Alexandre Aja
- Known for
- Directing
- Born
- August 7, 1978 (age 48)
- Birthplace
- Paris, France
Biography
Alexandre Jouan-Arcady (born August 7, 1978), known professionally as Alexandre Aja, is a French filmmaker. He created the pseudonym "Aja" by taking the initial letters of his full name. Aja has primarily worked in the horror genre, beginning with his breakthrough sophomore film, the acclaimed 2003 French-language psychological slasher High Tension, after which he made the transition to American films with his 2006 remake of Wes Craven's 1977 film The Hills Have Eyes. He has gone on to direct other notable horror films such as Mirrors (2008), Piranha 3D (2010), Horns (2013), Crawl (2019), and Never Let Go (2024). Aja is the son of French-Algerian director Alexandre Arcady.
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Filmography
Mice and Mystics
Movie · Director
The Flowers of Evil
Movie · Director
Under Paris 2
Movie · Director
Crawl 2
Movie · Director
Never Let Go
Movie · Director
The Blond Boy from the Casbah
Movie · Second Unit Director
Oxygen
Movie · Director
Crawl
Movie · Director
Crawl
Movie · Director
Campfire Creepers: The Skull of Sam
Movie · Director
The 9th Life of Louis Drax
Movie · Director
24 Days
Movie · Assistant Director
Horns
Movie · Director
Piranha 3D
Movie · Director
The Esseker File
Movie · Director
Mirrors
Movie · Director
The Hills Have Eyes
Movie · Director
Mixed Marriage
Movie · Second Unit Director
High Tension
Movie · Director
Break of Dawn
Movie · Second Unit Director
Return to Algiers
Movie · Second Unit Director
Furia
Movie · Director
Over the Rainbow
Movie · Director