Academy Awards. He was named one of the top ten new directors to watch by Variety at that year's Palm Springs International Film Festival. [4]

Personal life

Schimberg was born in Chicago and grew up in Minneapolis. [5] [6] He was born with a bilateral cleft lip and palate and cites it as the reason he gravitates toward narratives about facial disfigurement and disability. [7]

Schimberg is married to Vanessa McDonnell, who is a producer on all of his films. [8]

Filmography

YearTitleRef.
2013Go Down Death [3]
2018 Chained for Life [1]
2024 A Different Man [2]

Television

YearTitleNotesRef.
2025 The Chair Company 2 episodes

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2019 Florida Film Festival Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature Chained for Life Won [9]
New Hampshire Film Festival Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative FeatureWon [9]
Knoxville Film FestivalBest Narrative Feature FilmWon [9]
New Orleans Film Festival Best Narrative FeatureWon [9]
Champs-Élysées Film Festival Best American Feature FilmNominated [10]
Method Fest Independent Film Festival Best Director Feature FilmNominated [11]
Best Feature FilmWon [11]
2024 Berlin International Film Festival Golden Bear A Different Man Nominated [12]
Sitges Film Festival Best ScreenplayWon [13]
Gotham Awards Best FeatureWon [14]
Independent Spirit Awards Best ScreenplayNominated
Palm Springs International Film Festival Top 10 Directors to WatchWon [a] [4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Recognized alongside Blitz Bazawule, Ilker Çatak, Sophie Dupuis, Cord Jefferson, Titus Kaphar, Anna Kendrick, Kobi Libii, Ena Sendijarevic, and Eva Trobisch.

References

  1. 1 2 3 Erbland, Kate (11 July 2019). "'Chained for Life': Kino Lorber Picks Up Offbeat Hollywood Dramedy Starring 'Under the Skin' Breakout". Indiewire. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 Grobar, Matt. "Cinetic Media Signs 'A Different Man' Filmmaker Aaron Schimberg, Producer Vanessa McDonnell" . Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  3. 1 2 Toro, Gabe (31 July 2014). "Review: 'Go Down Death' A Unique, Strange & Unforgettable Directorial Debut". Indiewire. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  4. 1 2 "Variety's 10 Directors to Watch 2024". Palm Springs International Film Society. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  5. ↑ https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3661688/bio/?ref_=nm_ov_bio_sm
  6. ↑ https://www.criterion.com/current/top-10-lists/719-aaron-schimberg-s-top-10?srsltid=AfmBOoomjc8u7oCiTpAltEpngytLZZH-7tTbSJ5WRCT2IOcXfs84S2Ba
  7. ↑ https://www.lecinemaclub.com/journal/qa-with-aaron-schimberg/
  8. ↑ MacFarlane, Steve (November 21, 2013). "Aaron Schimberg". Bomb . Archived from the original on September 5, 2024. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
  9. 1 2 3 4 "Chained for Life". Mayfair Theatre. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  10. ↑ "Chained for Life". Champs-Élysées Film Festival. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  11. 1 2 "Nominees and Winners 2019 & 2020". The Method Fest. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  12. ↑ Bell, Nicholas (16 February 2024). "A Different Man 2024 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review". Ion Cinema. Retrieved 18 June 2024.
  13. ↑ De la Fuente, Anna Marie (13 October 2024). "John Lithgow, Geoffrey Rush and Kristine Froseth Win Acting Awards at Spain's 57th Sitges Film Festival". Variety. Retrieved 13 October 2024.
  14. ↑ Goldsmith, Jill (29 October 2024). "A Different Man 2024 Berlin Intl. Film Festival Review". Deadline. Retrieved 29 October 2024.
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