Aaron Houston(I)
- Additional Crew
- Producer
- Writer
Aaron's love for filmmaking began at a young age when The Boy Who Could
Fly was filmed at his home in Vancouver, Canada. The film's director,
Nick Castle, befriended the curious six year old and allowed him to be
a part of the process, even inviting Aaron and his family to the
studios where they had built an exact replica of his house and showed
them how they made the people fly in the film. Fascinated by the
process, Aaron soon began writing his own stories with the hope of one
day becoming a film director himself. Aaron started his career in the
film industry as an actor, landing roles on such shows as Davinci's
Inquest and Fox's short lived John Doe, but quickly turned his focus to
behind the camera, where his passion truly lied. An auto-didactic
filmmaker inspired by directors like Stanley Kubrick, Ron Howard and
Christopher Guest, Aaron has written and directed several short films
such as Rousing Doug (Winner of best cast and best film at the
Overnight Success Festival) Schlick Schlims (Official selection,
Yorkton Film Festival) and Two theories, one stone., (Official
selection, Cinequest Film Festival). Aaron has also written and
directed several viral commercials for Nokia, multiple segments for the
Canadian Tourism Commission and won an audience award at the 2009
Eddies Awards for his work as the writer/director of the commercial
Rooster for Big Rock Brewery. As an active member of Vancouver's local
film community, Aaron co-produces the Celluloid Social Club, a monthly
screening event of independent films, and is a co-founder of the Hot
Shots Shorts competition, which gives opportunities to emerging
filmmakers. In his personal life, Aaron spends most of his time raising
his daughter Zoe, to whom he is a dedicated full time single parent.