Aaron Douglas Johnston

American filmmaker

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]

## Contents

* 1 Biography
* 2 Awards
* 3 References
* 4 External links

## Biography[edit]

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[edit]

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

## References[edit]

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.

## External links[edit]

* Aaron Douglas Johnston at IMDb