Aren has amassed a wealth of editing experience over the past eight years working on narrative, documentary and commercial projects. He recently finished editing his second feature film, ‘Only’ (Official Selection TIFF 08), directed by Ingrid Veninger and Simon Reynolds. This past year, the short film, ‘White Vans’, which he wrote, directed and edited, screened at a dozen festivals around the world, including Hot Docs, the Vancouver International Film Festival, Cinequest and the Atlantic Film Festival.

Aren grew up in Vancouver, spending most of his time making music and films; Terry Gilliam and Jimmy Page were his storytellers of choice. He studied audio engineering and 3D animation before setting off on a trip around the Middle East at 20. He returned, picked up the camera again, and immediately won Vancouver’s 24-Hour Fiilm Contest. He spent the next few years working as a freelance editor with many great Vancouver directors before joining Gemini-Award-Winning director Tony Papa at Avanti Pictures for an inspiring three years.

Aren moved to Toronto in 2006 to attend the Canadian Film Centre’s advanced Editors’ Lab training program, where he edited two 35mm short films, ‘Night’ and ‘Song of Solomon’, the latter of which just finished screening at NY’s Tribeca Film Festival.