Person
Ari Aster
Directing · Born 1986-07-15 · 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
The Drama
Producer
Hereditary
Archer Gallery Representative (voice) (uncredited)
Midsommar
Podcast on Mark's Phone (voice) (uncredited)
Bugonia
Producer
Babygirl
Thanks
Eddington
Radio Journalist (voice) (uncredited)
Scapegoat
Director
Mr. Scorsese
Self
Death of a Unicorn
Executive Producer
Eli Roth's History of Horror
Self
Filmography
- 2026PrimetimeProducer
- 2026The DramaProducer
- 2026Crows Are WhiteExecutive Producer
- 2025BugoniaProducer
- 2025Made in EddingtonSelf
- 2025Mr. ScorseseSelf
- 2025EddingtonRadio Journalist (voice) (uncredited)
- 2025Death of a UnicornExecutive Producer
- 2024BabygirlThanks
- 2024RumoursExecutive Producer
- 2024Janet PlanetThanks
- 2024Sasquatch SunsetExecutive Producer
- 2023Dream ScenarioProducer
- 2023The BonesExecutive Producer
- 2023Finally Home: Making Beau is AfraidSelf
- 2023Beau Is AfraidA Neighbor of Beau's (uncredited)
- 2023El Padre BuenoExecutive Producer
- 2022After YangThanks
- 2021The Most Beautiful Boy in the WorldThanks
- 2021Directors on DirectorsSelf
- 202030 Years of the Film Foundation: Martin Scorsese and Ari Aster in ConversationSelf
- 2019Let the Festivities Begin: Manifesting MidsommarSelf
- 2019MidsommarPodcast on Mark's Phone (voice) (uncredited)
- 2018Eli Roth's History of HorrorSelf
- 2018Cursed: The True Nature of HereditarySelf
- 2018HereditaryArcher Gallery Representative (voice) (uncredited)
- 2014BasicallyDirector
- 2013MunchausenDirector
- 2011The Strange Thing About the JohnsonsDirector
- —AntarcticaProducer
- —The LoomingProducer
- —Hansel & GretelExecutive Producer
- —GummyProducer
- —Why Don't You Love Me?Producer
- —BushidoProducer
- —EnemiesProducer
- —JontyProducer
- —Untitled A24 Horror FilmExecutive Producer
- —Schiller ParkProducer
- —ScapegoatDirector
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