Paul Aaron

Paul Aaron

Nacimiento : 1943-04-23, Hoosick Falls, New York, USA

Historia

Aaron has been creating successful productions since he began his professional career directing a national company of "The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie", starring Oscar-winning actress Kim Hunter. Later, he switched to filmmaking and made his debut in 1978, directing A Different Story, starring Perry King and Meg Foster. The film turned out to be a "cult classic." After years of directing films, he began producing his films in 1986. After finishing his education at Bennington College, Bennington, Vermont, he relocated to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the show business. There, he became the Casting and New Programs Director for the Mark Taper Forum. (Named after the real estate developer Mark Taper, the Mark Taper forum in a 739-seat thrust stage at the Los Angeles Music Center designed by Welton Becket and Associates on the Bunker Hill section of Downtown Los Angeles.) Around at the same time, he founded an actor's workshop and directed several plays, including a critically acclaimed production of "The Three Penny Opera". He also worked in New York to direct the successful, off-Broadway rock musical hit, "Salvation", featuring, among others, Bette Midler, Barry Bostwick, and Joe Morton. He next moved to Broadway to direct the comedy "Paris Is Out", starring Sam Levene and Molly Picon, becoming the youngest director in Broadway history. After moving back to the West Coast, Aaron directed the revival of Paddy Chayefsky's, "The Tenth Man", starring Richard Dreyfuss. For his work, he was awarded the Los Angeles Drama Critic's Award as best director of the year. In 1979, he directed his second feature film titled A Force of One, an action-thriller starring Chuck Norris and Jennifer O'Neill, with a screenplay by Academy Award-winner Ernest Tidyman. Also in 1979, he directed the hit NBC TV movie The Miracle Worker, starring Patty Duke, Melissa Gilbert, and Diana Muldaur. For his work, he was nominated for "Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Specials/Movies for TV/Actuality" at the 1980 Directors Guild of America Award. He also won the Director's prize from the Monte Carlo Film Festival, a Golden Globe nomination, and the Christopher Award. The film was nominated for four Emmys and won three, including one for Patty Duke as "Lead Actress in a Dramatic Special" and the Emmy as "Outstanding Dramatic Special" of the 1979-1980 season. In 1981, he directed CBS' TV movie Thin Ice (1981), starring Kate Jackson and Lillian Gish. In 1987, he directed the award-winning NBC television special, In Love and War (1987), the story of United States Navy vice admiral James Stockdale, which starred James Woods and Jane Alexander. The film was chosen by The Hollywood Reporter as one of the top five shows televised during the season. In 1992, Aaron sold the management division of his production company, "Elsboy Entertainment," to concentrate on writing and producing. In 1993, he co-wrote and co-produced with the three-hour HBO mini-series titled Laurel Avenue. Pulitzer prize-winning critic Tom Shales of the Washington Post called it "a golden moment in the history of television".

Perfil

Paul Aaron

Películas

Devi(L)
Devi(L)
Story
A man who wants a modern girl for a wife unwillingly marries a village girl. What happens when the girl is possessed by the ghost of an aspiring actress?
Juego de confidencias
Juego de confidencias
Producer
Drug lord Dwayne Gittens rules Cincinnati with an iron fist. No wonder he's known as "God" on the streets. Determined to break Gittens' stranglehold on the city is undercover cop Jeffrey Cole. But as Cole takes on an assumed identity to penetrate Gittens' criminal empire, he makes a disturbing discovery -- he kind of likes being a gangster.
Juego de confidencias
Juego de confidencias
Writer
Drug lord Dwayne Gittens rules Cincinnati with an iron fist. No wonder he's known as "God" on the streets. Determined to break Gittens' stranglehold on the city is undercover cop Jeffrey Cole. But as Cole takes on an assumed identity to penetrate Gittens' criminal empire, he makes a disturbing discovery -- he kind of likes being a gangster.
Untamed Love
Untamed Love
Director
A badly abused girl of 6 is saved from having to be admitted to an institution by a dedicated Special Education teacher whose class she's been placed in until there is an opening in the hospital. In that time they form a strong bond and the child begins to heal. The teacher begins to think an institution is not what this child needs.
El alucinante viaje de Bill y Ted
El alucinante viaje de Bill y Ted
Co-Producer
Una cabina telefónica es el instrumento que utilizan Billy y Ted para viajar a sus anchas por el espacio y el tiempo. Viajarán al Infierno, al Cielo, se harán amigos de la Muerte (que acabará convirtiéndose en ídolo del rock), y conocerán a los marcianos, al conejo de Pascua, y a Albert Einstein.
Save the Dog!
Save the Dog!
Director
Becky wants to become an actress. After an audition for a dog food ad she has best chances to get the part - but the day after her dog Petey becomes very ill. She has to come up with $700 until 5 pm for the operation - else Petey will be put to death! Lacking only $70, she takes a job as messenger. She needs only one delivery, but her car breaks down and bad luck delays her again, and again, and again...
Rebelión en casa
Rebelión en casa
Director
El hijo de un importante político estudia en un internado, ya que su familia no tiene tiempo para él. Un día, su padre le pide que regrese a casa, pero únicamente se trata de una estrategia para conseguir más votos en las próximas elecciones. Los directores de la película decidieron usar el famoso pseudonimo "Alan Smithee" en los créditos.
Vietnam, prisionero de guerra
Vietnam, prisionero de guerra
Director
Es la historia de Jim, un piloto americano que sufrió el horror de los campos de prisioneros en Vietnam durante ocho años de cautiverio. Su mujer se convierte en activista de sus derechos y lucha para conseguir su regreso.
Maxie
Maxie
Director
Cuando Nick y Jan se mudan a su nuevo apartamento en San Francisco, la loca casera de arriba les habla de una chica que solía vivir allí en los años 20: una joven fiestera descarada llamada Maxie, que murió en un accidente automovilístico la mañana antes de su gran matrimonio y de su audición para un estudio de Hollywood. El problema es que Maxie, o mejor dicho su fantasma, no ha salido de casa. Peor aún, puede apoderarse del cuerpo de Jan. Y la única forma en que se va a ir es si consigue esa audición.
When She Says No
When She Says No
Director
After divorced college professor Rose Michaels invites three of her male colleagues to her room during a teacher's convention, she later accuses them of rape, but the men say otherwise.
Stoney el frio
Stoney el frio
Director
Stoney Cooper ha dejado de ser un duro policía de Los Angeles para convertirse en un detective privado que tiene entre manos un caso que conmociona la ciudad: persigue a un asesino en serie que ha grabado una X en la frente de cada una de sus diecisiete víctimas, que son siempre mujeres. Sus métodos nunca fueron demasiado bien vistos, pero a los que fueron antes sus colegas del lado de la ley no les gusta que Stoney avance más en sus investigaciones que ellos, por lo que le presionan en demasía, sobre todo el que fuera su antiguo compañero, Otto Hoxley.
Maid in America
Maid in America
Director
An unemployed worker answers a personal ad for a housekeeper to a crusading female lawyer, and then takes her to court to force her to accept him into her home, claiming sex discrimination.
Thin Ice
Thin Ice
Director
A teacher falls in love with a student, and deals with the reactions of the people around her.
Duelo final
Duelo final
Story
Scott James (Chuck Norris), campeón de artes marciales retirado, se ve involucrado en una peligrosa aventura internacional cuando la mujer con la que sale, Nancy (Kim Lankford) es asesinada por una banda de matones Ninja. James se entera de que la familia de Nancy también ha sido asesinada, al igual que un importante magnate europeo de la prensa, y decidido a saber el por qué de estos sucesos, se pone en contacto con McCarn (Lee Van Cleef), un experto mercenario.
The Miracle Worker
The Miracle Worker
Director
The true story of Helen Keller and Annie Sullivan, a gripping battle to overcome impossible obstacles and the struggle to communicate. As a young girl, Helen Keller is stricken with scarlet fever. The illness leaves her blind, mute, and deaf. Sealed off from the world, Helen cannot communicate with anyone, nor anyone with her. Often frustrated and desperate, Helen flies into uncontrollable rages and tantrums that terrify her hopeless family. The gifted teacher Annie Sullivan is summoned by the family to help the girl understand the world from which she is isolated, freeing Helen Keller from her internal prison forever. Television remake of the 1962 film which also starred Patty Duke in the role of Helen Keller.
Fuerza 7
Fuerza 7
Director
Dos policías de narcóticos son asesinados mientras investigaban un almacén y la policía busca al mejor instructor de artes marciales de la ciudad para que entrene a sus detectives. Ese es Matt Logan, campeón de full contact y kárate, quien se muestra neutral hasta que su implicación en el caso se convierte en un asunto personal cuando su hijo adoptivo resulta ser la última víctima del asesino.
A Different Story
A Different Story
Director
A gay man and a lesbian enter into a marriage of convenience in order to prevent his deportation, and then gradually fall in love with one another.