Directing
Alexandre Aja
EN, FR, AR cinema · 49 credits
Born
7 August 1978 (age 48)
Birthplace
Paris, France
Also known as Alexandre-Jouan Arcady · Alexandre Jouan-Arcady · Alexandre Jouan · Alexandre Jouan Arcady · Alex Aja · Alex Jouan Arcady
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).
Known for
Filmography
Mice and Mystics
Mice and Mystics
Director, Writer
Les fleurs du mal
The Flowers of Evil
Director, Screenplay
Under Paris 2
Director, Writer, Associate Producer
Crawl 2
Director, Producer, Writer
Strawberries
Co-Producer
Jaws, a Monstrous Success
as Self - director
Never Let Go
Director, Producer
The Blond Boy from the Casbah
Second Unit Director
Night of the Hunted
Producer
Under the Stars
as Narrator (voice)
Oxygen
Producer, Director
Crawl
Director, Producer
Crawl
2019
Crawl
Director, Producer
47 Meters Down
Executive Producer
Campfire Creepers: The Skull of Sam
Director, Producer, Writer
The 9th Life of Louis Drax
Director, Producer
Why Horror?
as Self
The Pyramid
Producer
24 Days
Assistant Director
Horns
Director, Producer
Rock the Casbah
Associate Producer, Script Consultant
Maniac
Screenplay, Producer
French Meat
as Self
Piranha 3D
Director, Producer
The Esseker File
Director, Writer, Producer
Mirrors
Director, Screenplay
P2
Screenplay, Story, Producer
The Hills Have Eyes
Director, Screenplay
Mixed Marriage
Second Unit Director
High Tension
Director, Writer
Break of Dawn
Second Unit Director, Screenplay
Return to Algiers
Second Unit Director
Furia
Screenplay, Director
Over the Rainbow
Writer, Director
The Big Pardon 2
as Alexander Atlan
Brothers in Arms
as The child with the skateboard
Le Grand Carnaval
as Raphaël Labrouche
The Big Pardon
as L'enfant