Darren Aronofsky
- Directing
- February 12, 1969 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Biography
Darren Aronofsky (born February 12, 1969) is an American filmmaker. His films are noted for their surreal, melodramatic, and often disturbing elements, frequently in the form of psychological fiction. Over his career, he has received a Primetime Emmy Award. He has been nominated for several awards including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Golden Globe Award. Aronofsky studied film and social anthropology at Harvard University before studying directing at the AFI Conservatory. After completing his senior thesis film, Supermarket Sweep, he won several film awards, becoming a National Student Academy Award finalist. In 1997, he founded the film and TV production company Protozoa Pictures. His feature film debut, the surrealist psychological thriller Pi (1998), earned him the Directing Award at the Sundance Film Festival and an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay. Aronofsky then directed the psychological drama Requiem for a Dream (2000), the romantic fantasy sci-fi drama The Fountain (2006), and the sports drama The Wrestler (2008), the latter of which earned the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. He directed the psychological drama Black Swan(2010), earning him the Best Director. His later films include the biblical epic Noah (2014), the psychological horror film Mother! (2017) and the drama The Whale (2022). Aronofsky's film Postcard from Earth (2023) was produced and filmed exclusively for the Sphere in the Las Vegas Valley on its 16K resolution screen. Description above from the Wikipedia article Darren Aronofsky, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known for
Filmography
- Pendulum · Producer
- Love, Rendered · Producer
- Goodnight Lamby · Producer
- Underland · Producer
- Pole to Pole with Will Smith · Executive producer
- Lowland Kids · Producer
- Holding Liat · Producer
- Caught Stealing · Director, Producer
- Limitless: Live Better Now · Executive producer, Creator
- ANCESTRA · Executive producer
- Viktor · Producer
- Sabbath Queen · Executive producer
- Junk · Producer
- People Are Amazing: Making 'The Whale' · Self
- Kindred · Executive producer
- The Whale · Producer, Director
- Limitless with Chris Hemsworth · Executive producer, Writer
- Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America · Self
- The Good Nurse · Producer
- The Territory · Producer
- Pacified · Producer
- Black Gold · Executive producer
- Catch the Fair One · Executive producer
- Welcome to Earth · Executive producer
- The Vandal · Executive producer
- Satoshi Kon: The Illusionist · Self
- The Paradise Next Door · Producer
- Some Kind of Heaven · Producer
- Esther's Choice · Thanks
- Last and First Men · Thanks
- Serendipity · Executive producer
- A Different Beyond · Executive producer
- White Boy Rick · Producer
- One Strange Rock · Executive producer
- One Strange Rock · Executive producer
- Spheres · Producer
- mother! The Downward Spiral · Self
- mother! · Director, Writer
- From Jackie to Camelot · Self
- Aftermath · Producer
- Jackie · Producer
- Zipper · Executive producer
- Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter · Self
- StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson · Self
- Noah · Director, Producer
- Late Night with Seth Meyers · Self
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon · Self
- Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
- Black Swan: Metamorphosis · Self, Thanks
- The Fighter · Executive producer
- Black Swan · Director
- Within the Ring · Self
- The Wrestler · Director, Producer
- Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth · Self
- The Fountain · Director, Screenplay
- This Film Is Not Yet Rated · Self
- Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow · Self
- Edge of Outside · Self
- Below · Screenplay, Producer
- HypaSpace · Self
- The Making of Requiem for a Dream · Self
- Requiem for a Dream · Visitor (uncredited), Director
- Pi · Director, Writer
- The House of Yes · Thanks
- Phat Beach · Second Unit Director
- Soldier Boyz · Second Assistant Director
- No Time · Director
- Protozoa · Director, Screenplay
- Fortune Cookie · Director, Producer
- Supermarket Sweep · Screenplay, Director
- Untitled Elon Musk Biopic · Director
- Emperor · Writer, Producer
- XOXO · Producer
- Nothing, Except Everything · Producer
- Undeniable · Producer
- Solidarity · Executive producer
- Breakthrough · Director
- Untitled Darren Aronofsky Erotic Thriller · Director, Producer
- The Tiger · Producer