Biography
Ari Aster (born July 15, 1986) is an American filmmaker. After garnering initial recognition for the short film The Strange Thing About the Johnsons (2011), he became best known for writing and directing Hereditary (2018), Midsommar (2019), and Beau Is Afraid (2023), all of which were released by A24. His films have been noted for their unsettling combination of horror, dark comedy, and depictions of graphic violence. He co-founded the production company Square Peg with Danish producer Lars Knud...
Known For
Complete Filmography
Bugonia
2025
Producer
Two conspiracy obsessed young men kidnap the high-powered CEO of a major company, convinced that she is an alien intent on destroying planet Earth.
Eddington
2025
Producer, Director, Writer
In May of 2020, a standoff between a small-town sheriff and mayor sparks a powder keg as neighbor is pitted against neighbor in Eddington, New Mexico.
Death of a Unicorn
2025
Executive Producer
A father and daughter accidentally hit and kill a unicorn while en route to a weekend retreat, where his billionaire boss seeks to exploit the creatur...
Babygirl
2024
Thanks
A high-powered CEO puts her career and family on the line when she begins a torrid affair with her much younger intern.
Rumours
2024
Executive Producer
En route to the annual G7 summit, the seven leaders of the world’s wealthiest liberal democracies get lost in the woods and face increasing peril whil...
Sasquatch Sunset
2024
Executive Producer
In the misty forests of North America, a family of Sasquatches—possibly the last of their enigmatic kind—embark on an absurdist, epic, hilarious, and ...
Dream Scenario
2023
Producer
Hapless family man Paul Matthews finds his life turned upside down when millions of strangers suddenly start seeing him in their dreams. But when his ...
The Bones
2023
Executive Producer
Using human corpses and invoking the spirits of two damned Secretaries of State, a girl performs a ritual to free the kingdom of Chile from its feudal...
Finally Home: Making Beau is Afraid
2023
as Self
A documentary about the making of Ari Aster's Kafkaesque epic Beau is Afraid.
Beau Is Afraid
2023
as A Neighbor of Beau's (uncredited)
Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic, Kafkaesque odys...
Beau Is Afraid
2023
Director, Writer, Producer
Following the sudden death of his mother, a mild-mannered but anxiety-ridden man confronts his darkest fears as he embarks on an epic, Kafkaesque odys...
El Padre Bueno
2023
Executive Producer
Damián, a dowser and family man suffocated by debt, receives an assignment to find water that becomes his last chance to keep his family afloat. On th...
The Most Beautiful Boy in the World
2021
Thanks
In 1971, due to the world premiere of Death in Venice, Italian director Lucino Visconti proclaimed his Tadzio as the world’s most beautiful boy. A sha...
30 Years of the Film Foundation: Martin Scorsese and Ari Aster in Conversation
2020
as Self
In the following conversation, recorded remotely in 2020, filmmakers Martin Scorsese and Ari Aster discuss the mission, evolution, and ongoing work of...
Let the Festivities Begin: Manifesting Midsommar
2019
as Self
A featurette where Ari Aster and the cast break down the story and give us a behind the scenes look at the making of the film. It gives a fascinating ...
Midsommar
2019
as Podcast on Mark's Phone (voice) (uncredited)
Several friends travel to Sweden to study as anthropologists a summer festival that is held every ninety years in the remote hometown of one of them. ...
Midsommar
2019
Writer, Director
Several friends travel to Sweden to study as anthropologists a summer festival that is held every ninety years in the remote hometown of one of them. ...
Cursed: The True Nature of Hereditary
2018
as Self
A featurette that sheds light on the filmmaker’s approach, and how he turned a character-driven domestic drama into one of the 2018’s most harrowing c...
Hereditary
2018
as Archer Gallery Representative (voice) (uncredited)
Following the death of the Leigh family matriarch, Annie and her children uncover disturbing secrets about their heritage. Their daily lives are not o...
Hereditary
2018
Writer, Director
Following the death of the Leigh family matriarch, Annie and her children uncover disturbing secrets about their heritage. Their daily lives are not o...
Basically
2014
Director, Producer, Writer
A bright but acid-tongued young actress walks the viewer through the drudgeries of her privileged life in a series of clinical tableaux.
Munchausen
2013
Director, Writer
A mother, unable to confront the heartbreak of her son leaving for college, delays his departure by making him sick. Unfortunately, she goes too far.
The Strange Thing About the Johnsons
2011
Director, Writer
A dark domestic drama about the familial ties that bind and the ties that really bind.
Butterfly Jam
N/A
Producer
Set against the backdrop of New Jersey’s Circassian community, a teenager helps out in his family’s struggling diner specializing in Circassian cuisin...
Antarctica
N/A
Producer
Described as a “big” existential horror animation that Hertzfeldt has been working on for 15 years.
The Looming
N/A
Producer
A feature adaptation of Masha Ko’s Sundance short of the same name. When a virtual home assistant speaker picks up the strange noise a man has heard i...
Hansel & Gretel
N/A
Executive Producer
Gummy
N/A
Producer
The feature length directorial debut of Michael Cera. It has been described as "a family story with a sort of mystery element too, with a somewhat sci...
Why Don't You Love Me?
N/A
Producer
A miserable couple, Claire and Mark, struggles through their marriage while “feeling like something is not quite right in their reality.”
The Drama
N/A
Producer
A couple, in the days leading up to their wedding, faces a crisis when unexpected revelations derail what one of them thought they knew about the othe...
Primetime
N/A
Producer
A journalist takes on an underworld of crime and changes television forever.
Bushido
N/A
Producer
A high-stakes action film set against the backdrop of feudal Japan.
Enemies
N/A
Producer
A solitary hitman's new job catches a detective's attention, leading both to discover unexpected similarities between them.
Untitled Ari Aster 'Sirkian Melodrama'
N/A
Writer, Director, Producer
Ari Aster's 5th feature film in pre-production, described as an "incredibly disturbing, big Sirkian melodrama."
Acting Class
N/A
Director, Writer, Producer
Acting Class creates a tapestry of disconnect, distrust, and manipulation. Ten strangers are brought together under the tutelage of John Smith, a myst...
Untitled Ari Aster Sci-Fi Film
N/A
Director, Writer, Producer
In development untitled science-fiction movie from Ari Aster.