Aaron Truss
- Director
- Editor
- Producer
Aaron Truss is an award-winning director and producer best known for '(K)nox: The Rob Knox Story' (ITVX), 'Cult of VHS' and 'Pareidolia'. Truss studied at Thames Valley University and spent over a decade working in post-production, creating original content for IMAX and Sony Pictures. In 2010, Truss produced the anti-knife crime short film 'Cold Kiss' starring Ray Winstone, Lexie Lambert, Joe Acres and Jamie Knox. In 2018, Truss partnered with The Rob Knox Foundation to produce and direct '(K)nox: The Rob Knox Story', which then sold to Woodcut International in 2021. The documentary follows the life and murder of his close friend, Rob Knox, who appeared as Marcus Belby in 'Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince'.
In 2020, Truss joined the team at Strangelove Films to produce 'Cult of VHS', a documentary focusing on the age of VHS, eccentric collectors and the video nasties that became the centre of a controversial debate on censorship in the eighties and nineties. The film would premiere at London's FrightFest in 2022. Truss then teamed up with Misty Moon to direct the award winning horror short, 'Pareidolia' starring Diane Franklin, Graham Cole and Carolyn Pickles. Truss is an anti-knife crime campaigner and supporter for The Rob Knox Foundation, Lives not Knives and The Midi Music Company, as well as the Co-Director of the Rob Knox London Film Festival.
In 2020, Truss joined the team at Strangelove Films to produce 'Cult of VHS', a documentary focusing on the age of VHS, eccentric collectors and the video nasties that became the centre of a controversial debate on censorship in the eighties and nineties. The film would premiere at London's FrightFest in 2022. Truss then teamed up with Misty Moon to direct the award winning horror short, 'Pareidolia' starring Diane Franklin, Graham Cole and Carolyn Pickles. Truss is an anti-knife crime campaigner and supporter for The Rob Knox Foundation, Lives not Knives and The Midi Music Company, as well as the Co-Director of the Rob Knox London Film Festival.