Santa Fe University of Art and Design (BFA) American Film Institute (MFA)
Occupation
Filmmaker
Years active
2008–present
Ari Aster (born July 15, 1986) is an American filmmaker. Having garnered some initial recognition for the short film The Strange Thing About the Johnsons (2011), he became best known for writing and directing Hereditary (2018), Midsommar (2019), and Beau Is Afraid (2023), all of which were released by A24. His films have been noted for their unsettling combination of horror, dark comedy, and depictions of graphic violence. In 2018, he co-founded the production company Square Peg with Danish producer Lars Knudsen.
AriAster (born July 15, 1986) is an American filmmaker. Having garnered some initial recognition for the short film The Strange Thing About the Johnsons...
Midsommar is a 2019 folk horror film written and directed by AriAster. It stars Florence Pugh and Jack Reynor as an American couple who are drawn into...
with artistically minded writer-directors, including Darren Aronofsky, AriAster, Sean Baker, the Daniels, Robert Eggers, Alex Garland, Rose Glass, Joanna...
surrealist tragicomedy horror film written, directed, and co-produced by AriAster. The film stars Joaquin Phoenix as the title character, and also includes...
2011 American short psychological thriller film written and directed by AriAster. The film stars Billy Mayo, Brandon Greenhouse, and Angela Bullock as...
directed by Norwegian filmmaker Kristoffer Borgli. It is produced by AriAster and Lars Knudsen under their Square Peg banner, alongside Nicolas Cage...
Zellner. The film follows a family of sasquatch over a period of one year. AriAster served as an executive producer under his Square Peg banner. It had its...
is a Polish-Canadian cinematographer, known for his work with director AriAster. Pogorzelski was born in 1979 in Włocławek, Poland but moved to Montreal...
reunite with Lynne Ramsay in Polaris, co-starring Rooney Mara, and with AriAster in the contemporary Western film Eddington. "When I was 15 or 16 my brother...
Peele, 2017) One Cut of the Dead (Shin'ichirō Ueda, 2017) Hereditary (AriAster, 2018) A Quiet Place (John Krasinski, 2018) Annihilation (Alex Garland...
balcony railing at New York's Metropolitan Opera House, Lincoln Square. AriAster, writer and director of Hereditary, said that during filming, "Alex Wolff...
30-minute video titled, 30 Years of The Film Foundation: Martin Scorsese and AriAster in Conversation, celebrating the "mission, evolution, and ongoing work...
Archived from the original on 24 January 2021. Retrieved 9 December 2019. "AriAster (Again!) Dominates FANGORIA Chainsaw Awards". Fangoria. 11 February 2020...
a remake of the 2003 Korean sci-fi comedy Save the Green Planet! with AriAster producing. Lanthimos is a part of a postmodern film movement known as...
Brosnahan's early roles include performances in two short films directed by AriAster, Basically (2013), and Munchausen (2014). After college, she began landing...
Playbill. Retrieved June 29, 2020. Gronvall, Andrea (1 July 2018). "AriAster wrote and directed this glossy horror film". chicagoreader.com. Chicago...
Retrieved April 25, 2022. Adrian Gmelch (2023). Art-Horror: The Films of AriAster and Robert Eggers. Create Space. ISBN 9798364720719. Robert Eggers at...
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