Ari Aster
Gender: Male
Birthday: 1986-07-15
Place of Birth: 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.
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Known For
2019Midsommar
2018Hereditary
2018Eli Roth's History of Horror
2021Directors on Directors
2025Mr. Scorsese
2025Eddington
2023Beau Is Afraid
2018Cursed: The True Nature of Hereditary
2025Made in Eddington
The Fall: Part II
The Fall: Part I
2023Finally Home: Making Beau is Afraid
202030 Years of the Film Foundation: Martin Scorsese and Ari Aster in Conversation
2019