Alexandre Aja
Born: 1978-08-07 in Paris, France
Known For: Directing
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).
Filmography
2024
- Never Let Go ... (Director)
- Les dents de la mer: Un succès monstre as Self - director
2023
- Once Upon a Time in Algeria ... (Second Unit Director)
- Night of the Hunted ... (Producer)
2022
- Under the Stars as Narrator (voice)
2021
- Oxygen ... (Producer)
2019
- Crawl ... (Director)
- Beyond Blood as Self
2018
- Vidéo Club as Self
2017
- 47 Meters Down ... (Executive Producer)
- Campfire Creepers: The Skull of Sam ... (Writer)
- Monstres, l'ennemi de l'intérieur as Self
- Urban Nightmares ... (Producer)
2016
- The Other Side of the Door ... (Producer)
- Fury of the Demon as Himself
- The 9th Life of Louis Drax ... (Director)
2015
- Game Changer: The Legacy of Saw as Self
2014
- 24 Days ... (Assistant Director)
- The Pyramid ... (Producer)
- Why Horror? as Self
2013
- Horns ... (Director)
- Rock the Casbah ... (Associate Producer)
- Maniac: The Making of Documentary as Self
- Du sang sur la neige as Self
2012
- Maniac ... (Screenplay)
2010
- Piranha 3D ... (Director)
- French Meat as Self
- Cinémas d'Horreur - Apocalypse, Virus, Zombies as Himself
2009
- The Esseker File ... (Director)
2008
- Mirrors ... (Director)
2007
- P2 ... (Story)
2006
- The Hills Have Eyes ... (Screenplay)
2004
- Mixed Marriage ... (Second Unit Director)
2003
- High Tension ... (Director)
2002
- Break of Dawn ... (Second Unit Director)
2000
- Return to Algiers ... (Second Unit Director)
1999
- Furia ... (Screenplay)
1997
- Over the Rainbow ... (Writer)
1992
- The Big Pardon 2 as Alexander Atlan
1989
- Brothers in Arms as The child with the skateboard
1987
- Sacrée Soirée as Self
1983
- Le Grand Carnaval as Raphaël Labrouche
1982
- The Big Pardon as L'enfant