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 and a Vimeo Breakout Creator. Through patient and poetic storytelling, her films explore intimate relationships within families and communities. Her latest film, HOLD ME CLOSE, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.

Her short documentaries, including WHEN THE REVOLUTION DOESN’T COME, CLUB QUARANTINE, JOYCHILD, STILL WATERS, and THE GALLERY THAT DESTROYS ALL SHAME, have been acquired by The New York Times, The New Yorker, The Guardian, and POV; selected as Vimeo Staff Picks; exhibited at the Museum of Modern Art; and screened at festivals including Sundance Film Festival, Tribeca Festival, True/False Film Fest, and BlackStar Film Festival. She co-produced Apple TV+’s GIRLS STATE (Sundance 2024), associate-produced A24’s STEPHEN CURRY: UNDERRATED (Sundance 2023), and assisted on the Showtime docuseries COUPLES THERAPY.

Aurora is a Sundance Institute Ignite Fellow, a Firelight Media Fund recipient, a Film Independent Amplifier Fellow, a Chicken & Egg Films (Egg)celerator Lab Fellow, a Chicken & Egg Films | POV Shorts Co-Production Fund recipient, an SFFILM FilmHouse Resident, and a Bay Area Video Coalition MediaMaker Fellow. She is also the recipient of a Fulbright Program Scholarship in filmmaking and holds an MFA in Documentary Film from Stanford University.

Aurora’s work centers the experiences of Black, brown, and queer communities and reflects her commitment to collaborative and ethical storytelling.