Aaron Proctor (filmmaker)

Aaron Proctor is a filmmaker that grew up in San Francisco. He was introduced to cinematography by artist Ronald Chase. This mentorship provided an early and recurring practice of composition and criticism with film productions. Proctor attended and graduated from UCLA to formally study film and design, where he learned from artists Vasa Mihich the craft of coloring shape; from Victoria Vesna the mechanic of selling yourself; and from Daniel Sauter the heart of collaborating data.

Exploring all that is visual communication, Proctor took up web design and development since before The Dot-com boom and has since built a web app specifically bridging film, web and design. FWD:labs is a collective for film artists that connects on- and off-line networking. He also has a long-time connection to Boba Fett, the enigmatic and iconic bounty hunter in Star Wars, by creating and curating a unique community website, which is the most popular of its kind, featured in U.S. News & World Report.

Of the near-hundred short films shot by Proctor, his work has been screened at the San Francisco International Film Festivals. Proctor has shot films in Paris and videos throughout London, Rome and Madrid, and currently re-studying Mandarin to expand work into Hong Kong. Like many in Hollywood, he wants to work in commercials and features; unlike many others, he finds a way to get there by pooling resources, thinking strategically and executing IDeaS that matter.