Alexandre Aja
Date of birth: 1978-08-07
Place of birth: Paris, France
Known for: Directing
Also known as: Alexandre-Jouan Arcady, Alexandre Jouan-Arcady, Alexandre Jouan, Alexandre Jouan Arcady, Alexandre Juan, 알렉산드르 아야
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).
Movie Credits
Maniac: The Making of Documentary
2013-10-15
Behind the scenes documentary on the 2012 film MANIAC directed by Franck Khalfoun.
Brothers in Arms
1989-03-15
Simon, a Jewish police inspector, arrests Karim, a Muslim, in the bust of a drug smuggling cargo shi
Under the Stars
2022-10-15
Paying tribute to some of America's only surviving drive-ins – and those who keep them running – thi
Monstres, l'ennemi de l'intérieur
2017-05-12
Cinémas d'Horreur - Apocalypse, Virus, Zombies
2010-01-01
In recent years, horror cinema has become an unavoidable phenomenon whether in America, Asia or Euro
Beyond Blood
2019-08-23
High Tension, Inside, Martyrs, Frontier(s) and Them. In the years of 2003 to 2008, those sensational
French Meat
2010-01-29
Documentary on the rise of New French Extremism.
Du sang sur la neige
2013-11-15
Why Horror?
2014-10-03
Horror fan Tal Zimerman examines the psychology of horror around the world to find out why people lo
Fury of the Demon
2016-01-30
An investigation on the rarest and most controversial French movie in the history of early cinema: a
Game Changer: The Legacy of Saw
2015-10-14
Generations of movie fans have thrilled to Saw's blood-curdling story of a serial killer who traps h
Le Grand Carnaval
1983-12-07
The story follows Americans in Algeria at the time of the Allied invasion of North Africa in 1942.
The Big Pardon
1982-01-27
The Bettoun clan: Raymond (the patriarch), Maurice (the son), Jacky (the nephew), Roland (the nephew
The Big Pardon 2
1992-12-09
The mobster Raymond Bettoun gets out of prison and joins his son Maurice in Miami, a drug trafficker
Les dents de la mer, un succès monstre
2024-12-16
In the summer of 1975, the young director Steven Spielberg set new standards for cinema worldwide wi
Don't Scream, Just Swim: Behind-the-Scenes of 'Piranha 3D'
2011-01-11
Behind the scenes documentary of making the film Piranha 3D