Aaron Ohlmann is an American filmmaker best known for his work for Netflix and Vice, and producing the feature documentaries Viva Cuba Libre and Here Is Always Somewhere Else.[1]
Career
editTelevision
editIn 2019 Ohlmann produced Larry Charles' Dangerous World of Comedy,[2] a four part Netflix Original series that follows legendary comedy writer and director Larry Charles as he travels the world in search of humor in unusual, unexpected and dangerous places.[3]
Ohlmann has produced and directed television for VICE, including episodes of Black Market with Michael K. Williams shot in Cameroon, Japan and China. In one of the episodes, he partnered with journalist Melanie Gouby to track poaching corridors from West Africa into Hong Kong.[4] He also worked as a producer on the HBO special: VICE Special Report - A World in Disarray.[5]
Film
editIn Cuba he produced and edited Viva Cuba Lib: Rap is War, a feature about the controversial hiphop duo Los Aldeanos. It was promoted by Amnesty International and received the DocU Award Nomination at IDFA.[6]
In Northern Iraq he directed the 360° film The Call Center featuring the recordings of refugees displaced by the war with ISIS. The making of this film was profiled by GOOD Magazine in the article In the Line of Fire[7] and in an interview with Ohlmann by Katie Wudel.[8] The Badger Herald[9] and the blog NoFilmSchool have also written about his work for VICE and the United Nations in dangerous places.[10]
He spent a year working at the UN's International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, where he created an online archive of interviews with people who worked for the United Nation's tribunal.[11]
He has collaborated extensively with writer/director Rene Daalder, with whom he produced, edited and shot Here Is Always Somewhere Else,[12] a documentary about artist Bas Jan Ader. This movie received a nomination for the Gouden Kalf. In 2005, Ohlmann was a resident artist at the Wexner Center for the Arts with Daalder.[13]
Music Videos
editOhlmann produced music videos for the band Fol Chen for Asthmatic Kitty Records,[14] the band YACHT for DFA Records,[15] LA electronic artist Sinosa,[16] Nigerian dancehall artist General Pype, and the experimental Chinese band White+.[17]
Personal life
editOhlmann graduated from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 2003[18] and currently lives in Los Angeles.
References
edit- ^ "Filming Abroad for VICELAND: 'Befriend Local Sex Workers and Cabbies'". January 3, 2017.
- ^ "Larry Charles' Dangerous World of Comedy (TV Series 2019– ) - IMDb". IMDb.
- ^ "Borat director Larry Charles: Why I asked terrorists to tell me a joke". TheGuardian.com. February 20, 2019.
- ^ "Poaching Pangolin". IMDb. September 13, 2016.
- ^ "Aaron Ohlmann". IMDb.
- ^ "Viva Cuba Libre".
- ^ "In The Line Of Fire". GOOD Magazine. April 19, 2017. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
- ^ "Inside 'The Call Center'". GOOD Magazine. April 19, 2017. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
- ^ "Q&A: UW alum travels the globe to film stories of those on the fringes". The Badger Herald. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
- ^ "Filming Abroad for VICELAND: 'Befriend Local Sex Workers and Cabbies'". No Film School. January 3, 2017. Retrieved December 5, 2017.
- ^ "Q&A: UW alum travels the globe to film stories of those on the fringes". October 18, 2016.
- ^ Medaris, David (April 12, 2007). "Smells like mystery: A Q&A with Aaron Ohlmann". Isthmus. Retrieved December 7, 2008.
- ^ "Here Is Always Somewhere Else" (PDF). hereisalwayssomewhereelse.com. Retrieved December 7, 2008.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "200 Words: New Video from Fol Chen". March 5, 2013.
- ^ "Yacht 🙃 Utopia and Dystopia Films". Archived from the original on February 26, 2019. Retrieved February 26, 2019.
- ^ Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: SINOSA: If U Must Dance (Bot11). YouTube.
- ^ "General Pype: Stand Attention — Special Order".
- ^ "Wisconsin Film Festival 2007". The Daily Cardinal. April 12, 2007. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved December 7, 2008.
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