Ari Aster

Ari Aster

1986-07-15 New York City, New York, USA 36 Credits

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...

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Bugonia

Bugonia

2025

Producer

Producing

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

Eddington

2025

Producer, Director, Writer

Producing Directing Writing

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

Death of a Unicorn

2025

Executive Producer

6.4
Producing

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

Babygirl

2024

Thanks

5.8

A high-powered CEO puts her career and family on the line when she begins a torrid affair with her much younger intern.

Rumours

Rumours

2024

Executive Producer

4.9
Producing

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

Sasquatch Sunset

2024

Executive Producer

5.7
Producing

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

Dream Scenario

2023

Producer

6.7
Producing

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

The Bones

2023

Executive Producer

7.2
Producing

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

Finally Home: Making Beau is Afraid

2023

as Self

10.0
Acting

A documentary about the making of Ari Aster's Kafkaesque epic Beau is Afraid.

Beau Is Afraid

Beau Is Afraid

2023

as A Neighbor of Beau's (uncredited)

6.7
Acting

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

Beau Is Afraid

2023

Director, Producer, Writer

6.7
Directing Producing Writing

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

El Padre Bueno

2023

Executive Producer

4.0
Producing

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

The Most Beautiful Boy in the World

2021

Thanks

7.4

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

30 Years of the Film Foundation: Martin Scorsese and Ari Aster in Conversation

2020

as Self

10.0
Acting

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

Let the Festivities Begin: Manifesting Midsommar

2019

as Self

10.0
Acting

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

Midsommar

2019

as Podcast on Mark's Phone (voice) (uncredited)

7.2
Acting

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

Midsommar

2019

Writer, Director

7.2
Writing Directing

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

Cursed: The True Nature of Hereditary

2018

as Self

8.7
Acting

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

Hereditary

2018

as Archer Gallery Representative (voice) (uncredited)

7.3
Acting

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

Hereditary

2018

Writer, Director

7.3
Writing Directing

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

Basically

2014

Director, Producer, Writer

6.1
Directing Producing Writing

A bright but acid-tongued young actress walks the viewer through the drudgeries of her privileged life in a series of clinical tableaux.

Munchausen

Munchausen

2013

Writer, Director

6.7
Writing Directing

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

The Strange Thing About the Johnsons

2011

Director, Writer

6.9
Directing Writing

A dark domestic drama about the familial ties that bind and the ties that really bind.

Butterfly Jam

N/A

Producer

Producing

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

Antarctica

N/A

Producer

Producing

Described as a “big” existential horror animation that Hertzfeldt has been working on for 15 years.

The Looming

N/A

Producer

Producing

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

Producing

Gummy

N/A

Producer

Producing

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?

Why Don't You Love Me?

N/A

Producer

Producing

A miserable couple, Claire and Mark, struggles through their marriage while “feeling like something is not quite right in their reality.”

The Drama

The Drama

N/A

Producer

Producing

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

Producing

A journalist takes on an underworld of crime and changes television forever.

Bushido

Bushido

N/A

Producer

Producing

A high-stakes action film set against the backdrop of feudal Japan.

Enemies

Enemies

N/A

Producer

Producing

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

Writing Directing Producing

Ari Aster's 5th feature film in pre-production, described as an "incredibly disturbing, big Sirkian melodrama."

Acting Class

Acting Class

N/A

Director, Writer, Producer

Directing Writing Producing

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

Directing Writing Producing

In development untitled science-fiction movie from Ari Aster.