His written and directed work examines the cyclical banality of our continued existence, while his cinematography experiments with repurposing antiquated film cameras, camcorders, and lenses to create impressionistic and nostalgic imagery.
His debut feature, The Birds Tell Me All There Is To Know (2026), is a meditative drama shot on Video8 that explores memory, grief, and the passage of time through the intersecting lives of a grieving young woman and an elderly man with dementia. The film has screened at Sidewalk Film Festival and is an official selection of the Lumen International Film Festival.
His work has screened at festivals including Sundance, Atlanta, New Orleans, Palm Springs, and Chicago Underground, and has received accolades from Brooklyn, Yale, Ivy, Onion City, Charlotte, NFFTY, and Athens International Film + Video Festival.
Aidan is the Co-Founder of the Ithaca Experimental Film Festival, where he serves as a Festival Director and Programmer. He is also the 2025 Documentary Shorts Programmers at the Brooklyn Film Festival.
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