Biography
Darren Aronofsky (born February 12, 1969) is an American filmmaker. His films are noted for their surreal, melodramatic, and often disturbing elements, frequently in the form of psychological fiction. Over his career, he has received a Primetime Emmy Award. He has been nominated for several awards including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Golden Globe Award. Aronofsky studied film and social anthropology at Harvard University before studying directing at the AFI Conservatory. After compl...
Known For
Complete Filmography

Lowland Kids
2025
Producer
As climate change erases the Louisiana coast, the last two teenagers on Isle de Jean Charles fight to stay on an island that's been in their family ho...

Caught Stealing
2025
Director, Producer
Hank Thompson, a burned-out former baseball player, is unwittingly plunged into a wild fight for survival in the downtown criminal underworld of '90s ...

Ancestra
2025
Executive Producer
When childbirth spirals into crisis, a mother's love becomes a cosmic force to save her daughter's life.

Underland
2025
Producer
Based on Robert Macfarlane’s bestseller, UNDERLAND is a cinematic voyage beneath the surface of the earth.

Holding Liat
2025
Producer
Liat is one of the hostages taken on October 7th. The film follows her relatives from right up close, with a focus on her father, as he tries to stay ...

Viktor
2024
Producer
Viktor, who was born deaf, worships the figure of the samurai warrior. When bombs start falling on his countryside home in Kharkiv, his quasi-romantic...

Sabbath Queen
2024
Executive Producer
Sabbath Queen is a remarkable 20 year journey in the life of Rabbi Amichai Lau-Lavie, a 39th generation Orthodox rabbi — and drag queen.

Little Death
2024
Producer
A middle-aged filmmaker on the verge of a breakthrough. Two kids in search of a lost backpack. A small dog a long way from home.

The Whale
2022
Producer, Director
A reclusive English teacher suffering from severe obesity attempts to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter for one last chance at redemption.

Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America
2022
as Self
To mark the recent thirtieth anniversary of Sergio Leone’s death, this documentary sets out to pay tribute to one of the great legends of world cinema...

The Good Nurse
2022
Producer
Suspicious that her colleague is responsible for a series of mysterious patient deaths, a nurse risks her own life to uncover the truth.

The Territory
2022
Producer
The Indigenous Uru-eu-wau-wau people have seen their population dwindle and their culture threatened since coming into contact with non-Native Brazili...

Pacified
2022
Producer
Tati, an introspective 13 year old girl struggles to connect with her estranged father, Jaca, after he is released from prison in the turbulent wake o...

Catch the Fair One
2022
Executive Producer
A Native American boxer embarks on the fight of her life when she goes in search of her missing sister.

The Vandal
2021
Executive Producer
Set in a world not unlike mid-20th century America, The Vandal centers on Harold, whose tormented search for peace from traumatic loss results in an u...

Satoshi Kon: The Illusionist
2021
as Self
A subtle portrait of Japanese director Satoshi Kon by the specialist of Japanese cinema Pascal-Alex Vincent and a dive into a rich work. With intervie...

Some Kind of Heaven
2021
Producer
Behind the gates of a palm-tree-lined fantasyland, three residents and one interloper at America’s largest retirement community strive to find happine...

Esther's Choice
2020
Thanks
Esther, a film composer going through a dry spell, moves in with her boyfriend Michael only to find out that he still keeps his Ex-girlfriend's belong...

Last and First Men
2020
Thanks
As the end approaches inexorably, the last humans, living millions of years into the future, send a message to the humanity of the present that is bot...

Serendipity
2019
Executive Producer
French artist Prune Nourry has spent her working life exploring issues around the human body. At the age of 31, Prune is diagnosed with breast cancer....

A Different Beyond
2018
Executive Producer
“A Different Beyond” is a short sci-fi thriller action movie that showcases the cinematic abilities of the FUJIFILM X-T3 mirrorless camera, which is c...

White Boy Rick
2018
Producer
The story of Richard Wershe Jr., a teenager who became an undercover informant for the police during the 1980s, and was ultimately arrested for drug t...

One Strange Rock
2018
Executive Producer
A mind-bending, thrilling journey exploring the fragility and wonder of planet Earth, one of the most peculiar, unique places in the entire universe, ...

Spheres
2018
Producer
An immersive journey through the cosmos, its origins and its songs.

mother! The Downward Spiral
2017
as Self
A behind-the-scenes account that explores the film's production in detail, including intriguing footage from the lengthy rehearsal process. Appropriat...

mother!
2017
Writer, Director
A couple's relationship is tested when uninvited guests arrive at their home, disrupting their tranquil existence.

From Jackie to Camelot
2017
as Self
An intimate documentary charting the production of Jackie, from ideation through execution.

Aftermath
2017
Producer
A fatal plane crash changes the lives of Roman and Jake forever. Roman loses his wife and daughter in the accident, while Jake loses his mind—as he ha...

Jackie
2016
Producer
An account of the days of First Lady, Jacqueline Kennedy, in the immediate aftermath of John F. Kennedy's assassination in 1963.

Zipper
2015
Executive Producer
Sam Ellis is a man on the rise — a hot-shot federal prosecutor on the cusp of a bright political future. But what was meant to be a one-time experienc...

Noah
2014
Producer, Director, Writer
A man who suffers visions of an apocalyptic deluge takes measures to protect his family from the coming flood.

Another Happy Day
2011
Thanks
A wedding at her parents' Annapolis estate hurls high-strung Lynn into the center of touchy family dynamics.

Black Swan: Metamorphosis
2011
as Self
Documentary chronicling the making of Darren Aronofsky's Academy Award-winning film 'Black Swan (2010)'.

Black Swan: Metamorphosis
2011
Thanks
Documentary chronicling the making of Darren Aronofsky's Academy Award-winning film 'Black Swan (2010)'.

The Fighter
2010
Executive Producer
Boxer "Irish" Micky Ward's unlikely road to the world light welterweight title. His Rocky-like rise was shepherded by half-brother Dicky, a boxer-turn...

Black Swan
2010
Director
The story of Nina, a ballerina in a New York City ballet company whose life, like all those in her profession, is completely consumed with dance. She ...
Within the Ring
2009
as Self
The making of The Wrester (2008).

The Wrestler
2008
Director, Producer
Aging wrestler Randy "The Ram" Robinson is long past his prime but still ready and rarin' to go on the pro-wrestling circuit. After a particularly bru...

Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth
2007
as Himself
A behind-the-scenes documentary about the making of Darren Aronofsky's ‘The Fountain’.

The Fountain
2006
Screenplay, Director, Author
Spanning over one thousand years, and three parallel stories, The Fountain is a story of love, death, spirituality, and the fragility of our existence...

Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow
2006
as Self
An exploration into the life and art of the renowned author of "Last Exit To Brooklyn" and "Requiem For A Dream." Hubert Selby Jr., a self-described "...

Edge of Outside
2006
as Self
An hour-long documentary designed to celebrate the spirit of the independent filmmaker from D.W. Griffith to Quentin Tarantino. Interview footage and ...

This Film Is Not Yet Rated
2006
as Self - Director of 'Requiem for a Dream'
Kirby Dick's provocative documentary investigates the secretive and inconsistent process by which the Motion Picture Association of America rates film...

Below
2002
Producer, Screenplay
In the dark silence of the sea during World War II, the submarine USS Tiger Shark prowls on what should be a routine rescue mission. But for the shell...

The Making of Requiem for a Dream
2001
as Self
A dive into the production of Darren Aronofsky's psychological drama.

Requiem for a Dream
2000
as Visitor (uncredited)
The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.

Requiem for a Dream
2000
Director, Screenplay
The drug-induced utopias of four Coney Island residents are shattered when their addictions run deep.

Pi
1998
Director, Story, Writer
A mathematical genius discovers a link between numbers and reality, and thus believes he can predict the future.

The House of Yes
1997
Thanks
Jackie-O is anxiously awaiting the visit of her brother home for Thanksgiving, but isn't expecting him to bring a friend — and she's even more shocked...

Phat Beach
1996
Second Unit Director
A hefty homeboy borrows his dad's Mercedes and goes to the beach with his friends for wild sun & fun.

Soldier Boyz
1995
Second Assistant Director
A group of prisoners are going to Vietnam to rescue the daughter of a V-I.P. The Ones who survive get their freedom back...but hell awaits them.

No Time
1994
Director
Darren Aronofsky's student film.

Protozoa
1993
Director, Screenplay
Darren Aronofsky’s AFI short opens with angry slacker Dave sitting in a dreary, empty junkyard. Dave stares into space, sips beer, and beats the hell ...

Fortune Cookie
1991
Director, Producer
A struggling door-to-door salesman becomes addicted to collecting the paper messages of good fortune found inside fortune cookies served as dessert at...
Supermarket Sweep
1991
Director, Screenplay
The Tiger
N/A
Producer
Set in snowy far east Russia in the late 90s, a group of men — referred to as the Tiger Team — work to protect endangered tigers from poachers and log...
Untitled Elon Musk Biopic
N/A
Director
Based on Walter Isaacson’s authorized biography of the controversial tech mogul.
Emperor
N/A
Writer, Director, Producer
XOXO
N/A
Producer
An engaged professional man meets a captivating woman on Facebook, though their virtual relationship soon turns into a dark, deadly reality.
Nothing, Except Everything
N/A
Producer
A graduating high schooler navigates a world of seemingly inevitable chaos by finding order in the number 7. Planned feature film based on the short w...
Undeniable
N/A
Producer
Sebastian Schipper is adapting Jessica Stern's bestselling memoir "Denial: A Memoir of Terror". The project will be Schipper's English-language debut....

Pendulum
N/A
Producer
Young couple Patrick and Abigail journey to a new-age retreat in New Mexico, drawn by the possibility of healing after a traumatic event. Patrick is w...
Solidarity
N/A
Executive Producer
A cross-cultural look at the immigrant experience in Los Angeles, through the parallel lives of a Mexican seamstress and a Lithuanian butcher.
Breakthrough
N/A
Director
An alienated young man comes under the influence of a motivational guru, whose intoxicating charm masks his morally questionable methods of manipulati...