Alexandre Aja
August 7, 1978 (46 years old) in Paris, France
Alexandre Jouan-Arcady (born August 7, 1978, in Paris, France), known professionally as Alexandre Aja, is a writer-director who has worked primarily in the horror genre, beginning with his acclaimed French-language breakthrough slasher film "High Tension" (2003) before making the transition to American films with his remake of Wes Craven's "The Hills Have Eyes" (2006). He has gone on to direct other notable horror films such as "Piranha 3D" (2010), "Horns" (2013), "Crawl" (2019), "Oxygen " (2021) and "Never Let Go" (2024). He is the son of French-Algerian filmmaker Alexandre Arcady.
Known For
Credits
- 2022 · Under the Stars as Narrator (voice)
- 2019 · Beyond Blood as Self
- 2017 · Monstres, l'ennemi de l'intérieur as Self
- 2016 · Fury of the Demon as Himself
- 2015 · Game Changer: The Legacy of Saw as Self
- 2014 · Why Horror? as Self
- 2013 · Du sang sur la neige as Self
- 2013 · Maniac: The Making of Documentary as Self
- 2010 · French Meat as Self
- 2010 · Cinémas d'Horreur - Apocalypse, Virus, Zombies as Himself
- 1992 · The Big Pardon 2 as Alexander Atlan
- 1989 · Brothers in Arms as The child with the skateboard
- 1983 · Le Grand Carnaval as Raphaël Labrouche
- 1982 · The Big Pardon as L'enfant