---
name: "Aaron Moorhead"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/aaron-moorhead"
fi1m_id: "aaron-moorhead"
imdb_id: "nm1823264"
tmdb_id: 583479
wikidata_id: "Q17285309"
roles: ["Director","Producer"]
born: "17 December 1987"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 72
average_as: "director"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-22T21:31:15.695047+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Aaron Moorhead

## Identity

Aaron Moorhead

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/aaron-moorhead
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** aaron-moorhead
- **IMDb ID:** nm1823264
- **TMDB ID:** 583479
- **Wikidata ID:** Q17285309
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Moorhead, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17285309, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1823264/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/583479

Director and producer. Born 17 December 1987 in Tarpon Springs, Florida, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Director, Producer
- **Born:** 17 December 1987, Tarpon Springs, Florida, USA
- **Active:** 2021–present
- **Also known as:** 艾伦·穆尔黑德, Aaron Scott Moorhead
- **Frequently works with:** [Justin Benson](https://film.one/person/justin-benson.md)
- **Average Fi1m score:** 72, as director, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Moorhead, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q17285309, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1823264/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/583479

## Streaming the US now

- **Disney+:** [*Daredevil: Born Again*](https://film.one/tv/daredevil-born-again.md) (74), [*Loki*](https://film.one/tv/loki.md) (71)

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## Fi1m on Aaron Moorhead

> Made with Justin Benson, Aaron Moorhead’s science fiction and horror stay close to recognisable people. We rate that approach, though the familiar plotting of *Daredevil: Born Again* puts limits on what grounded direction can achieve.

The fights in *Daredevil: Born Again* (2025) still hurt to watch. We winced because the violence feels painful, even when the plotting feels familiar. Charlie Cox and Vincent D’Onofrio are the chief reasons to return, and Moorhead’s grounded approach is a good fit for the crime series. The uneven pacing is a drawback, and no amount of conviction from the actors can make the plotting more surprising.

The earlier films with Justin Benson give that attention to character less familiar settings. Their feature partnership began with *Resolution* (2013), followed by the romantic body horror of *Spring* (2014) and the cult-themed science fiction of *The Endless* (2017). Across their work, ordinary human concerns remain important even when the questions become cosmic. Benson is a writer and frequent on-screen collaborator as well as co-director, while Moorhead typically handles cinematography and visual effects. Those practical duties matter to this approach: the strange things have to look as though they belong beside the people.

That partnership moved into television during the 2020s, including *Moon Knight* (2022) and the second series of *Loki* (2023). Benson and Moorhead then took lead-director roles on *Daredevil: Born Again* after its creative overhaul. The attraction is clear: their attention to character suits a series that needs its people to matter between fights. It also leaves them dependent on writing that gives those people something interesting to do.

The danger is that Moorhead becomes the director brought in to make familiar material feel credible, without being given much opportunity to make it strange. *Daredevil: Born Again* benefits from the grounded approach, but its strongest recommendation remains Cox and D’Onofrio rather than any surprise in the storytelling. We would like their television work to attempt more of the unusual combinations found in the films with Benson. For a less conventional premise, *Spring* is the place to go next.

## Biography

Aaron Moorhead is an American director, cinematographer, producer and actor. He works primarily in partnership with filmmaker Justin Benson, with whom he has co-directed, produced and edited several independent feature films, while also serving as cinematographer on their projects.

Moorhead and Benson's early films include the horror features *Resolution* (2012) and *Spring* (2014). Later works comprise *The Endless* (2017), *Synchronic* (2019) and *Something in the Dirt* (2022). They founded the production company Rustic Films in 2017.

The duo have directed episodes of several Marvel Cinematic Universe television series, including *Moon Knight* (2022), *Loki* (2023) and *Daredevil: Born Again* (2025), on which Moorhead is also credited as an executive producer.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, tvinsider.com.*

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Daredevil: Born Again* (2025), Fi1m 74, Director, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/daredevil-born-again.md)
- *Loki* (2021), Fi1m 71, Director, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/tv/loki.md)

## Complete filmography (38)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Touch Me* (2026), Executive Producer
- *Man Finds Tape* (2025), Producer, VFX Artist
- *Jacques the Giant Slayer* (2025), Director, Director of Photography, Editor
- *Descendent* (2025), Producer
- *Wild Magic* (2025), Executive Producer
- *Daredevil: Born Again* (2025), series, Director, Executive Producer — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/tv/daredevil-born-again.md)
- *Things Will Be Different* (2024), as Video Instructor November · Executive Producer, Visual Effects Supervisor
- *Pruning* (2023), Producer
- *Lynch/Oz* (2023), as Host (Chapter 5: 'Judy') (voice)
- *Something in the Dirt* (2022), as John Daniels · Producer, Director, Editor, Director of Photography
- *Breathing Happy* (2022), as The Golden Door (voice)
- *Moon Knight* (2022), series, Director
- *Archive 81* (2022), series, Director
- *Black Hole* (2021), as Eddie
- *Loki* (2021), series, as Clarence Anglin · Executive Producer, Director — Fi1m 71, [page](https://film.one/tv/loki.md)
- *Synchronic* (2020), Director, Director of Photography, Producer, Editor
- *She Dies Tomorrow* (2020), Producer
- *Separation* (2020), Producer
- *I Blame Society* (2020), as Detective on TV
- *After Midnight* (2019), Producer
- *Rock Bottom* (2019), Producer
- *The Endless* (2017), as Aaron Smith · Director, Editor, Director of Photography, Producer
- *Straight Outta OZ* (2016), Director of Photography, Editor
- *All Hallows' Eve 2* (2015), Director of Photography, Colorist, Visual Effects
- *Contracted: Phase II* (2015), as Less Handsome Officer
- *The Making of Spring* (2014), Director, Screenplay
- *V/H/S: Viral* (2014), as Rollerblading Marine's Buddy (segment "Bonestorm") · Producer, Editor, VFX Artist, Visual Effects Supervisor, Screenplay, Director, Director of Photography
- *Spring* (2014), Director, Director of Photography, Editor, Producer
- *Wrecked* (2013), Director
- *Resolution* (2013), as Level 2.5 UFO Cult Member · Director, Director of Photography, Producer, Editor
- *The Colombian Connection* (2011), Director of Photography
- *Walk a Mile in My Pradas* (2011), Director of Photography
- *Absentia* (2011), as Color Timer
- *A.M.* (2010), Cinematography
- *A Glaring Emission* (2010), Editor, Writer, Director
- *For the Motherland* (2005), Director of Photography, Editor, Director
- *Ideation*, Producer
- *Cut Your Teeth*, Producer

## Gallery

- ![Aaron Moorhead](https://film.one/media/person/47078/gallery-a44b1bc3b205.jpg) Aaron Moorhead — GuillemMedina, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d8/Aaron_Scott_Moorhead%2C_Festival_de_Sitges_2017.jpg/1280px-Aaron_Scott_Moorhead%2C_Festival_de_Sitges_2017.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Aaron Moorhead & Justin Benson (zuzendariak / directores) Argazkilaria / Fotógrafo: Iñigo Royo (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/47078/gallery-d26b4ac9e1c7.jpg) Aaron Moorhead & Justin Benson (zuzendariak / directores) Argazkilaria / Fotógrafo: Iñigo Royo (2012) — DONOSTIA KULTURA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e7/Aurkezpena_-_Presentaci%C3%B3n-_Resolution_%288141698085%29.jpg/1280px-Aurkezpena_-_Presentaci%C3%B3n-_Resolution_%288141698085%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Aaron Moorhead & Justin Benson (zuzendariak / directores) Argazkilaria / Fotógrafo: Iñigo Royo (2012)](https://film.one/media/person/47078/gallery-fa15f6273d4e.jpg) Aaron Moorhead & Justin Benson (zuzendariak / directores) Argazkilaria / Fotógrafo: Iñigo Royo (2012) — DONOSTIA KULTURA, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/c/c7/Aurkezpena_-_Presentaci%C3%B3n-_Resolution_%288141728286%29.jpg/1280px-Aurkezpena_-_Presentaci%C3%B3n-_Resolution_%288141728286%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Festival de Cinema de Sitges 2019](https://film.one/media/person/47078/gallery-f0048bef1b37.jpg) Festival de Cinema de Sitges 2019 — Moritz Barcelona from Barcelona, Catalunya, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/2c/Festival_de_Cinema_de_Sitges_2019_%2849501131322%29.jpg/1280px-Festival_de_Cinema_de_Sitges_2019_%2849501131322%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Aaron Moorhead](https://film.one/media/person/47078/gallery-a24e5773d55f.jpg) Aaron Moorhead — Image via TMDB
- ![Festival de Cinema de Sitges 2019](https://film.one/media/person/47078/gallery-c876ac4c1e92.jpg) Festival de Cinema de Sitges 2019 — Moritz Barcelona from Barcelona, Catalunya, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/2/21/Festival_de_Cinema_de_Sitges_2019_%2849501131322%29_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Festival_de_Cinema_de_Sitges_2019_%2849501131322%29_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

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