Aaron Woodley

Aaron Woodley (born 1971)[1] is a Canadian film director and screenwriter.

Early life

Woodley was born in Toronto, Ontario, the son of costume designer Denise Cronenberg and nephew of filmmaker David Cronenberg.[2] He studied animations at Art Gallery of Ontario and later graduate at York University.[3]

Woodley's 1998 short film The Wager won Short Film Award at Austin Film Festival. In 2003, he directed Rhinoceros Eyes in which Michael Pitt starred.[2] A year later, he directed Lee Daniels-produced film Tennessee which starred singer and actress Mariah Carey.[4]

In 2015, Variety announced that Woodley would direct the animated film Spark featuring the voices of Jessica Biel and Susan Sarandon.[5]

In 2019, Woodley was appointed as the director of network brands of Knowledge Network.[6]

As director
Year	Title	Notes
1998	The Wager	Also writer and producer
2003	Rhinoceros Eyes	Writer; also acted in the role of "Betty Bumcakes" Director
2008	Tennessee
2008	Toronto Stories	Segment: "Shoelaces"[7]
2010	Glenn Martin, DDS	TV series (5 episodes)
2011	The Entitled
2012	Curious and Unusual Deaths	TV series (13 episodes)
2016	Spark	Also writer, editor, and voice of Floyd
2019	Arctic Dogs	Also writer and voice of Puffins

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Grierson, Tim (3 June 2009). "Tennessee Tunes in to its Beaten-Down Character". The Village Voice. Retrieved 24 August 2013.
Dave McNary (January 29, 2015). "Hilary Swank, Susan Sarandon Join Animated 'Spark'". Variety. Retrieved March 26, 2015.
"Aaron Woodley joins Knowledge Network as director, network brands". Realscreen. February 14, 2019.
Erin Oke (December 11, 2008). "Toronto Stories: Sook-Yin Lee, Sudz Sutherland, David Weaver, Aaron Woodley". Exclaim!. Retrieved 27 March 2015.

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