FILMS > FILMOGRAPHY
2009 - 2015
Producer/Director, TALENT HAS HUNGER. This film follows the cello students of master cello teacher Paul Katz for 7 years at Boston’s New England Conservatory of Music. The film premiered in Boston in early 2016 and is rolling out across America before its television broadcast.
2010 - 2012
Writer/Producer/Director, ORCHESTRA OF EXILES. This film about Bronislaw Huberman and the founding of the Israel Philharmonic features Zubin Mehta, Itzhak Perlman, Joshua Bell and Pinchas Zukerman. Recreations were filmed in New York, Poland, Germany and Israel and will be released theatrically by First Run Features in the Fall of 2012. First broadcast on PBS in the Spring of 2013 the film has made its way around the world since then.
2010 - 2011
Producer/Director, a series of films about the NY based ORCHESTRA OF ST. LUKE'S and the creation of their new home at the Baryshnikov Center on NY's west side. Featuring Renée Fleming, Iván Fischer, Mayor Bloomberg, Jeremy Denk and the players of the orchestra, the films celebrate OSL's on-going NY life. Web based series.
2008 - 2009
Producer/Director, HUDSON RIVER FILM SERIES to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s trip up the river in search of a Pacific passage. The 20 films focus on a unique contemporary character or story found in the Hudson River Valley. For interstitial programming on PBS stations through WNET.
2007
Producer/Director, YOUR LIFE IN STEREO, Aronson’s 6th film on the world of the deaf. This half hour film focuses on 3 deaf people who have received bi lateral cochlear implants. Film is in wide Educational and DVD Distribution.
2006
Producer/Director, SOUND AND FURY : 6 YEARS LATER, the long-awaited follow up film to Aronson's Academy Award nominated SOUND AND FURY. The film is a stand-alone in wide video distribution.
2004 - 2005
Director, BULLRIDER, a feature documentary that follows 3 world champion bull riders for a full season of the PBR from Cheyenne Frontier Days to the Vegas Finals. An Off The Pier Production. In theaters now. Television broadcast worldwide in 2007.
2004 - 2005
Co-Director/Producer, BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS, a film about the first all transsexual production of Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues performed in Los Angeles with a cast of 30 transwomen from across America. Film focuses in on 3 characters who depict success stories for young transwomen today. The film is broadcast on LOGO.
2002 - 2003
Co- Producer, Director, THE OPPOSITE SEX, two feature length documentary films that follow the painful journies of two transgendered people in America today. One film focuses on a male to female and the other on a female to male. The films premiered on SHOWTIME in 2004 and are presently on LOGO.
2000 - 2004
Producer, Director, FEELIN' NO PAIN. A feature documentary about Kenny Vance and the Planotones. The film features explores legends of doo-wop music and nostalgia for 50s era Brooklyn. Distribution and broadcast to be announced.
2000 - 2001
Producer/Director, PLAYING FOR REAL an hour documentary that looks closely at the classical music world today focusing on difficulties of career building in a rapidly expanding cultural climate. Featuring Dawn Upshaw, Michael Tilson Thomas, Isaac Stern, Emanuel Ax, Ruth Laredo and the 14-year-old prodigy violinist, Mayuko Kamio. Broadcast on PBS available through PBS Homevideo.
2000 - 2003
Producer/Director, TWINS. A follow up to SOUND AND FURY that follows the twin children in that film and another set of twins for 3 years to compare language development between a deaf implanted identical twin and his hearing twin sibling. In distribution, not for broadcast.
2000
Director/Executive Producer, SOUND AND FURY, Academy Award nominee, 2001. A feature documentary about a loving family torn apart by a medical technology which promises to end deafness. Premiered Sundance, January 2000. Released theatrically in 2001 broadcast on PBS January 2002. A WNET/Channel 4 Co-Production.
1999
Director, 15 episodes of OUTWARD BOUND, a Lancit Media/Discovery Kids half hour series presented on the Discovery Channel. Larry Lancit, Executive producer.
1998
Director, TAKE A MOMENT, half-hour special on family values aired simultaneously on 48 cable networks. National Cable Television Association (NCTA) sponsored, Nickelodeon/Next Next Entertainment co-production. Laurie Meadoff, Executive Producer.
1997
Director/Producer, DRAWING IN SPACE, a documentary film about the sculptor, Mark DiSuvero on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of his association with Storm King Sculpture Park. Produced by Storm King and Oil & Steel Gallery.
1996
Director, THE MANY TRIALS OF TAMMY B, a CityKids/Nickelodeon half-hour dramatic pilot. Laurie Meadoff, CityKids Executive Producer; Albee Hecht, Amy Friedman, Nickelodeon executives.
1996
Director, NURSES, a documentary film that looks closely at the world of Nursing. Produced by Merck Pharmaceuticals.
1995
Director, A DECADE OF DIGITAL SOUND, a SONY produced film on the 10 year history of digital CD technology. Featuring Isaac Stern, Tony Bennett, Kenny G and other SONY artists and producers.
1994
Director/Producer, ON THE ROAD WITH JOHN CAFFERTY, a half hour Cinemax Album Flash profiling "The Beaver Brown Band" on their national tour. Produced by CBS Records.
1990
Director, THE HAT FACTORY, half hour comedy pilot produced by Jean Doumanian Productions, Jean Doumanian, Producer.
1985 -1993
Aronson was president of GILSON/ARONSON FILMS, a commercial and MTV production company based in New York. Directed scores of commercials and MTV videos for agencies and record companies worldwide.
Producer/Director, TALENT HAS HUNGER. This film follows the cello students of master cello teacher Paul Katz for 7 years at Boston’s New England Conservatory of Music. The film premiered in Boston in early 2016 and is rolling out across America before its television broadcast.
2010 - 2012
Writer/Producer/Director, ORCHESTRA OF EXILES. This film about Bronislaw Huberman and the founding of the Israel Philharmonic features Zubin Mehta, Itzhak Perlman, Joshua Bell and Pinchas Zukerman. Recreations were filmed in New York, Poland, Germany and Israel and will be released theatrically by First Run Features in the Fall of 2012. First broadcast on PBS in the Spring of 2013 the film has made its way around the world since then.
2010 - 2011
Producer/Director, a series of films about the NY based ORCHESTRA OF ST. LUKE'S and the creation of their new home at the Baryshnikov Center on NY's west side. Featuring Renée Fleming, Iván Fischer, Mayor Bloomberg, Jeremy Denk and the players of the orchestra, the films celebrate OSL's on-going NY life. Web based series.
2008 - 2009
Producer/Director, HUDSON RIVER FILM SERIES to celebrate the 400th anniversary of Henry Hudson’s trip up the river in search of a Pacific passage. The 20 films focus on a unique contemporary character or story found in the Hudson River Valley. For interstitial programming on PBS stations through WNET.
2007
Producer/Director, YOUR LIFE IN STEREO, Aronson’s 6th film on the world of the deaf. This half hour film focuses on 3 deaf people who have received bi lateral cochlear implants. Film is in wide Educational and DVD Distribution.
2006
Producer/Director, SOUND AND FURY : 6 YEARS LATER, the long-awaited follow up film to Aronson's Academy Award nominated SOUND AND FURY. The film is a stand-alone in wide video distribution.
2004 - 2005
Director, BULLRIDER, a feature documentary that follows 3 world champion bull riders for a full season of the PBR from Cheyenne Frontier Days to the Vegas Finals. An Off The Pier Production. In theaters now. Television broadcast worldwide in 2007.
2004 - 2005
Co-Director/Producer, BEAUTIFUL DAUGHTERS, a film about the first all transsexual production of Eve Ensler's The Vagina Monologues performed in Los Angeles with a cast of 30 transwomen from across America. Film focuses in on 3 characters who depict success stories for young transwomen today. The film is broadcast on LOGO.
2002 - 2003
Co- Producer, Director, THE OPPOSITE SEX, two feature length documentary films that follow the painful journies of two transgendered people in America today. One film focuses on a male to female and the other on a female to male. The films premiered on SHOWTIME in 2004 and are presently on LOGO.
2000 - 2004
Producer, Director, FEELIN' NO PAIN. A feature documentary about Kenny Vance and the Planotones. The film features explores legends of doo-wop music and nostalgia for 50s era Brooklyn. Distribution and broadcast to be announced.
2000 - 2001
Producer/Director, PLAYING FOR REAL an hour documentary that looks closely at the classical music world today focusing on difficulties of career building in a rapidly expanding cultural climate. Featuring Dawn Upshaw, Michael Tilson Thomas, Isaac Stern, Emanuel Ax, Ruth Laredo and the 14-year-old prodigy violinist, Mayuko Kamio. Broadcast on PBS available through PBS Homevideo.
2000 - 2003
Producer/Director, TWINS. A follow up to SOUND AND FURY that follows the twin children in that film and another set of twins for 3 years to compare language development between a deaf implanted identical twin and his hearing twin sibling. In distribution, not for broadcast.
2000
Director/Executive Producer, SOUND AND FURY, Academy Award nominee, 2001. A feature documentary about a loving family torn apart by a medical technology which promises to end deafness. Premiered Sundance, January 2000. Released theatrically in 2001 broadcast on PBS January 2002. A WNET/Channel 4 Co-Production.
1999
Director, 15 episodes of OUTWARD BOUND, a Lancit Media/Discovery Kids half hour series presented on the Discovery Channel. Larry Lancit, Executive producer.
1998
Director, TAKE A MOMENT, half-hour special on family values aired simultaneously on 48 cable networks. National Cable Television Association (NCTA) sponsored, Nickelodeon/Next Next Entertainment co-production. Laurie Meadoff, Executive Producer.
1997
Director/Producer, DRAWING IN SPACE, a documentary film about the sculptor, Mark DiSuvero on the occasion of the 25th anniversary of his association with Storm King Sculpture Park. Produced by Storm King and Oil & Steel Gallery.
1996
Director, THE MANY TRIALS OF TAMMY B, a CityKids/Nickelodeon half-hour dramatic pilot. Laurie Meadoff, CityKids Executive Producer; Albee Hecht, Amy Friedman, Nickelodeon executives.
1996
Director, NURSES, a documentary film that looks closely at the world of Nursing. Produced by Merck Pharmaceuticals.
1995
Director, A DECADE OF DIGITAL SOUND, a SONY produced film on the 10 year history of digital CD technology. Featuring Isaac Stern, Tony Bennett, Kenny G and other SONY artists and producers.
1994
Director/Producer, ON THE ROAD WITH JOHN CAFFERTY, a half hour Cinemax Album Flash profiling "The Beaver Brown Band" on their national tour. Produced by CBS Records.
1990
Director, THE HAT FACTORY, half hour comedy pilot produced by Jean Doumanian Productions, Jean Doumanian, Producer.
1985 -1993
Aronson was president of GILSON/ARONSON FILMS, a commercial and MTV production company based in New York. Directed scores of commercials and MTV videos for agencies and record companies worldwide.