Aidan Leary is an independent director with a passion for genre storytelling. He is best known for his debut feature film as writer and director, "The Magic Monkey Carousel." The film was produced by Joe Swanberg and is being released by Cineverse. As an assistant director, he works primarily on independent horror films.

His credits as first assistant director include Nicholas Cursio's "Playhouse," Jesse Korman's "Yellow Eyes," Jae Matthews's "Thing," and Jay Burelson's "In the Cage." He is represented by Thruline Entertainment.