Josh Aronson

Producer/Director/Writer, Josh Aonson began his career out of college as a still photographer for Time Life and began making films in 1979. He directed hundreds of commercials, rock videos, television pilots and, for the past 20 years, he specialized in documentaries. He directed the Oscar- nominated Sound & Fury followed by films about transsexuals for Showtime – The Opposite Sex and Beautiful Daughters. He explored the American rodeo culture in the feature documentary, Bullrider. Aronson has made a number of music films for PBS including Feelin’ No Pain, about the world of Doo Wop, and Playing for Real about building careers in the cut throat world of classical music. He made the Holocaust era Orchestra of Exiles, about the dramatic founding of the orchestra that became the Israel Philharmonic. Presently running on PBS is Talent Has Hunger, a film shot over 7 years about master cello teacher, Paul Katz, and his students at the New England Conservatory of Music. For the past 18 months Aronson has been making To Be of Service, about veterans with PTSD who have found their Service Dog to be a mode of treatment that profoundly helps them return to a life of feeling and love. The film will be completed in early 2019.

Aronson is the founder of Harmony Project Hudson, an after school music education program for at-risk kids in Hudson, NY.

Aronson and his wife, violinist, Maria Bachmann, founded Telluride Musicfest, a chamber music festival in Tellur which is in it’s 15th year.

A member of the Director’s Guild of America, Aronson has won numerous awards for his work including: Academy Award nomination, Time Life Freddy Award, Best Film Heartland Film Festival, Best Documentary, St. Louis Film Festival, Golden Spire, San Francisco Film Festival, National Board of Review Freedom of Expression Award, Independent Spirit Award nomination, Best Documentary, LA Outfest, Best Documentary NY Visionquest, The Japan Prize, Clio Award, Addy Award, Bronze Award of Excellence, Columbus International Film Festival.