Alexandre Aja
Director
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).
Filmography
The Big Pardon
as L'enfant 1982
Brothers in Arms
as The child with the skateboard 1989
Le Grand Carnaval
as Raphaël Labrouche 1983
The Big Pardon 2
as Alexander Atlan 1992
Why Horror?
as Self 2014
Fury of the Demon
as Himself 2016
Les dents de la mer: Un succès monstre
as Self - director 2024
Under the Stars
as Narrator (voice) 2022
Game Changer: The Legacy of Saw
as Self 2015
French Meat
as Self 2010
Maniac: The Making of Documentary
as Self 2013
Monstres, l'ennemi de l'intérieur
as Self 2017
Cinémas d'Horreur - Apocalypse, Virus, Zombies
as Himself 2010
Beyond Blood
as Self 2019
Du sang sur la neige
as Self 2013