Biography
Aiden Keltner, a San Diego and Los Angeles based filmmaker, is a two time Emmy Award recipient (NATAS PSW), a recipient of the Voices with Impact 2024 Production Grant and the William Male Foundation Grant. His films have screened at Atlanta Film Festival, Indy Shorts International Film Festival and NFFTY, as well as been distributed on PBS' website.
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Aiden's focus as a filmmaker, is on telling underrepresented stories from the mental health community. Aiden has been inspired by his own lived experience with close family members diagnosed with serious mental illnesses. Currently, he is developing different feature films on this subject.
2023 DIRECTING REEL
FILMOGRAPHY
MY FILMS
Memoir (2025) - Documentary Short
Crane (2024) - Narrative Short
Amazing Grace (2023) - Narrative Short
La Paz (2022) - Narrative Short
Estranged (2020) - Narrative Short
Unlabeled (2019) - Documentary Short
Natalie (2019) - Narrative Short
The Freelance Wanderer (2019) - Documentary Short
Into the Horizon (2018) - Narrative Short
Code of Honor (2017) - Documentary Short
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Director/Editor/Producer
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Director/Cinematographer/Editor/Producer
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AWARDS AND HONORS
Best Arts Entertainment Program
Best Director - Short Form Content
Awarded Film - Crane
Artist Grant for Project Development
Best Drama Short Film
Audience Award - Best Local Narrative Short Film
Best Editing
Best Narrative Short Film
Best Student Film
Best Documentary Short
Student Film Jury Award
Audience Choice Award
Best Short Film
Best Narrative Short Film
Nominated for Best Directing
Nominated for Best Cinematography
Honorable Mention
Best of San Diego
Best of San Diego
Official Selection​
Official Selection
Official Selection
2x Official Selection
Official Selection
5x Official Selection
2x Official Selection
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2024 Emmy Award (NATAS PSW)
2024 Emmy Award (NATAS PSW)
Voices with Impact 2024 Production Grant
2024 William Male Foundation Grant
San Diego Film Week 2023
Coronado Island Film Festival
2022 San Diego Film Awards
iVIE Awards and Student Film Festival
GI Film Festival San Diego
Pegasus Film Festival
Coronado Island Film Festival
Reel 2 Reel Student Film Festival
Reality Bytes Independent Student Film Festival
Hellbender Student Film Festival
2022 San Diego Film Awards
AAHS Film Festival
Prague International Indie Film Festival
Quarantine Film Challenge
48 Hour Film Project
​Atlanta Film Festival
Indy Shorts International Film Festival
National Film Festival for Talented Youth
Pegasus Film Festival
Grand Foundation Student Film Festival
San Diego Film Week
Hellbender Student Film Festival
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