Alexandre Aja

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Alexandre Aja (2014)

Alexandre Aja (* 7. August 1977 in Paris as Alexandre Jouan Arcady ) is a French director , screenwriter and film producer .

Life

Alexandre Aja is the son of Alexandre Arcady, a French filmmaker, and the film critic Marie Jouan. He is married to the Moroccan filmmaker Laïla Marrakchi .

Film career

actor

As early as 1983 he starred in the film The Big Carnival (Le Grand carnaval) , which was directed by his father. He also worked as an actor in another film by his father in 1992, Judgment Day (Le Grand pardon II) .

Director and screenwriter

Aja became internationally known as the director and screenwriter of the 2003 horror film High Tension (Haute tension) and the remake of Wes Craven's classic The Hills Have Eyes (2006). In March 2012 he was appointed as a director of the comic adaptation Undying Love, and he also performs well in the film adaptation of Joe Hill 's fantasy - novel horn directing.

In 2004, Alexandre Aja was voted one of the 10 best directors by the American magazine "Variety".

producer

Aja is involved in the Maniac Remake Alexandre Ajas Maniac , as executive producer and thus produced a Franck Khalfoun film for the second time after P2 - Schreie im Parkhaus .

Filmography

Director

script

  • 1997: Over the Rainbow (short film)
  • 1999: Furia
  • 2002: Break of Dawn (Entre chiens et loups)
  • 2003: High Tension (Haute tension)
  • 2006: The Hills Have Eyes (The Hills Have Eyes)
  • 2007: P2 - screams in the parking garage (P2)
  • 2008: Mirrors
  • 2010: Piranha 3D
  • 2012: Alexandre Ajas Maniac (Maniac)

producer

actor

  • 1982: The Superboss (Le Grand pardon)
  • 1983: The Big Carnival (Le Grand carnaval)
  • 1989: Brothers in Arms (L 'Union sacrée)
  • 1992: Judgment Day - The Law of the Mafia (Le Grand pardon II)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ascot Elite: Alexandre Aja's Maniac , 2012, p. 14: "Alexandre Aja was born in Paris in 1977."
  2. ↑ Alexandre Aja Taking on Vampires for Undying Love Adaptation
  3. ↑ "HILLS HAVE EYES" director finds "UNDYING LOVE" ( Memento from June 8, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ Maniac to Begin Rampage at Cannes

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personal data
SURNAME Ay, Alexandre
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Alexandre Jouan Arcady
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French director, screenwriter and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH 7th August 1977
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris