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Alexandre Aja

Alexandre Aja

Born: 1978-08-07 • Paris, France

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
Jaws, a Monstrous Success poster
Jaws, a Monstrous Success
2024 • Self - director
Under the Stars poster
Under the Stars
2022 • Narrator (voice)
Beyond Blood poster
Beyond Blood
2019 • Self
Monstres, l'ennemi de l'intérieur poster
Monstres, l'ennemi de l'intérieur
2017 • Self
Fury of the Demon poster
Fury of the Demon
2016 • Himself
Game Changer: The Legacy of Saw poster
Game Changer: The Legacy of Saw
2015 • Self
Why Horror? poster
Why Horror?
2014 • Self
Du sang sur la neige poster
Du sang sur la neige
2013 • Self
Maniac: The Making of Documentary poster
Maniac: The Making of Documentary
2013 • Self
No Image
Don't Scream, Just Swim: Behind-the-Scenes of 'Piranha 3D'
2011 • Self
French Meat poster
French Meat
2010 • Self
Cinémas d'Horreur - Apocalypse, Virus, Zombies poster
Cinémas d'Horreur - Apocalypse, Virus, Zombies
2010 • Himself
The Big Pardon 2 poster
The Big Pardon 2
1992 • Alexander Atlan
Brothers in Arms poster
Brothers in Arms
1989 • The child with the skateboard
Le Grand Carnaval poster
Le Grand Carnaval
1983 • Raphaël Labrouche
The Big Pardon poster
The Big Pardon
1982 • L'enfant