AARON WILSON was born in rural Australia in 1976 and been directing short films since 2003, with a passion for understated human drama that has proved successful on the international film festival circuit. His films include the award-winning RENDEZVOUS (03), TEN FEET TALL (05), FAUX PAS (07) and LEAP YEAR (08).

In 2006, Aaron took part in a filmmaker residency programme with The Objectifs Centre for Filmmaking & Photography in Singapore. His short film FENG (WIND) was created as part of this residency and was awarded ‘best short film’ at the 2007 Kuala Lumpur International Film Festival. His most recent short film, AHMAD’S GARDEN (08) was produced in association with Screen Australia and premiered at the 2008 Melbourne International Film Festival.