Person
Alexandre Aja
Directing · Born 1978-08-07 · Paris, France
Biography
Alexandre Jouan-Arcady (born August 7, 1978) is a French filmmaker. He has primarily worked 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 Mirrors (2008), Piranha 3D (2010), Horns (2013), Crawl (2019), Oxygen (2021) and Never Let Go (2024).
Known for
Sacrée soirée
Self
The Hills Have Eyes
Director
Crawl
Director
Piranha 3D
Director
High Tension
Director
Never Let Go
Director
47 Meters Down
Executive Producer
P2
Screenplay
Mirrors
Director
The Pyramid
Producer
Filmography
- 2024Jaws, a Monstrous SuccessSelf - director
- 2024Never Let GoDirector
- 2023The Blond Boy from the CasbahSecond Unit Director
- 2023Night of the HuntedProducer
- 2022Under the StarsNarrator (voice)
- 2021OxygenProducer
- 2019Beyond BloodSelf
- 2019CrawlDirector
- 2018Vidéo ClubSelf
- 2017Urban NightmaresProducer
- 2017Campfire Creepers: The Skull of SamDirector
- 201747 Meters DownExecutive Producer
- 2017Monstres, l'ennemi de l'intérieurSelf
- 2016The 9th Life of Louis DraxDirector
- 2016The Other Side of the DoorProducer
- 2016Fury of the DemonSelf
- 2015Game Changer: The Legacy of SawSelf
- 2014The PyramidProducer
- 2014Why Horror?Self
- 201424 DaysAssistant Director
- 2013Du sang sur la neigeSelf
- 2013Maniac: The Making of DocumentarySelf
- 2013Rock the CasbahAssociate Producer
- 2013HornsDirector
- 2012ManiacScreenplay
- 2011Don't Scream, Just Swim: Behind-the-Scenes of 'Piranha 3D'Self
- 2010The Splat PackSelf
- 2010Piranha 3DDirector
- 2010French MeatSelf
- 2010Cinémas d'Horreur - Apocalypse, Virus, ZombiesSelf
- 2009The Esseker FileDirector
- 2008MirrorsDirector
- 2007P2Screenplay
- 2006The Hills Have EyesDirector
- 2004Mixed MarriageSecond Unit Director
- 2003High TensionDirector
- 2002Break of DawnSecond Unit Director
- 2000Return to AlgiersSecond Unit Director
- 1999FuriaScreenplay
- 1997Over the RainbowWriter
- 1992The Big Pardon 2Alexander Atlan
- 1989Brothers in ArmsThe child with the skateboard
- 1987Sacrée soiréeSelf
- 1983Le Grand CarnavalRaphaël Labrouche
- 1982The Big PardonL'enfant
- —Smart HouseDirector
- —Crawl 2Director
- —Mice and MysticsDirector
- —The Flowers of EvilDirector
- —Under Paris 2Director
- —Dead by DaylightScreenplay
- —TomieExecutive Producer
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