Aaron Schimberg

• Birthplace — Chicago, Illinois, U.S. • Occupation — Filmmaker • Years Active — 2013–Present

Schimberg's debut feature, Go Down Death, was the closing film of the 2013 Fantasia Film Festival. His next film, Chained for Life, premiered at the 2018 BAMcinemaFest and was released theatrically by Kino Lorber the following year. Schimberg's third feature A Different Man, starring Sebastian Stan and Adam Pearson and distributed by A24, premiered at the 2024 Sundance Film Festival. It was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling at the 97th Academy Awards. He was named one of the top ten new directors to watch by Variety at that year's Palm Springs International Film Festival.

Schimberg was born in Chicago and grew up in Minneapolis. He was born with a bilateral cleft lip and palate and cites it as the reason he gravitates toward narratives about facial disfigurement and disability. Schimberg is married to Vanessa McDonnell, who is a producer on all of his films.

• Year — Title — Ref. • 2013 — Go Down Death • 2018 — Chained for Life • 2024 — A Different Man Television • Year — Title — Notes — Ref. • 2025 — The Chair Company — 3 episodes