Paul Aaron

Aaron has been creating successful productions since he began his professional career directing a national company of The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie starring Oscarwinning actress Kim Hunter Later he switched to filmmaking and made his debut in 1978 directing A Different Story starring Perry King and Meg Foster The film turned out to be a cult classic After years of directing films he began producing his films in 1986 After finishing his education at Bennington College Bennington Vermont he relocated to Los Angeles to pursue a career in the show business There he became the Casting and New Programs Director for the Mark Taper Forum Named after the real estate developer Mark Taper the Mark Taper forum in a 739seat thrust stage at the Los Angeles Music Center designed by Welton Becket and Associates on the Bunker Hill section of Downtown Los Angeles Around at the same time he founded an actors workshop and directed several plays including a critically acclaimed production of The Three Penny Opera He also worked in New York to direct the successful offBroadway rock musical hit Salvation featuring among others Bette Midler Barry Bostwick and Joe Morton He next moved to Broadway to direct the comedy Paris Is Out starring Sam Levene and Molly Picon becoming the youngest director in Broadway history After moving back to the West Coast Aaron directed the revival of Paddy Chayefskys The Tenth Man starring Richard Dreyfuss For his work he was awarded the Los Angeles Drama Critics Award as best director of the year In 1979 he directed his second feature film titled A Force of One an actionthriller starring Chuck Norris and Jennifer ONeill with a screenplay by Academy Awardwinner Ernest Tidyman Also in 1979 he directed the hit NBC TV movie The Miracle Worker starring Patty Duke Melissa Gilbert and Diana Muldaur For his work he was nominated for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in SpecialsMovies for TVActuality at the 1980 Directors Guild of America Award He also won the Directors prize from the Monte Carlo Film Festival a Golden Globe nomination and the Christopher Award The film was nominated for four Emmys and won three including one for Patty Duke as Lead Actress in a Dramatic Special and the Emmy as Outstanding Dramatic Special of the 19791980 season In 1981 he directed CBS TV movie Thin Ice 1981 starring Kate Jackson and Lillian Gish In 1987 he directed the awardwinning NBC television special In Love and War 1987 the story of United States Navy vice admiral James Stockdale which starred James Woods and Jane Alexander The film was chosen by The Hollywood Reporter as one of the top five shows televised during the season In 1992 Aaron sold the management division of his production company Elsboy Entertainment to concentrate on writing and producing In 1993 he cowrote and coproduced with the threehour HBO miniseries titled Laurel Avenue Pulitzer prizewinning critic Tom Shales of the Washington Post called it a golden moment in the history of television