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Aaron Kaufman(1973-2024)

  • Producer
  • Director
  • Writer
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A weekend getaway takes a dangerous turn when a mysterious nightclub owner (Pierce Brosnan) introduces a group of friends to a new designer drug. Stripped of their inhibitions, they start living out their wildest fantasies - but what starts out as a fun night of partying quickly turns deadly, as the island paradise deteriorates into a tropical madhouse.
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Urge (2016)
Aaron Kaufman was born in 1973 in Long Island, New York, USA. He was a producer and director, known for Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014), Machete Kills (2013) and Spread (2009). He died on 17 October 2024 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA.
Born1973
DiedOctober 17, 2024
Born1973
DiedOctober 17, 2024
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  • Awards
    • 2 nominations total

Known for

Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, Josh Brolin, Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Eva Green in Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014)
Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
6.5
  • Producer
  • 2014
Mel Gibson, Charlie Sheen, Danny Trejo, Sofía Vergara, Demián Bichir, Michelle Rodriguez, Alexa PenaVega, Marko Zaror, Amber Heard, Lady Gaga, and Elle LaMont in Machete Kills (2013)
Machete Kills
5.6
  • Producer
  • 2013
Ashton Kutcher in Spread (2009)
Spread
5.8
  • Producer
  • 2009
Pierce Brosnan, Danny Masterson, Justin Chatwin, Ashley Greene, Nick Thune, and Alexis Knapp in Urge (2016)
Urge
4.3
  • Producer
  • 2016

Credits

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Producer

  • Iron Birds
    • producer
    • Completed
  • Junction (2024)
    Junction
    5.2
    • producer
    • 2024
  • Megan Fox, Tyson Ritter, and Ajani Russell in Johnny & Clyde (2023)
    Johnny & Clyde
    2.5
    • executive producer
    • 2023
  • Allswell in New York (2022)
    Allswell in New York
    5.4
    • executive producer
    • 2022
  • Kea Ho in Volcano (2016)
    Volcano
    Short
    • producer
    • 2016
  • Chris D'Elia, Hilary Duff, Bryan Greenberg, Brett Gelman, Jamie Chung, Hannah Simone, Eric André, and Skylar Astin in Flock of Dudes (2016)
    Flock of Dudes
    5.2
    • producer
    • 2016
  • Pierce Brosnan, Danny Masterson, Justin Chatwin, Ashley Greene, Nick Thune, and Alexis Knapp in Urge (2016)
    Urge
    4.3
    • producer
    • 2016
  • Bruce Willis, Mickey Rourke, Josh Brolin, Jessica Alba, Rosario Dawson, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, and Eva Green in Sin City: A Dame to Kill For (2014)
    Sin City: A Dame to Kill For
    6.5
    • producer
    • 2014
  • Mel Gibson, Charlie Sheen, Danny Trejo, Sofía Vergara, Demián Bichir, Michelle Rodriguez, Alexa PenaVega, Marko Zaror, Amber Heard, Lady Gaga, and Elle LaMont in Machete Kills (2013)
    Machete Kills
    5.6
    • producer
    • 2013
  • Ray Liotta, Forest Whitaker, Jessica Biel, and Eddie Redmayne in Powder Blue (2009)
    Powder Blue
    6.2
    • executive producer
    • 2009
  • Ashton Kutcher in Spread (2009)
    Spread
    5.8
    • executive producer
    • 2009
  • Pierce Brosnan, Susan Sarandon, and Carey Mulligan in The Greatest (2009)
    The Greatest
    6.6
    • executive producer
    • 2009

Director

  • Stealing Don Ho
    • Director
    • Completed
  • Iron Birds
    • Director
    • Completed
  • Superpower (2023)
    Superpower
    6.0
    • Director
    • 2023
  • Aaron Kaufman in Crusaders: Ex Jehovah's Witnesses Speak Out (2021)
    Crusaders: Ex Jehovah's Witnesses Speak Out
    7.7
    • directed by
    • 2021
  • Kea Ho in Volcano (2016)
    Volcano
    Short
    • Director
    • 2016
  • Pierce Brosnan, Danny Masterson, Justin Chatwin, Ashley Greene, Nick Thune, and Alexis Knapp in Urge (2016)
    Urge
    4.3
    • Director
    • 2016

Writer

  • Kea Ho in Volcano (2016)
    Volcano
    Short
    • Writer
    • 2016
  • Pierce Brosnan, Danny Masterson, Justin Chatwin, Ashley Greene, Nick Thune, and Alexis Knapp in Urge (2016)
    Urge
    4.3
    • story by
    • 2016
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Personal details

  • Born
    • 1973
    • Long Island, New York, USA
  • Died
    • October 17, 2024
    • Las Vegas, Nevada, USA(heart attack)

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    Founded the production company Barbarian Films.

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