Originally, Aaron Schneider wanted to work for ILM, or Industrial Light & Magic, the visual effects company founded by George Lucas in 1975. While taking a special effects class, his peers told him everything was going to computers, so he shifted his focus to cinematography.

Soon, he was working on music videos for Cypress Hill, then movies like Kiss the Girls and Simon Birch. In an effort to shift his career, his put his life savings into a short called Two Soldiers in 2003. The short won an Oscar in 2004 and made him a director.

These days, Schneider is known for Get Low (Bill Murray, Robert Duvall) and Greyhound (Tom Hanks). Get Low is somewhat of a folk tale about a Tennessee hermit and Greyhound is the true story of a U.S. Navy Commander in World War II.

In this interview, Schneider talks about discovering Two Soldiers as a short story, the romance of historical fiction, how to get slow burn movies made, and how they shot the amazing submarine battle for the new film Greyhound.

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