Aron Gaudet

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Aron Gaudet
Born
Old Town, Maine, U.S.
NationalityFrench Acadian; American [1]
CitizenshipAmerican
EducationBBA Communications
Alma mater New England School of Communications
Occupations
  • Screenwriter
  • Film Producer
  • director
  • Journalist
Years active2007–present
Organization(s)Team A + G, Inc.
Notable workCrook County
Beneath the Harvest Sky
The Way We Get By
Queenpins
Inspiration To Get You Through A F*cked Up Year
TitleFilmmaker
Spouse Gita Pullapilly
Relatives Cyriac Pullapilly (father-in-law)
AwardsVariety Magazine's 2014 "10 Directors To Watch" (with Pullapilly)
Guggenheim Fellow (with Pullapilly)
Independent Magazine's "Filmmakers to Watch"

Aron Gaudet is an American film director, producer, screenwriter, and author. He is best known for The Way We Get By (2009), Beneath the Harvest Sky (2013), and Queenpins (2021). He writes and directs with his wife and film partner, Gita Pullapilly, under their banner, "Team A + G, Inc." [2] [3]

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Biography

Gaudet was born and raised in Old Town, Maine. He was educated at the University of Maine and the New England School of Communications. Prior to working in the film industry, he worked in television news in Bangor, Maine, Burlington, Vermont, Grand Rapids, Michigan, and Boston, Massachusetts. In Boston, he worked for New England Sports Network (NESN) covering the Red Sox and the Bruins. [4] [5] [6] He is a member of the Writers Guild of America and the Directors Guild of America.

Gaudet began his film career in 2007 co-directing an episode titled India:A New Life for the documentary series Frontline/World which aired on June 21, 2007, that year he was selected as a WGBH Filmmaker in Residence for The Way We Get By. [7] [8] In 2009, Gaudet released The Way We Get By, about three senior citizens in Maine who greet American troops returning from Iraq and Afghanistan at the Bangor Airport. His mother, Joan Gaudet, is featured in the film. [9]

In 2012, Gaudet co-created and co-executive produced the national U.S. PBS program Lifecasters, which world premiered at the Film Society of Lincoln Center, [10] [11] he also directed The Gambling Man, a 20-minute documentary short film for the Lifecasters series. [12] [13]

In 2015, Gaudet was awarded the Guggenheim fellowship for his work as a filmmaker and in 2014, he was selected as one of Variety's "10 Directors To Watch" for his narrative feature directorial debut, Beneath the Harvest Sky. [14] [15] [16] During that time, he co-wrote a screenplay for Crook County, a true story of the 1980s FBI investigation in Chicago called Operation Greylord; [17] the screenplay was selected for the 2015 Black List of top unproduced screenplays. [18]

In 2018, Gaudet was selected for the Ryan Murphy Half Initiative for Directing for Television. [19] He shadow directed on the season finale episode of ‘American Horror Story.’ [20]

In 2019, Gaudet and Gita Pullapilly created the India-US Film Initiative, a program designed to champion and foster Indian filmmakers in Hollywood and US filmmakers in Bollywood. [14] [21] Gaudet co-wrote the screenplay, Queenpins, with Gita Pullapilly, which they co-directed in 2020. Queenpins is a dark comedy starring Kristen Bell and Vince Vaughn, inspired by the true story of the largest counterfeit coupon caper in history. [14] STX sold the domestic rights to Queenpins for a record $21.5 million. It is currently streaming on PLUTO, owned by Paramount Global.

In 2023, they directed a $35 million dramatic thriller, "David Armstrong," with 101 Studios' David Glasser producing and starring Jeremy Renner and Billy Bob Thornton. This is the first film Jeremy Renner completed since his accident.

Filmography

YearFilmNotes
2009 The Way We Get By documentary film;
Cinema Eye Honors Award and Emmy Award nominee
2010The Elephant BathDocumentary short
2012The Gambling ManDocumentary short
2013Lifecastersdocumentary TV film
Beneath the Harvest Sky feature film
2021 Queenpins feature film

Personal life

Gaudet is married to Gita Pullapilly, the American screenwriter, film director, and producer. They write and direct under the banner, Team A + G, Inc. production company. In 2022, they published their first book together, Inspiration To Get You Through A F*cked Up Year. [22]

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