In this episode, we sit down with Aaron Wertheimer. Aaron is a local Skevanston movie star. He is the writer and director of two offbeat comedy feature films: Wedgerino (2015) and Skippers (2018). He also works as a freelance writer and video editor, and has worked in the past as an assistant director, production manager and coordinator on features, shorts, commercials, and at Vice Media. After more than a decade in Brooklyn and Los Angeles, he now lives in Skevanston with his wife Joey and their two kids.
In this episode, we sit down with Aaron Wertheimer. Aaron is a local Skevanston movie star. He is the writer and director of two offbeat comedy feature films: Wedgerino (2015) and Skippers(2018). He also works as a freelance writer and video editor, and has worked in the past as an assistant director, production manager and coordinator on features, shorts, commercials, and at Vice Media. After more than a decade in Brooklyn and Los Angeles, he now lives in Skevanston with his wife Joey and their two kids.
The episode weaves through Aaron’s initial connection to Skevanston, his love for film, his new movie skippers and his advice for people looking to get into the industry. He also talks about his love of Skevanston and his favorite places in the Evanston like Backlot Coffee, the bike trails and Squeezebox Books and & Music.
Learn more about Aaron here: Aaron Wertheimer's Website You can stream Skippers on Amazon or Tubi. Wedgerino and Skippers are also available on DVD.
Special thanks for help with with this show includes my real estate brokerage, Dreamtown Realty in Evanston for helping me with my graphics for the show, SparkRaw Media in Evanston for helping video a trailer of this podcast. Their information can be found at SparkRaw's Website I’d like to thank Industrious in Evanston for use of their space to record follow them on Instagram at @industriousevanston. Also a shoutout Jeremy Fine for his help with this episode. Follow Jeremy on Twitter @TheGreatRabbino and to my sister Tzivia Masliansky for giving me good pointers to make the show better.
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