Alexandre Aja

Born: 1978-08-07

Alexandre Jouan-Arcady (born August 7, 1978, in Paris, France), known professionally as Alexandre Aja, is a writer-director who has worked primarily 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 "Piranha 3D" (2010), "Horns" (2013), "Crawl" (2019), "Oxygen " (2021) and "Never Let Go" (2024). He is the son of French-Algerian filmmaker Alexandre Arcady.


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The Big Pardon

as L'enfant
Released: 1982-01-27

The Bettoun clan: Raymond (the patriarch), Maurice (the son), Jacky (the nephew), Roland (the...

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Le Grand Carnaval

as Raphaël Labrouche
Released: 1983-12-07

The story follows Americans in Algeria at the time of the Allied invasion of North Africa in 1942.

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Game Changer: The Legacy of Saw

as Self
Released: 2015-10-14

Generations of movie fans have thrilled to Saw's blood-curdling story of a serial killer who...

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Brothers in Arms

as The child with the skateboard
Released: 1989-03-15

Simon, a Jewish police inspector, arrests Karim, a Muslim, in the bust of a drug smuggling cargo...

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The Big Pardon 2

as Alexander Atlan
Released: 1992-12-09

The mobster Raymond Bettoun gets out of prison and joins his son Maurice in Miami, a drug...

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Under the Stars

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 2022-10-15

Paying tribute to some of America's only surviving drive-ins – and those who keep them running –...

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Monstres, l'ennemi de l'intérieur

as Self
Released: 2017-05-12

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Why Horror?

as Self
Released: 2014-10-03

Horror fan Tal Zimerman examines the psychology of horror around the world to find out why...

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Maniac: The Making of Documentary

as Self
Released: 2013-10-15

Behind the scenes documentary on the 2012 film MANIAC directed by Franck Khalfoun.

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Fury of the Demon

as Himself
Released: 2016-01-30

An investigation on the rarest and most controversial French movie in the history of early...

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French Meat

as Self
Released: 2010-01-29

Documentary on the rise of New French Extremism.

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Du sang sur la neige

as Self
Released: 2013-11-15

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Beyond Blood

as Self
Released: 2019-08-23

High Tension, Inside, Martyrs, Frontier(s) and Them. In the years of 2003 to 2008, those...

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Cinémas d'Horreur - Apocalypse, Virus, Zombies

as Himself
Released: 2010-01-01

In recent years, horror cinema has become an unavoidable phenomenon whether in America, Asia or...

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