Aaron Peipert

Aaron was born in Alton, IL, the same river town that birthed Miles Davis, Robert Wadlow (the world's tallest man) and was home to the mythological creature known as the Piasa Bird. In 2010 he moved across state lines to Saint Louis, Mo. In 2015 Aaron began to travel, living and working in MA, KY, OK, IA, FL and Maryland. Though his official home base as of 2020 is Panama City Beach, FL, Aaron continues to live a wandering lifestyle. This lifestyle has afforded him opportunities to meet and interact with people from all types of cultures and walks of life. Perspective and empathy are core elements to crafting compelling stories. Aaron soaks up and cherishes all of his experiences. In 2015 having a desire to learn the craft of film making, a family member who works in television recommended to first learn photography. Aaron dove hard into photography, shooting live concerts for online music blogs. After a few years of both digital and film photography Aaron began focusing efforts on building filming, editing and color grading technique. In 2019 Aaron was given the opportunity to work as PA for the "Horror Hypothesis" segment of Paper Street Picture's Anthology, "Scare Package." During the filming Aaron bumped up from general PA, to onset PA, to audio assistant, finishing out as 2nd AC. This on set experience gave him the confidence to shoot his first short/micro film, "Aboriri." No dialogue was present within the short film. The point behind the film was to take the viewer on a journey and experience the feeling of being deserted along with the stranded traveler. The visualizations and score were heavily influenced by the film Annihilation. A great deal of time was spent creating the travelers suit, modeling it off of the Space X & modern Boeing astronaut flight suits. Aboriri was shot on iPhone in order to be entered into the 2019 Moment International Film Festival. Though, a close consideration, Aboriri did not make it as a finalist in the festival. Interestingly enough, a film not too different called Sadstronaught won best narrative film whose director Martin Resich spoke favorably of Aboriri. As of 2020 Aaron is writing screenplays for additional short films.