Aaron Schneider (born July 26, 1965) is an American filmmaker and cinematographer.
His short film Two Soldiers (2003) won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. He won an Independent Spirit Award for his feature film debut, Get Low (2009).
Early life Schneider was born in 1965 in Springfield, Illinois, and raised in Mossville, Illinois. He is a graduate of the University of Southern California. He is of Jewish background, and his father Delwin Schneider was a Korean War veteran.
Career His cinematography work includes the TV series Murder One (for which he was nominated for a 1996 Emmy Award) and the pilot episode of the series Supernatural, as well as the films Kiss the Girls and Simon Birch. He was also the second unit director of photography for Titanic and second unit director for Final Destination 5.
In 2004, he won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film for the live action short film Two Soldiers (shared with producer Andrew J. Sacks). The 40-minute short was based on a short story written by William Faulkner.
Schneider's first feature film, Get Low, drew positive reviews when it premiered at the 2009 Toronto International Film Festival, and was subsequently purchased for distribution by Sony Pictures Classics. The film was released in the US on July 30, 2010. It stars Robert Duvall in a much-lauded performance, in addition to Sissy Spacek, Bill Murray, and Lucas Black. It earned Schneider the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature.
In 2020, after a decade hiatus from features, Schneider directed Greyhound, a World War II drama centered on the Battle of the Atlantic and starring Tom Hanks.
Filmography Cinematographer Film Year Title Director Notes 1990 Dead Girls Dennis Devine With Regge Bulman 1997 Kiss the Girls Gary Fleder 1998 Simon Birch Mark Steven Johnson
Short film Year Title Director Notes 2006 Believe Ray RoderickSavage Steve HollandBrent Young 2024 Little Kidnappers Cristine Ackel With John B. Aronson
TV series Year Title Director Notes 1995-1996 Murder One Charles HaidMichael FrescoJoe Ann FogleNancy SavocaJim CharlestonDonna DeitchElodie Keene 10 episodes 1997 C-16: FBI Michael M. Robin Episode "Pilot" (Part 1 and 2) 1998 Buddy Faro Charles Haid Episode "Pilot" 2001 The Agency Alex ZakrzewskiMikael Salomon 2 episodes 2004 The D.A. Michael M. Robin Episode "The People vs. Sergius Kovinsky" Beck and Call Craig Zisk TV short 2005 Supernatural David Nutter Episode "Pilot"
TV movies Year Title Director 1999 Brookfield Arvin Brown 2002 Miss Miami Stephen Surjik 2006 Drift Paul W. S. Anderson 2009 Captain Cook's Extraordinary Atlas Thomas Schlamme
Director Short film Two Soldiers (2003) (Also writer and producer)
Feature film Get Low (2009) (Also editor) Greyhound (2020) Greyhound 2 (In production)
Television Year Title Notes 2000 Popular Episode "Are You There God? It's Me, Ann-Margret"
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