Alexandre Aja
Personal Info
Known for
Directing
Gender
Male
Birthday
1978-08-07 (46 years old)
Place of Birth
Paris, France
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).
Acting
(2024)
Les dents de la mer, l'histoire d'un succès monstre
as Self - director
(2022)
Under the Stars
as Narrator (voice)
(2019)
Beyond Blood
as Self
(2017)
(2016)
Fury of the Demon
as Himself
(2015)
(2014)
Why Horror?
as Self
(2013)
(2013)
Du sang sur la neige
as Self
(2010)
(2010)
French Meat
as Self
(1992)
The Big Pardon 2
as Alexander Atlan
(1989)
Brothers in Arms
as The child with the skateboard
(1983)
Le Grand Carnaval
as Raphaël Labrouche
(1982)
The Big Pardon
as L'enfant
Crew
Smart House
Director, Producer
Crawl 2
Director, Producer
Mice and Mystics
Director, Writer
(2024)
Never Let Go
Director, Producer
(2023)
Once Upon a Time in Algeria
Second Unit Director
(2023)
Night of the Hunted
Producer
(2021)
Oxygen
Producer, Director
(2019)
Crawl
Director, Producer
(2017)
47 Meters Down
Executive Producer
(2017)
Campfire Creepers: The Skull of Sam
Director, Writer, Producer
(2016)
The Other Side of the Door
Producer
(2016)
The 9th Life of Louis Drax
Director, Producer
(2014)
The Pyramid
Producer
(2014)
24 Days
Assistant Director
(2013)
Horns
Director, Producer
(2013)
Rock the Casbah
Associate Producer, Script Consultant
(2012)
Maniac
Screenplay, Producer
(2010)
Piranha 3D
Director, Producer
(2009)
The Esseker File
Director, Writer, Producer
(2008)
Mirrors
Director, Screenplay
(2007)
P2
Story, Screenplay, Producer
(2006)
The Hills Have Eyes
Director, Screenplay
(2004)
Mixed Marriage
Second Unit Director
(2003)
High Tension
Director, Writer
(2002)
Break of Dawn
Second Unit Director, Screenplay
(2000)
Return to Algiers
Second Unit Director
(1999)
Furia
Screenplay, Director
(1997)
Over the Rainbow
Writer, Director