Ari Aster
American film director and screenwriter · United States · On the map · Directors · Born 1986 · age 40
Ari Aster is an American filmmaker. His films are noted for their unsettling combination of dark comedy, horror, and graphic violence.
Ari Aster is read about 4,273 times a day, in 28 languages.
A typical day, 30 days to 6 November 2026
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Readers a day, 8 September 2026 to 6 November 2026, highest on 1 November 2026.
PrimetimeFilmAround the same time: Primetime (film), read 7.5× more than usual that day., Producer
The DramaFilm, 2026Producer2025
Mr. ScorseseSeries
BugoniaFilm, 2025Producer2024
RumoursFilm, Producer
Sasquatch SunsetFilm, 2024Producer2023
Beau Is AfraidFilm, Director, Writer2022
Crows Are WhiteFilm, Producer2021
Directors on DirectorsSeries2020
30 Years of the Film Foundation: Martin Scorsese and Ari Aster in ConversationFilm2019
Let the Festivities Begin: Manifesting MidsommarFilm2018
Eli Roth's History of HorrorSeries
Cursed: The True Nature of HereditaryFilm, 2018
HereditaryFilm, 2018Director, Writer2014
BasicallyFilm, Director, Writer2013
MunchausenFilm, Director, Writer2011
The Strange Thing About the JohnsonsFilm, Director, Writer1986Born15 July 1986People around Ari
Close ties
Lars Knudsen Produced Hereditary and Midsommar
Emma Stone Ari produced Bugonia (2025)
Robert Pattinson Ari produced The Drama and Primetime
Joaquin Phoenix Ari produced Beau Is Afraid (2023)
Will Poulter Ari directed Midsommar (2019)
Austin Butler Ari directed Eddington (2025)
Len Blavatnik Produced Beau Is Afraid and Eddington
Archie Madekwe Ari directed Midsommar and Beau Is Afraid
Denis Ménochet Ari produced Beau Is Afraid (2023)
Nicolas Cage Ari produced Dream Scenario (2024)
Paul Rudd Ari produced Death of a Unicorn (2025)
Anna Faris Ari produced Primetime (2026)
Pedro Pascal Ari produced Eddington (2025)
Michael Cera Ari produced Dream Scenario (2023)
Nathan Lane Ari produced Beau Is Afraid (2023)
Jesse Plemons Ari produced Bugonia (2025)
Julianne Nicholson Ari produced Dream Scenario (2024)
Jack Reynor Ari directed Midsommar (2019)
Payman Maadi Ari produced Enemies
Julian Richings Ari directed Beau Is Afraid (2023)
Steve Park Ari produced Death of a Unicorn (2025)
Michael Esper Ari produced Beau Is Afraid (2023)
Marnie McPhail Ari produced Dream Scenario (2023)
Matthew Maher Ari produced Primetime (2026)
Known for
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Bugonia 2025
Hereditary 2018
Midsommar 2019
Primetime 2026
The Drama 2026
Also in Français
Filmography 37
64 credits on file
Television 3
Media & music
Photos 2
About this person
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.