about me
Aaron Rookus (1983) graduated with honors in 2008 as a Bachelor of Design and as a European Master of Media and Arts (EMMA) at the Utrecht school of Arts and studied Film Theory at the University of Amsterdam. His graduation film 'I Wish I Could Share The Happiness Of Being Alone With Someone Else' won several awards including the HKU award for best graduation project. In 2010 he was selected for the international program Engage for feature film development and in 2012 he was selected as a talent at the Berlinale Talent Campus. His short debut 'Wednesdays' was released in 2012 and has won several awards. His second film 'Balance' premiered in 2013 and his third short 'P' premiered in 2014. In 2015 he directed and co-wrote together with Saskia Diesing the tv-film 'A Good Life'. Aaron Rookus is a teacher at the Utrecht University of the Arts.

trackrecord
Old Very (short film) One Night Stand A Good Life Short! P (short film) Balance (short film) Wednesdays (short film) Sirocco (short film) Bond by Electric AlleyCat (video clip) Digital Data by Moonlight District (video clip) Fake Motherfuckerz by Ampersand (video clip) I Wish I Could Share The Happiness Of Being Alone With Someone Else (short film)

awards
HKU award 2008 nomination Talent & Pro award 2008 nomination Early Bird award 2009