# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/ari-aster
# Generated: 2026-08-12T20:37:56.336Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/ari-aster"
name: "Ari Aster"
slug: "ari-aster"
description: "Ari Aster 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."
tagline: "American film director and screenwriter"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Ari_Aster_at_the_2025_Cannes_Film_Festival_02.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Directors"
  slug: "directors"
profileType:
  name: "Movie Director"
  slug: "director"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q33999"
birthDate: "1986-07-15"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           62.99
  momentum:             4.679475674148843
  historical:           27.535016
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     70
  profileCompleteness:  80
  trendDirection:       "RISING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: 218
platforms:
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    handle:    "ariaster"
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    handle:    "nm4170048"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Астер, Ари"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump