Unsung Auteurs: Paul Aaron
FilmInk saluted the work of director Paul Aaron '66, who helmed A Different Story, A Force Of One, Deadly Force, and more.
Reports FilmInk:
"Paul Aaron was born in Hoosick Falls, New York in 1943 and graduated from Bennington College in 1966. Aaron’s major creative career began in the theatre. After directing a touring production of the stage adaptation of Muriel Spark’s The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie with Kim Hunter, Aaron was installed as casting and programs director at The Mark Taper Forum, where he founded an actors’ workshop and directed several plays. His revival of S. Ansky’s The Tenth Man, with Hollywood star Richard Dreyfuss, earned him a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Director in 1977. Aaron’s other stage credits include Peter Link’s off-Broadway rock musical Salvation; Paris Is Out!, with Sam Levene and Molly Picon; the Kander & Ebb musical 70, Girls, 70; and That’s Entertainment."