Writing & Directing for stage and screen.
Raised in Vienna by Turkish-Canadian parents, Aaron’s award-winning work is political, innovative, and character-driven.
He is currently writing his debut feature film for Karga7 Pictures, an original play for Eleanor Lloyd Productions in London, and an adaptation of a TV series for Zorlu PSM in Istanbul.
His most recent play The E.U. Killed My Dad, won the Woven Voices Prize. Staged at Jermyn Street Theatre, the show was nominated for 2 Offie Awards. His previous play, For a Palestinian, enjoyed a sell-out 3-week run at the Camden People’s Theatre, before transferring to, and selling out, the Bristol Old Vic Theatre. Both are published with Methuen Drama.
His previous work has been shortlisted for the Theatre503 International Playwriting Prize, and won the BOLD Playwrights Prize as well as the Methuen Drama ‘Other’ Prize. He has been a member of Old Vic Playwriting, Bush Theatre Emerging Writers, Royal Court Young Agitators, and the London Library Emerging Writers Programme.
His short films have been screened at festivals across the world. He also translates between English, German, and Turkish.
He is represented by Christian Ogunbanjo & Talia Tobias at United Agents.
