Aaron Schimberg

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Aaron Schimberg
Occupation(s) Film director, screenwriter

Aaron Schimberg is an American filmmaker best known for the 2018 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]

A Different Man , Schimberg's third feature starring Sebastian Stan and distributed by A24, premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. [2] He was named one of the top ten new directors to watch by Variety at that year's Palm Springs International Film Festival. [4]

Filmography

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

Awards and nominations

YearAwardCategoryNominated workResultRef.
2019 Florida Film Festival Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative Feature Chained for Life Won [5]
New Hampshire Film Festival Grand Jury Award for Best Narrative FeatureWon [5]
Knoxville Film FestivalBest Narrative Feature FilmWon [5]
New Orleans Film Festival Best Narrative FeatureWon [5]
Champs-Élysées Film Festival Best American Feature FilmNominated [6]
Method Fest Independent Film Festival Best Director Feature FilmNominated [7]
Best Feature FilmWon [7]
2024 Berlin International Film Festival Golden Bear A Different Man Nominated [8]
Palm Springs International Film Festival Top 10 Directors to WatchWon [lower-alpha 1] [4]

Notes

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

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References

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