Aaron Ohlmann is an American filmmaker best known for his work for

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and

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, and producing the feature documentaries '' Viva Cuba Libre'' and '' Here Is Always Somewhere Else''.

Career

Television

In 2019 Ohlmann produced

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, a four part

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series that follows legendary comedy writer and director

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as he travels the world in search of humor in unusual, unexpected and dangerous places. Ohlmann has produced and directed television for

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, including episodes of Black Market with Michael K. Williams shot in Cameroon, Japan and China. In one of the episodes, he partnered with journalist Melanie Gouby to track poaching corridors from West Africa into Hong Kong. He also worked as a producer on the HBO special: VICE Special Report - A World in Disarray.

Film

In Cuba he produced and edited Viva Cuba Lib: Rap is War, a feature about the controversial hiphop duo . It was promoted by

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and received the DocU Award Nomination at IDFA. In Northern Iraq he directed the 360° film ''The Call Center'' featuring the recordings of refugees displaced by the war with ISIS. The making of this film was profiled by

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Magazine in the article ''In the Line of Fire'' and in an interview with Ohlmann by Katie Wudel. The Badger Herald and the blog NoFilmSchool have also written about his work for

and the

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in dangerous places. He spent a year working at the UN's

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, where he created an online archive of interviews with people who worked for the United Nation's tribunal. He has collaborated extensively with writer/director

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, with whom he produced, edited and shot '' Here Is Always Somewhere Else,'' a documentary about artist

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. This movie received a nomination for the Gouden Kalf. In 2005, Ohlmann was a resident artist at the

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with Daalder.

Music Videos

Ohlmann produced music videos for the band

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for

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, the band

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for

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, LA electronic artist Sinosa, Nigerian dancehall artist General Pype, and the experimental Chinese band White+.

Personal life

Ohlmann graduated from the

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in 2003 and currently lives in Los Angeles.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Ohlmann, Aaron Living people Year of birth missing (living people) American documentary film producers Film people from Los Angeles University of Wisconsin–Madison alumni Film producers from California