AARON ZAVITZ has a B.A. in Fine Arts/Dramatic Arts from University of Nebraska-Omaha and has acted professionally in such venues as the Nebraska Shakespeare Festival, Blue Barn Theatre, Aspen Theatre in the Park and Brigit Saint Brigit Theatre ("Shining City," "Doubt," "The Odd Couple," and "The Faith Healer") as well as in the full length feature film, opposite Anson Mount, in "Tully." He is a playwright with two short pieces performed by the Shelterbelt Theatre; his full length piece "Tour of the Well Kept House" had a staged reading at the 2007 Great Plains Theatre Conference and was critiqued by Edward Albee, Arthur Kopit, and Romulus Linney. He received the Nebraska Arts Council (NAC) Distinguished Individual Artist Fellowship for Playwriting in 2008 and a $5,000 grant, and a second NAC Individual Artist Fellowship Merit Award and $1,000 grant in 2011. His full length play "Intelligentsia" premiered at The Shelterbelt Theater in 2012. As co-founder of Hunger Artist Films, he wrote and directed the award winning shorts, "Julien," "i.d.," "No Outlet," and "Taken," the latter received a national award with Videomaker Magazine. Aaron was the Director of Photography for "In Silence and Tears" and co-wrote, directed, and shot "The Fixer" which received Best Nebraska Short & The Death Grip Award for Killer Cinematography at the Omaha Film Festival in 2012.