https://aaronohlmann.com Aaron Ohlmann Fri, 01 Apr 2016 03:01:44 +0000 https://aaronohlmann.com en http://aaronohlmann.com/Text-Animations Fri, 01 Apr 2016 03:01:44 +0000 Aaron Ohlmann 52708 Aaron Ohlmann is a filmmaker who produces projects for and makes documetaries about Aaron Ohlmann is a filmmaker who produces projects for and makes documetaries about http://aaronohlmann.com/Home-Page Fri, 01 Apr 2016 02:54:52 +0000 Aaron Ohlmann 53447 Aaron Ohlmann is an Emmy nominated filmmaker who creates projects like this and that for NETFLIX, NATGEO,&nbsp;VICE, bands, brands, &amp; NGOs.  Selected Projects  More Info  Get in touch  SELECTED PROJECTS <img width="1280" height="720" width_o="1280" height_o="720" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/9905b93eea89b569d8c3adac0029637cb2f95773e9ef5e898b5867d726f688df/maxresdefault-5.jpg" data-mid="1193152" border="0" />Ringo Starr: Drumming and Creative CollaborationProject: MasterClassRelease date: November 2021Credit: Lead Creative Producer Awards: Emmy nomination for Outstanding Instructional Program <img width="1201" height="630" width_o="1201" height_o="630" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/ab127de8263caec53b040e485aa559f99a74c030ab3febe3c65b4bc3df559ec5/Trafficked_FB.jpg" data-mid="1022421" border="0" />TRAFFICKED: With Mariana van ZellerProject: Series PremiereRelease date: Dec 2, 2020Credit: Director / Producer Client: Nat Geo Awards: Emmy nomination for Outstanding Business and Economic Documentary, Critic’s Choice nomination for Best Crime/Justice Program <img width="1280" height="720" width_o="1280" height_o="720" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/f23197927f991a3938509d98f68b93c02f7b43b9d3e3f2816fd00333a69b230e/lc3-copy.jpg" data-mid="638317" border="0" data-scale="95"/>Larry Charles’ Dangerous World of ComedyProject: Netflix SeriesRelease date: February 15, 2019Credit: Series Producer Client: Netflix Awards:&nbsp;Critic’s Choice nomination for Best Travel and Adventure Show <img width="1280" height="720" width_o="1280" height_o="720" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/dc4ffe8343b5e604707f8e5150bcff554768271b1c5c9637ba7f31be229440e4/maxresdefault_11.jpg" data-mid="38408" border="0" data-scale="95"/> VICE Special Report: A World in DisarrayProject: Feature DocumentaryRelease date: July 2017Credit: Consulting Producer Client: VICE on HBO <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/758091319e8d5ab849c080669234a5da8755ba1c64a256e9b5db97dcc0930749/The-Call-Center-Qayyarah-16x9-Posterframe.jpg" data-mid="38409" border="0" data-scale="95"/> The Call CenterProject: 360° VideoRelease date: April 2017Credit: Director&nbsp;Client: GOOD <img width="1280" height="720" width_o="1280" height_o="720" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/06764065093a4802151a28c17a4cce2a480fa2251200dda1bb81a79792b5218d/maxresdefault_1.jpg" data-mid="38405" border="0" data-scale="95"/> Black Market: Dispatches Project: Television show - 2 episodes Release date: Aug 2016 Credit: Producer / Director Client: VICE Awards: 2017 Real Screen Award of Excellence in Reality, and Winner for Documentary Series&nbsp; <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/5e0d92a91fcb54d9ce98f0b5c65771a5ffb3020dab494e6d7547ecddfbe9f637/Posterframe1.jpg" data-mid="38407" border="0" data-scale="95"/> Iraq: Lives on the Line Project: Doc about Call Centre in N. Iraq Release date: Nov 2016 Credit: Producer / Director / Narrator Client: UNOPS <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/80fc7a0c725f49146e0f39edec4936000a6958534e142715eb74ff7c05bb9907/Posterframe_FINAL.jpg" data-mid="38406" border="0" data-scale="95"/> Jack Black Saves the World... Again Project: Video campaign Release date: Nov 6, 2016 Credit: Producer / co-director / Narrator Client: UN Foundation, GOOD Inc. <img width="1600" height="900" width_o="1600" height_o="900" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/f37ca1472ba436e81c97d0de9b483964d5758ba4e74fbe7111a4b0e4d43e4bec/ETP2.jpg" data-mid="38397" border="0" data-scale="95"/> UN Foundation: #EarthToParis Project: Video campaign Release date: Nov 3, 2015 Credit: Producer / co-director / Narrator Client: UN Foundation, GOOD Inc. <img width="1600" height="900" width_o="1600" height_o="900" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/b99f0af76d2f1742331df38bf042fce2c9bd7579159aa8b5d733ab791c4069c0/Unknown.jpeg" data-mid="38396" border="0" data-scale="95"/> UN World Humanitarian Summit: Impossible Choices Project: Video campaign Release date: April 28, 2016 Credit: Producer / director Client: UN Foundation, GOOD Inc. <img width="1888" height="1062" width_o="1888" height_o="1062" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/af19611606006e8a67886393ce4c318a53378255755e8aae42db3249de85de08/ictr.jpg" data-mid="38402" border="0" data-scale="95"/> UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Project: Short film &amp; Online Archive Release date: Nov 26, 2014 Credit: Producer / director Client: United Nations <img width="1500" height="851" width_o="1500" height_o="851" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/94253728a77b204304c0e6da87f61a855a8f4e6fe6018b7eba7a636b1ad52ae5/viva.jpg" data-mid="38404" border="0" data-scale="95"/> Viva Cuba Libre Project: Feature documentary about Los Aldeanos Release date: Nov 24, 2014 Credit: Producer / Editor / Camera Distributor: Journeyman Films and iTunes <img width="2880" height="1619" width_o="2880" height_o="1619" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/fe0b71844c5a959a89e088d40bbd86a79e8aacd085aedaa568e99bad68a3a78c/leaningtowers.jpg" data-mid="38400" border="0" data-scale="95"/> Leaning Towers Project: Feature documentary about Rem KoolhaasRelease date: Fall 2019&nbsp; Credit: Producer / Editor / Camera Distributor: AgitPop Films <img width="1450" height="816" width_o="1450" height_o="816" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/fc907d1a60ae9c710baf749d520bfd3de50b2986e3133cafcfb492f98fb7725b/maxresdefault.jpg" data-mid="38395" border="0" data-scale="95"/> Fol Chen: 200 Words Project: Music video Release date: March 04, 2013 Credit: Director / Editor&nbsp; Label: Asthmatic Kitty <img width="1250" height="704" width_o="1250" height_o="704" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/d3730bbcd6d0ef87671b06a92634edc789fe20c60957b19370a1dfc36ce77a15/udis.png" data-mid="38401" border="0" data-scale="95"/> YACHT: Utopia/Dystopia Project: Music video Release date: June 23, 2011 Credit: Producer / Editor / Camera Label: DFA Records <img width="1198" height="800" width_o="1198" height_o="800" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/516dbfded1528363f3e90a806ff5f7fe34c2c76e74bd09febf188fcb64a265d5/bja.jpg" data-mid="38398" border="0" data-scale="95"/> Here Is Always Somewhere Else Project: Feature documentary Release date:&nbsp;Nov 8, 2008 Credit: Producer, Editor, Camera Distributor: Ryko / Warner Bros. INFORMATION Aaron Ohlmann is a two time Emmy-nominated director and producer who has lived and worked in Hollywood, Bollywood, Nollywood, and Beijing. Recently he produced and directed the premiere episode of Trafficked With Mariana van Zeller, NatGeo's highest-rated show of the year. Previously he produced the Netflix Series Larry Charles’ Dangerous World of Comedy, and produced and directed television for VICELAND and VICE on HBO, including episodes of Black Market: Dispatches shot in Cameroon, Japan and China.&nbsp; He spent a year working at the UN’s International Criminal Tribunal for the Rwanda, where he developed projects like this video and an online archive created with Folkert Gorter and David Clair.Together with Nirvan Mullick he directed the anthem video for the Paris Climate Conference featuring Jack Black, and produced a follow up film featuring Morgan Freeman. The videos received over ten million hits and helped generate 1.4 billion Twitter impressions. He also co-directed the UN’s video campaign for the first World Humanitarian Summit featuring Daniel Craig, Michael Douglas, Forest Whitaker, and Rosario Dawson. In Cuba he partnered with Jesse Acevedo to produce and edit&nbsp;Viva Cuba Libre, a feature about the controversial hiphop duo Los Aldeanos. Now available on iTunes, it was promoted by Amnesty International&nbsp;and received the DocU Award Nomination at IDFA. He made three features with Rene Daalder, including a film about artist Bas Jan Ader cited by Art Info Magazine as one of the top 20 must-see art films. Also in collaboration with Rene was The Terrestrials about LSD guru Timothy Leary, and an upcoming film about architect Rem Koolhaas. He’s created&nbsp;music videos for YACHT and&nbsp;Fol Chen,&nbsp;experiments for Beijing’s White+, and a video for General Pype that was banned from MTV Africa.He is a managing partner at Special Order, where has overseen a dozen projects for MasterClass, including classes with Ringo Starr, St. Vincent, and Yo-Yo Ma. He also creates branded content for companies and nonprofits, including projects like this, that, and the other for VISA, this for Intel, a web series for Scion, a product launch video for Motorola, a concert film for Nintendo, Caine’s Arcade 2 for the Imagination Foundation, and this &amp; that for TED.&nbsp; Special Order’s most recent doc series, Cannabis Buyers Club, will premiere at the Tribeca Film Festival in June of 2022.  Voice over demos  Visit IMDb  Get in touch RECENT PRESS Profile in USA Today &amp; Post CrescentProfile in NoFilmSchool → Filming Abroad for VICELAND GOOD Magazine → An Interview with Aaron Ohlmann GOOD Magazine → In The Line Of Fire → Survival Strategies in N IraqWar as a way of life → Photo EssayQ&amp;A: UW alum travels the globe to film stories of those on the fringesScreen Daily Film Review: Viva Cuba LibreGeneral Pype releases music video 5 years after banSmells Like Mystery: A Q&amp;A With Aaron Ohlmann Aaron Ohlmann is an Emmy nominated filmmaker who creates projects like this and that for NETFLIX, NATGEO,&nbsp;VICE, bands, brands, &amp; NGOs.  Selected... http://aaronohlmann.com/About Fri, 01 Apr 2016 00:11:31 +0000 Aaron Ohlmann 53414 Aaron Ohlmann Back <img width="2446" height="2446" width_o="2446" height_o="2446" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/edb760180e85413e012b3c741c82f4ff83bbfe189e32e74cb670050762ff4431/IMG_9534.JPG" data-mid="38380" border="0" data-scale="36"/> Aaron Ohlmann is a filmmaker who has lived and worked in Hollywood, Bollywood, Nollywood, Hillywood, and a few places without pet names like Beijing and Mogadishu. He’s produced and directed television for VICE, including upcoming episodes about the global black market shot in Cameroon, Japan and China. He spent a year working at the United Nation’s Intenational Criminal Tribunal for the&nbsp;Rwandan Genocide, where he developed projects throughout East Africa, including a film for the UNICTR and an online archive created in partnership with Folkert Gorter and David Clair. He co-directed the UN’s video campaign for the first World Humanitarian Summit featuring Daniel Craig, Michael Douglas, Forest Whitaker, and Rosario Dawson. Together with Nirvan Mullick he directed the&nbsp;anthem video for the COP21 Paris Climate Conference featuring Jack Black, and produced a follow up film featuring Morgan Freeman. Together the videos received over ten million views and helped generate 1.4 billion Twitter impressions. In Cuba he produced, edited and shot Viva Cuba Libre about controversial hiphop artists Los Aldeanos. Now available on iTunes, it was Amnesty International’s selection for their Movies That Matter series and received the DocU Award Nomination at IDFA. He’s created three feature docs with Rene Daalder, including a film about artist Bas Jan Ader that was cited by Art Info Magazine as one of the top 20 must-see art films. Also in collaboration with Rene was The Terrestrials about LSD guru Timothy Leary, and an upcoming film about architect Rem Koolhaas called Leaning Towers. He produced and cut&nbsp;a pair of music videos for YACHT, directed&nbsp;videos and live visuals for Fol Chen, created&nbsp;experiments for Beijing indie legends White+, and in Nigeria made a mildly provocative music video for General Pype that was banned from MTV Africa. In partnership with Special Order Inc, he creates branded content for some of the world’s leading companies and nonprofits, including projects like this, that and the other&nbsp;for VISA, mood pieces like&nbsp;this for Intel, a web series for Scion, a product launch video&nbsp;for Motorola, a concert film for Nintendo, Caine’s Arcade 2 for the Imagination Foundation, and&nbsp;this &amp; that for TED. &nbsp;Front Page  Get in touch Aaron Ohlmann Back Aaron Ohlmann is a filmmaker who has lived and worked in Hollywood, Bollywood, Nollywood, Hillywood, and a few places without pet names... http://aaronohlmann.com/Projects Wed, 30 Mar 2016 23:42:11 +0000 Aaron Ohlmann 52772 Selected Projects  Back <img width="1920" height="1080" width_o="1920" height_o="1080" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/4770377fa22ccebad3e7cc7c96a9f23dfc6c49fb20852ed77e74190fc6a057ac/vice2.jpg" data-mid="37632" border="0" data-scale="95"/> VICE: Traffic Project: Television show / 2 episodes Release date: June 2016 Credit: Producer/director Client: VICE <img width="1600" height="900" width_o="1600" height_o="900" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/fb23dab505e7c86837585829b6f2a2728b3ea191cb5e8738c08e267769b893ff/ETP2.jpg" data-mid="37631" border="0" data-scale="95"/> UN Foundation: #EarthToParis Project: Video campaign Release date: Nov 3, 2015 Credit: Producer/director Client: UN Foundation, GOOD Inc. <img width="1600" height="900" width_o="1600" height_o="900" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/517c2eba332a206afab0065bb1d3b8830caf64de339ec37e01dae12a366bf05e/Unknown.jpeg" data-mid="37625" border="0" data-scale="95"/> UN World Humanitarian Summit: Impossible Choices Project: Video campaign Release date: April 28, 2016 Credit: Producer/director Client: UN Foundation, GOOD Inc. <img width="1888" height="1062" width_o="1888" height_o="1062" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/204d2cbd6b3a96c61bf5217aba8b55eaf8b79c102c55fbb5bf403811746aa5a0/ictr.jpg" data-mid="37626" border="0" data-scale="95"/> UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Project: Short film &amp; Online Archive Release date: Nov 26, 2014 Credit: Producer/director Client: United Nations <img width="636" height="361" width_o="636" height_o="361" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/6dcbc196b6ef555cd61b81a520242db0036b14fc2174babbd17438a45da75a9b/1168005_Viva-Cuba-Libre-Rap-Is-War.jpg" data-mid="37627" border="0" data-scale="95"/> Viva Cuba Libre Project: Feature documentary Release date: Nov 24, 2014 Credit: Producer, Editor, Camera Distributor: Journeyman Films <img width="2880" height="1619" width_o="2880" height_o="1619" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/7c3f00b1af03bb7b54aab96f970b2ac7ddc3a0a3e04576c2489f1aea435b78cb/leaningtowers.jpg" data-mid="37624" border="0" data-scale="95"/> Leaning Towers Project: Feature documentary Credit: Producer, Editor, Camera Distributor: AgitPop Films <img width="1450" height="816" width_o="1450" height_o="816" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/2aa76724b992f5f77a3b84769e8d0c2e4edcdea31535319c6095b8aad6ddd196/maxresdefault.jpg" data-mid="37628" border="0" data-scale="95"/> Fol Chen: 200 Words Project: Music video Release date: March 04, 2013 Credit: Director Label: Asthmatic Kitty <img width="1250" height="704" width_o="1250" height_o="704" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/ee292b1eaaa2ae9e3ec3684320ed5dce7eb7ebaf3ba7457aff7fefa127306796/udis.png" data-mid="37629" border="0" data-scale="95"/> YACHT: Utopia/Dystopia Project: Music video Release date: June 23, 2011 Credit: Producer, Editor, Camera Label: DFA Records <img width="1198" height="800" width_o="1198" height_o="800" src_o="https://cortex.persona.co/t/original/i/d1bf1f56fce074164719dda050729c7ca362d2281744d8f7902d3e6d2c06c9c3/bja.jpg" data-mid="37630" border="0" data-scale="95"/> Here Is Always Somewhere Else Project: Feature documentary Release date:&nbsp;Nov 8, 2008 Credit: Producer, Editor, Camera Distributor: Ryko / Warner Bros. For a complete archive of work visit projects.aaronohlmann.com  Front Page  More Info  Get in touch Selected Projects  Back VICE: Traffic Project: Television show / 2 episodes Release date: June 2016 Credit: Producer/director Client: VICE UN...