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Ari Aster
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 5
Top works
- Heredtiary Screenplay Book
- Hereditary Screenplay Book
- Hereditary Screenplay
- Midsommar
- Hereditary
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Directing · 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
via TMDB
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 106
- Total plays
- 180
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- QUANTUM ESPRESSO: a modular and open-source software project for quantum simulations of materials
· 2009 · cited 22,570x
- Bevacizumab plus Irinotecan, Fluorouracil, and Leucovorin for Metastatic Colorectal Cancer
· 2004 · cited 8,498x
- Integrated Genomic Analysis Identifies Clinically Relevant Subtypes of Glioblastoma Characterized by Abnormalities in PDGFRA, IDH1, EGFR, and NF1
· 2010 · cited 6,418x
- Lenvatinib versus sorafenib in first-line treatment of patients with unresectable hepatocellular carcinoma: a randomised phase 3 non-inferiority trial
· 2018 · cited 4,660x
- The Somatic Genomic Landscape of Glioblastoma
· 2013 · cited 4,436x
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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
- 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
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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.