Aaron I. Naar

Aaron Naar is a lead editor and director at Editree. A Film Independent and IFP Documentary Lab alumnus and a recipient of the Pacific Pioneer Fund, he has participated in Independent Film Week and Spotlight on Documentaries, the Film Independent Forum, and Points North Pitch. His feature directorial debut, Mateo, was nominated for the Grand Jury Award at the 2014 South by Southwest Film Festival.

Over the past several years, Naar has edited a wide range of short and long format work for Editree. In 2016, his editorial work won an Emmy for Outstanding Short Format Nonfiction Series for Inside Look: The People v. O.J. Simpson: American Crime Story. Most recently, he worked as an editor on Apple TV’s Home documentary series.

SELECTED INTERVIEWS

Filmmaker Magazine | "Building Trust with the Gringo Mariachi" | 20 August 2015
WYNC, NPR | "The Surprisingly Dark Story of 'Gringo Mariachi'" | 24 July 2014
Alternavox | "Reel Notes — Hot Docs 2014: Dir. Aaron Naar" | 01 May 2014
KPCC, SoCal Public Radio, NPR | "Anglo Mariachi, Now a Documentary" | 13 March 2014
Film Independent | "Doc Lab Success Story: How Mateo Got Made" | 10 March 2014