Alexandre Aja

Personal Info

Know For

Directing

Gender

Male

Birthday

1978-08-07 (47 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

1989

Brothers in Arms

as The child with the skateboard

2022

Under the Stars

as Narrator (voice)

2019

2010

2014

2016

1992

The Big Pardon 2

as Alexander Atlan

1982

The Big Pardon

as L'enfant

1983

Le Grand Carnaval

as Raphaël Labrouche

Production

2003

High Tension

as Director

2006

The Hills Have Eyes

as Screenplay

2006

2008

Mirrors

as Director

2010

Piranha 3D

as Director

1999

Furia

as Screenplay

2003

High Tension

as Writer

2007

P2

as Story

2007

P2

as Screenplay

2008

Mirrors

as Screenplay

1997

2012

Maniac

as Screenplay

2012

Maniac

as Producer

1999

Furia

as Director

2024

Never Let Go

as Director

2024

Never Let Go

as Producer

2013

Horns

as Director

2007

P2

as Producer

2010

Piranha 3D

as Producer

1997

Over the Rainbow

as Director

2014

The Pyramid

as Producer

2013

Horns

as Producer

-

Smart House

as Director

-

Smart House

as Producer

2014

24 Days

as Assistant Director

2002

Break of Dawn

as Second Unit Director

2000

Return to Algiers

as Second Unit Director

2004

Mixed Marriage

as Second Unit Director

2019

Crawl

as Director

2017

47 Meters Down

as Executive Producer

2023

Once Upon a Time in Algeria

as Second Unit Director

2019

Crawl

as Producer

-

Crawl 2

as Producer

-

Crawl 2

as Director

2023

-

Mice and Mystics

as Director

2021

Oxygen

as Producer

2021

Oxygen

as Director

2002

Break of Dawn

as Screenplay

2013

Rock the Casbah

as Associate Producer

2013

Rock the Casbah

as Script Consultant

2009

The Esseker File

as Director

2009

2009

The Esseker File

as Producer

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