Aaron schillinger

Producer/Director/Editor

Aaron Schillinger is an award-winning filmmaker whose directorial debut is Boblo Aaron Schillinger is a director, producer and editor. His films include the award-winning documentary Boblo Boats: A Detroit Ferry Tale (2022), narrated by Martha Reeves and distributed by PBS, and Detroit's Olympic Uprising (2024), which premiered on Fox during the 2024 Summer Olympics. Aaron is also cofounder of the Sarah E. Ray Project, an organization shining a light on the forgotten story of a Detroit civil rights pioneer.

He's currently at work on One Nation Under Sod, a documentary exploring what our yards say about us, which was selected for Filmshop’s Breakthrough Series 2026.

Aaron graduated from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts. He lives in Michigan with his wife, son and an ornery macaw named Sinbad. When he’s not making movies, you can find Aaron foraging for wild edibles, reading sci-fi books and losing at overly complicated board games.

WEBSITES: BABY VOLCANO/BOBLO BOATS/SARAH E RAY PROJECT/ONE NATION UNDER SOD
SOCIAL MEDIA: INSTAGRAM