Aurora Brachman

Co-Director, Cinematographer, Co-Editor, Hold Me Close

Aurora Brachman is an Emmy Award winning documentary director, producer, and cinematographer. She was named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces of Independent Film. Through patient and poetic storytelling her films explore narratives of intimate relationships within families and communities. Her short documentaries, including CLUB QUARANTINE, JOYCHILD, STILL WATERS, and THE GALLERY THAT DESTROYS ALL SHAME, have been acquired by The New York Times, The New Yorker, and POV; shortlisted for an IDA Award; selected for Vimeo Staff Picks; exhibited at the MoMA, and screened at numerous festivals including Sundance, True/False, Hot Docs, BlackStar, and SFFILM. She co-produced Apple TV+’s GIRLS STATE (Sundance 2024), associate produced A24’s STEPHEN CURRY: UNDERRATED (Sundance 2023); and assisted on the critically acclaimed Showtime docuseries COUPLES THERAPY.