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Ari Aster
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Ari Aster is an American director and screenwriter who was born on 15 July 1986 in New York City. He was educated at the AFI Conservatory and the Santa Fe University of Art and Design, holds United States citizenship, and speaks the English language. Aster began his filmmaking career in the year 2011, and his credited written works include screenplays for both Hereditary and Midsommar.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Heredtiary Screenplay Book
- Hereditary Screenplay Book
- Hereditary Screenplay
- Midsommar
- Hereditary
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Film & TV
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…
Known for
- Eddington — Radio Journalist (voice) (uncredited)2025
- Made in Eddington — Self2025
- Mr. Scorsese — Self2025
- Finally Home: Making Beau is Afraid — Self2023
- Beau Is Afraid — A Neighbor of Beau's (uncredited)2023
- Directors on Directors — Self2021
- 30 Years of the Film Foundation: Martin Scorsese and Ari Aster in Conversation — Self2020
- Let the Festivities Begin: Manifesting Midsommar — Self2019
- Midsommar — Podcast on Mark's Phone (voice) (uncredited)2019
- Cursed: The True Nature of Hereditary — Self2018
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1986-07-15 ) July 15, 1986 (age 39) , Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.
- Occupation
- Filmmaker
- Years active
- 2008–present
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ari
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- New York City
- Occupation
- film director
- Educated at
- Santa Fe University of Art and Design
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Image
- Ari Aster at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival 02.jpg
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- date of birth
- 1986-07-15
- Commons category
- Ari Aster
- start of work period
- 2011-00-00
- social media followers
- 127764
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Ari Aster
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
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