Ari Aster
- Directing
- July 15, 1986 · New York City, New York, USA
Biography
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 Hereditary (2018) and Midsommar (2019), establishing himself in the genre of elevated horror. Aster co-founded the production company Square Peg with Danish producer Lars Knudsen in 2019. He pivoted away from horror by writing, directing, and producing the surrealist comedy-drama film Beau Is Afraid (2023) and the satirical neo-Western thriller film Eddington (2025). Both films received positive reviews but failed to recoup their budgets at the box office. Description above from the Wikipedia article Ari Aster, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- Primetime · Producer
- The Drama · Producer
- Hansel & Gretel · Executive producer
- Bugonia · Producer
- Made in Eddington · Self
- Mr. Scorsese · Self
- Eddington · Radio Journalist (voice) (uncredited), Producer
- Death of a Unicorn · Executive producer
- Babygirl · Thanks
- Rumours · Executive producer
- Janet Planet · Thanks
- Sasquatch Sunset · Executive producer
- The Fridge · Thanks
- Dream Scenario · Producer
- The Bones · Executive producer
- Finally Home: Making Beau is Afraid · Self
- Beau Is Afraid · A Neighbor of Beau's (uncredited), Director
- El Padre Bueno · Executive producer
- Crows Are White · Executive producer
- After Yang · Thanks
- The Most Beautiful Boy in the World · Thanks
- Directors on Directors · Self
- 30 Years of the Film Foundation: Martin Scorsese and Ari Aster in Conversation · Self
- Let the Festivities Begin: Manifesting Midsommar · Self
- Midsommar · Podcast on Mark's Phone (voice) (uncredited), Writer
- Eli Roth's History of Horror · Self
- Cursed: The True Nature of Hereditary · Self
- Hereditary · Archer Gallery Representative (voice) (uncredited), Writer
- Basically · Director, Producer
- Munchausen · Writer, Director
- The Strange Thing About the Johnsons · Director, Writer
- The Fall: Part I · Self
- The Fall: Part II · Self
- Antarctica · Producer
- The Looming · Producer
- Gummy · Producer
- Why Don't You Love Me? · Producer
- Bushido · Producer
- Enemies · Producer
- Jonty · Producer
- Untitled A24 Vampire Film · Executive producer
- Schiller Park · Producer
- Scapegoat · Director, Producer
- Death Stranding · Producer
- Untitled Sixth Ari Aster Feature Film · Writer, Director