AARON PAUL LOVETT
Aaron is a filmmaker, writer, and content creator based in Los Angeles, by way of New York. Their first short film, GAYS FOR TRUMP?, follows three gay Trump supporters in the American South. Aaron won First Place in the 2017 RiverRun International Film Festival PitchFest for the project, and has shown the film at festivals including Indie Memphis, RiverRun, and Indie Grits, among others. In pursuit of nonfiction filmmaking, they have traveled to the Middle East to document the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, explored Europe making personal essay films, and followed candidates on the ground during the 2018 midterms. As a writer of both screenplays and prose, they hope to one day combine their passion for storytelling and production by writing and directing in film and TV.
Aaron has produced videos for BuzzFeed, NowThis, VaynerX, and other clients. For a full list of their professional experiences, see their resume.
Photo by Ana Fangayen
SELECTED AWARDS, SCREENINGS, & PUBLICATIONS
Screenings
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Official Selection, RiverRun International Film Festival 2018: Gays for Trump?
Official Selection, Indie Grits Film Festival 2018: Gays for Trump?
Official Selection, Drunken Film Fest 2018: Gays for Trump?
Official Selection, Indie Memphis Film Festival 2017: Gays for Trump?
Official Selection, Carrboro Film Festival 2017: Gays for Trump?
Official Selection, Swain Lot Film Festival 2016: They Lived
Official Selection, Carrboro Film Festival 2016: MILK
Official Selection, Ozark Shorts 2016: MILK
Official Selection, VHS Mixtape Vol. 1 2016: MILK
Official Selection, Bogota Experimental Film Festival 2015: MILK
Awards
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First Place, RiverRun International Film Festival PitchFest, 2017: Gays for Trump?
John Hope Franklin Documentary Award, 2017: Sights & Sounds from the Homeland
Sexuality Studies Creative Projects Award, UNC, 2017: Gays for Trump?
Suzanne Bolch Award, UNC, 2017
Gerald Unks Fellowship, UNC, 2017
Full Frame Documentary Film Festival Fellowship, 2016 & 2017
Third Place in Fiction, Cellar Door, Fall 2016: Waiting
Acceptance into Berklee College of Music Film Scoring Workshop, 2016: They Lived
Publications & Gallery Showings
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Published in North Carolina's Emerging Writers – An Anthology of Nonfiction: Doors
Published in Visual Art, Cellar Door, Fall 2016: In Bed
Group Exhibition – Image in Motion: Movement Four
Group Exhibition, Carrack Modern Art: Sights & Sounds
CONTACT
704-724-7744