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Aaron Douglas Johnston is an American filmmaker who is based in the
Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...
. He is known for the films '' Bumblefuck, USA'', and ''
My Sister's Quinceañera My Sister's Quinceañera is a 2013 documentary-drama by director Aaron Douglas Johnston. It is a rural coming-of-age drama about circumstances, American aspirations, and the effect of family ties''.'' The film stars Elizabeth Agapito, Becky Gar ...
''. Both films focus on outsider themes and mixup the boundary between documentary and fiction through his use of non-professional actors. He has used community funding to provide the small budgets for his films.


Biography

Johnston was born in 1978 and raised in Muscatine,
Iowa Iowa ( ) is a U.S. state, state in the upper Midwestern United States, Midwestern region of the United States. It borders the Mississippi River to the east and the Missouri River and Big Sioux River to the west; Wisconsin to the northeast, Ill ...
. He studied sociology at
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and
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before finding his way into filmmaking in the Netherlands. In Amsterdam, he studied directing at the
Netherlands Film and Television Academy The Netherlands Film Academy () (NFA) was founded in 1958. The academy is the only recognised institute in the Netherlands that offers training to prepare for the work in the various crew disciplines. Specialisation is possible in fiction direc ...
, where he made the
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-selected short ''Today and Tomorrow'', a drama made with and about political asylum seekers living in the Netherlands''.''


Awards

2014
Independent Spirit Awards The Independent Spirit Awards, originally known as the FINDIE or Friends of Independents Awards, and later as the Film Independent Spirit Awards, are awards presented annually in Santa Monica, California, to independent filmmakers. Founded in ...
Someone to Watch Award The Someone to Watch Award is an emerging filmmaker award presented by Film Independent Spirit Awards that recognizes a talented filmmaker of singular vision who has not yet received appropriate recognition. History The award includes a $25,000 un ...
(Nominated)


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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Johnston, Aaron Douglas Living people People from Muscatine, Iowa 1978 births Film directors from Iowa Film producers from Iowa