Producer of
Robert Wilson and the Civil Wars
Director of
NOVA '78
Aaron Brookner is an American-British writer, director, producer, and visual artist, born in New York City and based in London since 2009. He studied film at Vassar College and began his career assisting on Jim Jarmusch’s Coffee and Cigarettes and Rebecca Miller’s Personal Velocity, before directing the award-winning documentary short The Black Cowboys (2004). He has worked across narrative and documentary for over two decades. Selected works include directing Uncle HowarD (Sundance, Berlinale), co-writing and producing LISTEN (Venice, 2020), and co-producing Diciannove (Venice, TIFF 2024). He leads the Howard Brookner Legacy Project. His latest release is 1986’s Robert Wilson & the CIVIL warS at Bologna’s Cinema Ritrovato in 2025.
Film selection: BURROUGHS: THE MOVIE (2014), LISTEN (2019), DICIANNOVE (2024), ROBERT WILSON AND THE CIVIL WARS (2025), NOVA '78 (2025)