---
name: "Aaron Schneider"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/aaron-schneider"
fi1m_id: "aaron-schneider"
imdb_id: "nm0773689"
tmdb_id: 58292
wikidata_id: "Q302645"
roles: ["Cinematographer"]
born: "26 July 1965"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 80
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-23T12:20:47.789525+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."
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# Aaron Schneider

## Identity

Aaron Schneider

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/aaron-schneider
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** aaron-schneider
- **IMDb ID:** nm0773689
- **TMDB ID:** 58292
- **Wikidata ID:** Q302645
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Schneider, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q302645, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0773689/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58292

Cinematographer. Born 26 July 1965 in Springfield, Illinois, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Cinematographer
- **Born:** 26 July 1965, Springfield, Illinois, USA
- **Active:** 1997–2005
- **Academy Awards:** 1 Oscar (1 won)
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 84 (1), 2000s 77 (1)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aaron_Schneider, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q302645, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0773689/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/58292

## Streaming the US now

- **Peacock:** [*Supernatural*](https://film.one/tv/supernatural.md) (77)

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## Biography

Aaron Schneider is an American filmmaker and cinematographer. He began his career in cinematography, with credits including the pilot episode of the television series *Supernatural* (2005).

As a director, Schneider made the short film *Two Soldiers* (2003), which won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. His feature debut *Get Low* (2009) earned him the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature. He later directed *Greyhound* (2020).

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *Supernatural* (2005), Fi1m 77, Cinematography — [page](https://film.one/tv/supernatural.md)
- *Titanic* (1997), Fi1m 84, Second Unit Director of Photography — [page](https://film.one/film/titanic.md)

## Complete filmography (13)

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

- *Greyhound* (2020), Director
- *Final Destination 5* (2011), Second Unit Director
- *Get Low* (2010), Director, Editor
- *Supernatural* (2005), series, Director of Photography — Fi1m 77, [page](https://film.one/tv/supernatural.md)
- *Two Soldiers* (2003), Director, Writer, Editor
- *Simon Birch* (1998), Director of Photography
- *Titanic* (1997), Second Unit Director of Photography — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/titanic.md)
- *Kiss the Girls* (1997), Director of Photography
- *Dead Girls* (1990), Director of Photography
- *Brookfield*, Director of Photography
- *Bum's Rush*, Director
- *Untold*, Producer
- *Greyhound 2*, Director

## Gallery

- ![Stars turn out for the movie Get Low at TIFF 2009. The oscar winning director!!!!](https://film.one/media/person/410566/gallery-04be5f5bdd5c.jpg) Stars turn out for the movie Get Low at TIFF 2009. The oscar winning director!!!! — Paul Sherwood from Welland & Toronto, Canada, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/71/Aaron_Schneider_Get_Low_TIFF09.jpg/1280px-Aaron_Schneider_Get_Low_TIFF09.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Aaron Schneider](https://film.one/media/person/410566/gallery-afef28f570fc.jpg) Aaron Schneider — Aaron_Schneider_Get_Low_TIFF09.jpg: Paul Sherwood from Welland & Toronto, Canada
derivative work: Beao, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/90/Aaron_Schneider_Get_Low_TIFF09_cropped.jpg/1280px-Aaron_Schneider_Get_Low_TIFF09_cropped.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Aaron Schneider at Tribeca Film Festival 2010](https://film.one/media/person/410566/gallery-95797e22072e.jpg) Aaron Schneider at Tribeca Film Festival 2010 — David Shankbone, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e1/Aaron_Schneider_by_David_Shankbone.jpg/1280px-Aaron_Schneider_by_David_Shankbone.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)

## Awards

### Academy Awards — 1 won

- 2004: Best Live Action Short Film (won), for *Two Soldiers*

*From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.*

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