Ari Aster
Directing
Ari Aster (born July 15, 1986) is an American filmmaker. His films are noted for their unsettling combination of dark comedy, horror, and graphic violence. After garnering some recognition for writing and directing the short horror film The Strange Thing About the Johnsons (2011) as part of his studies at the AFI Conservatory, he became widely known for writing and directing the horror films Hereditary (2018) and Midsommar (2019), establishing himself in the genre of elevated horror.
Aster co-founded the production company Square Peg with Danish producer Lars Knudsen in 2019. He pivoted away…
Filmography
12
Made in Eddington
2025
Mr. Scorsese
2025
Eddington
2025
Finally Home: Making Beau is Afraid
2023
Beau Is Afraid
2023
Directors on Directors
2021
30 Years of the Film Foundation: Martin Scorsese and Ari Aster in Conversation
2020
Let the Festivities Begin: Manifesting Midsommar
2019
Midsommar
2019
Eli Roth's History of Horror
2018
Cursed: The True Nature of Hereditary
2018
Hereditary
2018