Aaron Lubarsky is a documentary filmmaker known for his work on the

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documentary ''

Journeys with George ''Journeys with George'' is a documentary by Alexandra Pelosi and Aaron Lubarsky that follows George W. Bush for more than a year on his campaign trail in the 2000 United States presidential election. Working for NBC and as part of what she c ...

'', the PBS documentary ''

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'' and '' Sportsfan''. After graduation from

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's Documentary Film Program, he worked as a documentarian at

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on ''The Making Of Star Wars: Episode One''. In 2005, he founded Flicker Flacker Films, specializing in non-fiction production. He lives and works in New York.

Work, awards, and recognition

In 1997, while at Stanford University's Documentary Film Program, Aaron's thesis film '' Wayne Freedman's Notebook''Wayne Freedman's Notebook (search at YouTube)
/ref> won him a Student Academy Award and a Student Emmy Award. His short documentary, 2000's '' Uncle Eugene'', won him a Golden Gate Award for his work as Writer/Director/Producer/Cinematographer. He also wrote the film's score. In 2002, Aaron served as Co-Director, Producer, and Editor of the documentary ''

'' that followed

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on the campaign trail. The film was nominated for five

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, and Aaron took home a statue for "Outstanding Picture Editing for Non-Fiction Programming" in 2003. He was a director and the editor of "

", which screened at more than 90 international film festivals (winning more than a dozen awards), was broadcast in 20 countries and won the 2007

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. He also served as editor on such movies as ''

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'' (PBS), '' Matthew Barney: No Restraint'' (IFC), ''

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'' (HBO) and was the cinematographer, director and producer on '' Sportsfan'' (SpikeTV) and director and producer on ''

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'' (AMC).

References

External links

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Aaron Lubarsky at YouTube

Aaron Lubarsky WebSite
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