Alexandre Aja

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).

Known For

Self

Maniac: The Making of Documentary

The child with the skateboard

L'Union sacrée

Narrator (voice)

Sous les étoiles : road trip au pays du Drive-in

Self

Monstres, l'ennemi de l'intérieur

Himself

Cinémas d'Horreur - Apocalypse, Virus, Zombies

Self

Beyond Blood

Self

Viande d'origine française

Self

Du sang sur la neige

Self

Why Horror?

Himself

La rage du Démon

Self

Game Changer: The Legacy of Saw

Alexander Atlan

Le Grand Pardon II

L'enfant

Le Grand Pardon

Raphaël Labrouche

Le Grand Carnaval