Portrait of Alexandre Aja

Alexandre Aja

Directing

Biography

Alexandre Jouan-Arcady (born August 7, 1978) is a French filmmaker. He has primarily worked in the horror genre, beginning with his acclaimed French-language breakthrough slasher film High Tension (2003) before making the transition to American films with his remake of Wes Craven's The Hills Have Eyes (2006). He has gone on to direct other notable horror films such as Mirrors (2008), Piranha 3D (2010), Horns (2013), Crawl (2019), Oxygen (2021) and Never Let Go (2024).

Born: August 7, 1978

Place of Birth: Paris, France

Filmography

2022
Under the Stars

as Narrator (voice)

2019
2018
2016
2014
2010
1992
The Big Pardon 2

as Alexander Atlan

1989
Brothers in Arms

as The child with the skateboard

1987
1983
Le Grand Carnaval

as Raphaël Labrouche

1982
The Big Pardon

as L'enfant