Alexandre Aja
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).
Personal Details
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Movies (41)
Les dents de la mer: Un succès monstre
as Self - director
2024
Never Let Go
Director (Directing)
2024
Once Upon a Time in Algeria
Second Unit Director (Directing)
2023
Night of the Hunted
Producer (Production)
2023
Under the Stars
as Narrator (voice)
2022
Oxygen
Producer (Production)
2021
Beyond Blood
as Self
2019
Crawl
Director (Directing)
2019
Campfire Creepers: The Skull of Sam
Director (Directing)
2017
47 Meters Down
Executive Producer (Production)
2017
Monstres, l'ennemi de l'intérieur
as Self
2017
The 9th Life of Louis Drax
Director (Directing)
2016
The Other Side of the Door
Producer (Production)
2016
Fury of the Demon
as Himself
2016
Game Changer: The Legacy of Saw
as Self
2015
The Pyramid
Producer (Production)
2014
Why Horror?
as Self
2014
24 Days
Assistant Director (Directing)
2014
Du sang sur la neige
as Self
2013
Maniac: The Making of Documentary
as Self
2013
Rock the Casbah
Associate Producer (Production)
2013
Horns
Director (Directing)
2013
Maniac
Screenplay (Writing)
2012
Don't Scream, Just Swim: Behind-the-Scenes of 'Piranha 3D'
as Self
2011
Piranha 3D
Director (Directing)
2010
French Meat
as Self
2010
Cinémas d'Horreur - Apocalypse, Virus, Zombies
as Himself
2010
The Esseker File
Director (Directing)
2009
Mirrors
Director (Directing)
2008
P2
Story (Writing)
2007
The Hills Have Eyes
Director (Directing)
2006
Mixed Marriage
Second Unit Director (Directing)
2004
High Tension
Director (Directing)
2003
Break of Dawn
Second Unit Director (Directing)
2002
Return to Algiers
Second Unit Director (Directing)
2000
Furia
Screenplay (Writing)
1999
Over the Rainbow
Writer (Writing)
1997
The Big Pardon 2
as Alexander Atlan
1992
Brothers in Arms
as The child with the skateboard
1989
Le Grand Carnaval
as Raphaël Labrouche
1983
The Big Pardon
as L'enfant
1982
