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Aaron Douglas Johnston

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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

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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

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2014 Independent Spirit AwardsSomeone to Watch Award (Nominated)[7][8]

References

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  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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