Person
Ari Aster
Directing
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- Jul 15, 1986
- From
- 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 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.
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Hereditary
Midsommar
Beau Is Afraid
Eddington
Eli Roth's History of Horror
Mr. Scorsese
Cursed: The True Nature of Hereditary
Let the Festivities Begin: Manifesting Midsommar
Finally Home: Making Beau is Afraid
Made in Eddington
30 Years of the Film Foundation: Martin Scorsese and Ari Aster in Conversation
The Fall: Part I
The Fall: Part II
Directors on Directors
The Bones
The Strange Thing About the Johnsons
Death of a Unicorn
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