Ari Aster

Ari Aster
Born 1986/1987 (age 31–32)[1]
New York City, U.S.
Alma mater AFI Conservatory
Occupation Filmmaker
Years active 2011–present

Ari Aster (born c. 1986/1987) is an American filmmaker and screenwriter, best known for directing and writing the 2018 horror film Hereditary and the 2011 short film The Strange Thing About the Johnsons.

Biography

Aster grew up in New York City. His family is Jewish.[2] He recalled going to see his first movie when he was four years old, Dick Tracy. The film featured a scene where a character fired a tommy gun while a wall of fire was behind him. Aster reportedly jumped from his seat and "ran six New York city blocks" where his mother had to chase him. He became obsessed with horror films growing up. "I just exhausted the horror section of every video store I could find [...] I didn't know how to assemble people who would cooperate on something like that [...] I found myself just writing screenplays".[1] He graduated from the AFI Conservatory and met many of his future collaborators there.[3]

Aster's debut film was the controversial short The Strange Thing About the Johnsons in 2011. Between 2011 and 2018, Aster wrote and directed five more short films, often teaming with his AFI Conservatory friends Alejandro de Leon and Pawel Pogorzelski to produce and shoot. Aster made his feature length directorial debut with the horror film Hereditary, which was released by A24 in 2018, and is in pre-production for his next film with A24, Midsommar. Hereditary has garnered mostly positive reception from critics and fans. The film holds weighted average score of 87 out of 100, based on 49 critics from Metacritic. [4]

Filmography

Year Title Director Writer Editor Notes
2011 The Strange Thing About the Johnsons Yes Yes No Short Film
2011 Beau Yes Yes No Short Film; also voice acted
2013 Munchausen Yes Yes No Short Film
2014 Basically Yes Yes No Short Film
2014 The Turtle's Head Yes Yes Yes Short Film
2016 C'est La Vie Yes Yes Yes Short Film
2018 Hereditary Yes Yes No Feature directorial debut
TBA Midsommar Yes Yes No

Aster also directed and starred in a Funny or Die video titled "Tino's Dick Farts" and another comedic short as part of Munchausen's financing effort, "Untitled", in 2011.

Aster's short films are available to view on the Faux Beef Vimeo page.

References

  1. 1 2 Bishop, Bryan (June 7, 2018). "How Hereditary Director Ari Aster Became an Unlikely Horror Hero". The Verge. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
  2. ↑ Jenny Singer (14 June 2018), "How Did A ‘Neurotic Jewish Guy’ Make The Horror Hit ‘Hereditary’?", The Forward. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  3. ↑ Akitobi, Emmanuel (November 28, 2011). ""The Strange Thing About The Johnsons" Director Ari Aster Talks To Shadow & Act About His Provocative & Controversial Short Film". Indie Wire. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
  4. ↑ https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hereditary_(film)
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