Ari Aster
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1986-07-15
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Heredtiary Screenplay Book
- Hereditary Screenplay Book
- Hereditary Screenplay
- Midsommar
- Hereditary
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Film & TV
Directing · New York City, New York, USA
Ari Aster (born July 15, 1986) is an American filmmaker. His films are noted for their unsettling combination of dark comedy, horror, and graphic violence. After garnering some recognition for writing and directing the short horror film The Strange Thing About the Johnsons (2011) as part of his studies at the AFI Conservatory, he became widely known for writing and directing the horror films…
Known for
- Eddington — Radio Journalist (voice) (uncredited)2025
- Made in Eddington — Self2025
- Mr. Scorsese — Self2025
- Finally Home: Making Beau is Afraid — Self2023
- Beau Is Afraid — A Neighbor of Beau's (uncredited)2023
- Directors on Directors — Self2021
- 30 Years of the Film Foundation: Martin Scorsese and Ari Aster in Conversation — Self2020
- Let the Festivities Begin: Manifesting Midsommar — Self2019
- Midsommar — Podcast on Mark's Phone (voice) (uncredited)2019
- Cursed: The True Nature of Hereditary — Self2018
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 106
- Total plays
- 180
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Key dates
- Born
- 15 July 1986
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ari
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Occupation
- film director
- Educated at
- Santa Fe University of Art and Design
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Ari Aster at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival 02.jpg
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1986 births21st-century American Jews21st-century American male writers21st-century American screenwritersAFI Conservatory alumniAmerican horror film directorsFilm directors from New York CityJewish American screenwritersLiving peoplePostmodernist filmmakersSanta Fe University of Art and Design alumniScreenwriters from New Mexico