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Aaron Schneider

Aaron Schneider

Cinematographer, director and editor · Born July 26, 1965 (61) · Springfield, Illinois, USA

Aaron Schneider (born July 26, 1965) is an American filmmaker and cinematographer. His short film Two Soldiers (2003) won the Academy Award for Best Live Action Short Film. He won an Independent Spirit Award for his feature film debut, Get Low (2009). Description above from the Wikipedia article Aaron Schneider, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Biography from TMDB.

Born
July 26, 1965 (61)
From
Springfield, Illinois, USA
Works as
Cinematographer, director and editor
Titles
7 on MovieCove · 13 credits in all
Links
IMDb (opens in a new tab)TMDB (opens in a new tab)Wikidata (opens in a new tab)

Known for

TMDB popularity, last 64 days to Oct 27Up 103% in 30 days

What are Aaron Schneider's films like?

Across a limited sample of 4 MovieCove titles with a thematic analysis, their films lean Morality and Survival.

Themes

share of theme weight
Morality
59%
Survival
25%
Self
9%
Bonds
6%
Survival2 titles, browse their movies with this theme

What they feel like to watch

their average across 4 films
ToneFeelDemandtheir average · filled zone: the category
Grounded: How far its world departs from everyday reality. Browse their grounded movies.
Tone · Style
naturalisticheightened

Grounded 4 · Stylized 0 · Heightened 0

Intense: How hard the emotional peaks hit while you watch. Browse their intense movies.
Feel · Intensity
gentleintense

Gentle 0 · Charged 2 · Intense 2

Shifting: How much it swings between very different feelings. Browse their shifting movies.
Feel · Swings
steadyswings

Steady 2 · Shifting 2 · Whiplash 0

Straight-faced: How much of the runtime is played for laughs. Browse their straight-faced movies.
Feel · Humor
noneconstant

Straight-faced 2 · Some laughs 2 · Funny 0

Even-paced: How fast it moves from scene to scene. Browse their even-paced movies.
Demand · Pace
slowrelentless

A split, not a type: Slow burn 2 · Even-paced 1 · Relentless 1

Engaged: How much focus it asks of you — look away and lose the thread? Browse their engaged movies.
Demand · Attention
casualfull focus

A split, not a type: Casual 2 · Engaged 1 · Full focus 1

Resolved: How much is left for you to interpret. Browse their resolved movies.
Demand · Resolution
resolvedambiguous

Resolved 3 · Open-ended 1 · Ambiguous 0

Moods and endings

endings shown from 5 titles

Dominant moods · mentions across their titles

Tense
2
Dread
2
Contemplative
1
Bittersweet
1
Melancholic
1
Other
3

How their films linger

Hopeful4 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteBittersweet2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertasteCathartic2 titles, browse their movies with this aftertaste

AI-generated from each title's plot synopsis and cast list, with extra plot summaries, reviews and Parents Guide notes for titles the model may not know, and the model's own knowledge of the ones it recognizes. Only analyzed titles count, so this covers part of the filmography; the feel axes count films only for now.

Where can I watch Aaron Schneider's films?

As of October 24, 2026, all 7 MovieCove titles stream on a subscription or free service, most on Tubi (3).

Also on these channels

Subscription and free streaming for Aaron Schneider's titles on MovieCove; rent and buy are not counted. Titles are listed by Midcredits score, highest first, at most 12 per service; a dashed chip is a producer credit or a minor one, such as a thanks. A service opens the browse page, which counts movies only, so its number can differ.

Filmography

13 credits, 7 with a MovieCove page.

  • Greyhound(2020)

    Director

    Midcredits score: 83rd percentile of all films

  • Final Destination 5(2011)

    Second Unit Director

    Midcredits score: 40th percentile of all films

  • Get Low(2009)

    Director · Editor

    Midcredits score: 80th percentile of all films

  • Supernatural(2005)

    Show 1 episode · Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 96th percentile of all shows

  • Two Soldiers (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(2003)

    Director · Editor · Writer

  • Simon Birch(1998)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 68th percentile of all films

  • Titanic(1997)

    Second Unit Director of Photography

    Midcredits score: 97th percentile of all films

  • Kiss the Girls(1997)

    Cinematographer

    Midcredits score: 64th percentile of all films

  • Dead Girls (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)(1990)

    Cinematographer

  • Brookfield (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Cinematographer

  • Bum's Rush (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director

  • Greyhound 2 (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Director

  • Untold (not in the MovieCove catalog yet)

    Producer

Career shape

A full career of 13 titles, 9 of them dated from 1990 to 2020.

Biggest box office

Kiss the Girls (1997)

$61M worldwide

Highest rated

Greyhound (2020)

Midcredits 83rd

By role

only this rolewith another role
Directing5 of 13: 3 only directing, 2 with another roleWriting1 of 13: 0 only writing, 1 with another roleProducing1 of 13: 1 only producing, 0 with another roleCinematography6 of 13: 6 only cinematography, 0 with another roleEditing2 of 13: 0 only editing, 2 with another roleOther crew1 of 13: 1 only other crew, 0 with another role

By decade

1990s4 · crew2000s2 · crew2010s2 · crew2020s1 · crew

Counts from TMDB across their full career, self appearances out; a title counts in every role they held on it.

How do Aaron Schneider's films land?

Their typical MovieCove film has a Midcredits score in the 74th percentile, the median of all 6; across a limited sample of 4 films with reception data, the typical film sits in the 69th percentile for acclaim.

Acclaim · how much people like their films

69thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Approval · how many liked their films

78thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Reach · how many have seen their films

94thpercentile
Typical film, the median of 4

Midcredits score across 7 titles, by percentile

  • 75th and up4
  • 50th to 74th2
  • 25th to 49th1

Shape of the crowd

None of their 7 titles divides audiences: 4 are Crowd Pleasers.

  • Universally Loved2
  • Crowd Pleaser4
  • Broadly Agreed1

Most loved · cinematographer

Titanic (1997)

Midcredits 97th · 84% liked

Reviewers score the cinematography 78/100 in their films, across 4 reviewed titles; fans 82, detractors 63. The element that speaks to their work as a cinematographer.

Percentiles are each film's standing among all films on MovieCove; the typical film is the median, so one outlier cannot drag it. Percentiles and reviewer scores count the films IMDb credits them on, for now; the Midcredits score bands, the shape of the crowd and the two cards count their MovieCove titles, shows included (a show ranked among shows), appearances as themselves left out. A descriptor is the shape of a title's IMDb rating distribution against the catalog; "most divisive" needs a spread wider than half of all titles, and a card names only a principal credit: a craft role, and on a show a crew role or a run of episodes, never a courtesy credit or a one-off guest spot.

Is Aaron Schneider's work okay for kids?

Across a limited sample of up to 3 MovieCove titles with content scores.

Their medianMedian of all films
Sex & Nudity3 titlesmedian 17 · mildMedian of all films: 32

Severity 0–100 from the Content Guide. Categories with under 10 votes on a title are not counted.

Who does Aaron Schneider work with?

People who share at least 2 of Aaron Schneider's MovieCove titles; Ashley Judd shares the most, 2.