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Ari Aster

January 07, 2023

Ari Aster (born July 15, 1986) is an American film director, screenwriter, and producer. He is known for writing and directing the horror films Hereditary (2018) and Midsommar (2019). His upcoming third film, Beau Is Afraid, is slated to be released in 2023.

Ari Aster
Aster in June 2018
Born (1986-07-15) July 15, 1986 (age 36)
New York City, U.S.
Occupation(s)Film director, screenwriter, producer
Years active2008–present

Early life

Aster was born into a Jewish family in New York City on July 15, 1986, the son of a musician father and a poet mother.[1][2] He has a younger brother.[3] He recalled going to see his first movie, Dick Tracy, when he was four years old. The film featured a scene where a character fired a tommy gun in front of a wall of fire. Aster reportedly jumped from his seat and "ran six New York City blocks" while his mother tried to catch him.[4] In his early childhood, Aster's family briefly lived in England, where his father opened a jazz nightclub in Chester.[5] Aster enjoyed living there, but the family returned to the U.S. and settled in New Mexico when he was 10 years old.[5][6][7]

As a child, Aster became obsessed with horror films, frequently renting them from local video stores: "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."[4] In 2004, he enrolled at the College of Santa Fe, where he studied film. After graduating in 2008, he was accepted into the 2010 class of fellows at the AFI Conservatory graduate program, where he earned an MFA with a focus in directing.[8][9][10]

Career

Early short films

Aster's debut film was the short film Tale of Two Tims, which he wrote at College of Santa Fe and submitted to American Film Institute. This garnered him a fellowship into the graduate directing program at the AFI Conservatory. Aster followed up with several AFI cycle films, along with comedic shorts made with industry friends like TDF Really Works in 2011. Aster then followed up with a breakout short film The Strange Thing About the Johnsons, which stars Billy Mayo, Brandon Greenhouse, and Angela Bullock as members of a suburban family in which the son is involved in an abusive incestuous relationship with his father.

The Strange Thing About the Johnsons was Aster's thesis film while studying at the American Film Institute's graduate school in California,[11] and later screened at film festivals in 2011, premiering at the Slamdance Film Festival in Utah on January 22, before it leaked online in November and went viral. Ivan Kander of the website Short of the Week wrote that the comments on YouTube had "everything from effusive acclaim to disgusted vitriol. In terms of the internet, that means it's a hit."[12] He worked on the production with fellow students from the school. The story was first conceived while discussing taboos with his friends, including Greenhouse, before Aster's first year at AFI.[13]

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 among others.

Breakthrough with A24

Aster made his feature film directorial debut with the horror-drama film Hereditary, which premiered on January 21, 2018, in the Midnight section at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival,[14] and was theatrically released in the United States on June 8, 2018.[15] It stars Toni Collette, Alex Wolff, Milly Shapiro and Gabriel Byrne as a family haunted by a mysterious presence after the death of their secretive grandmother.

Hereditary was acclaimed by critics, with Collette's performance receiving particular praise, and was a commercial success, making over $80 million on a $10 million budget to become A24's highest-grossing film worldwide.[16] Writing for Rolling Stone, Peter Travers called it the scariest film of 2018.[17]

Aster's next production, also with A24, was the folk horror film Midsommar, starring Florence Pugh.[18] It follows a group of friends who travel to Sweden for a festival that occurs once every 90 years and find themselves in the clutches of a pagan cult. Midsommar was theatrically released in the United States on July 3, 2019, by A24 and in Sweden on July 10, 2019, by Nordisk Film. The film received positive reviews from critics, with many praising Aster's direction and Pugh's performance.[19][20] Aster's original 171-minute cut of the film, which A24 asked Aster to trim down for a wide theatrical release, had its world premiere at the Film Society of Lincoln Center in New York City as part of its Scary Movies XII lineup on August 20, 2019.[21] For his work on the film, Aster received a nomination for Best Screenplay at the 29th Gotham Independent Film Awards.[22]

Ari Aster and producer Lars Knudsen announced in June 2019 the launch of their new production company, Square Peg.[23]

In June 2020, Aster said his next film would be a four-hour long "nightmare comedy".[24] In February 2021, A24 announced Beau Is Afraid as its third partnership with Aster. The film stars Joaquin Phoenix.[25]

In 2021, he signed a first-look TV deal with the studio A24.[26] In August 2022, it was announced that Aster would reteam with A24 to produce Kristoffer Borgli's second feature film Dream Scenario, with Nicolas Cage attached to star.[27]

Filmography

Feature films

Year Title Director Writer Producer Ref(s)
2018 Hereditary Yes Yes No [28][29]
2019 Midsommar Yes Yes No [30][31]
2023 Beau Is Afraid Yes Yes Yes [25]

Short films

Year Title Director Writer Editor Actor Ref.
2008 Herman's Cure-All Tonic Yes No No No [32]
2011 The Strange Thing About the Johnsons Yes Yes No No [33]
TDF Really Works Yes Yes Yes Yes
Beau Yes Yes No Yes
2013 Munchausen Yes Yes No No
Basically Yes Yes No No [34]
2014 The Turtle's Head Yes Yes Yes No
2016 C'est la vie Yes Yes Yes No

As writer/producer

Year Title Writer Producer Ref(s)
TBA Dream Scenario No Yes [35]

References

  1. ^ Singer, Jenny (14 June 2018). "How Did A 'Neurotic Jewish Guy' Make The Horror Hit 'Hereditary'?". The Forward. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
  2. ^ "Ari Aster Biography". AllMovie. Archived from the original on March 12, 2020.
  3. ^ Khon, Eric (June 8, 2018). "Why 'Hereditary' Took Years to Make and What It's Really About". Indiewire. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
  4. ^ a b Bishop, Bryan (June 7, 2018). "How Hereditary Director Ari Aster Became an Unlikely Horror Hero". The Verge. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
  5. ^ a b Nicholson, Amy (June 28, 2019). . The Guardian. Archived from the original on July 1, 2019.
  6. ^ Hoffman, Jordan (June 12, 2018). "Director Ari Aster's debut film is scarily good. And that might be a problem". Times of Israel. Retrieved July 24, 2019.
  7. ^ ""Hereditary" Director Ari Aster Wants To TraumATIZE You". Flaunt Magazine. Retrieved 2020-09-05.
  8. ^ O'Leary, Devin (June 7, 2018). . Alibi. Archived from the original on June 14, 2018.
  9. ^ Wloszczyna, Susan (June 7, 2018). . Motion Picture Association of America. Archived from the original on July 4, 2018.
  10. ^ Akitobi, Emmanuel (November 28, 2011). ""The Strange Thing About The Johnsons" Director Ari Aster Talks To Shadow & Act About His Provocative & Controversial Short Film". IndieWire. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
  11. ^ "Complicated Grief: Ari Aster on Hereditary's Family Nightmare". Filmmaker. June 11, 2018. Retrieved September 1, 2018.
  12. ^ Ivan Kander (August 10, 2012). "The Strange Thing About the Johnsons". Short of the Week. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
  13. ^ Emmanuel Akitobi (November 28, 2011). "The Strange Thing About The Johnsons Director Ari Aster Talks To Shadow & Act About His Provocative & Controversial Short Film". IndieWire. Retrieved February 18, 2017.
  14. ^ Means, Sean P. (December 19, 2017). "A horror thriller filmed in Utah is among the additions to 2018 Sundance Film Festival lineup". The Salt Lake Tribune. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
  15. ^ "Hereditary trailer: will this be the year's scariest movie?". The Guardian. January 30, 2018. Retrieved January 30, 2018.
  16. ^ Giles, Jeff (June 7, 2018). "Ocean's 8: Satisfying but Slight". Rotten Tomatoes. Fandango Media. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
  17. ^ Travers, Peter (June 5, 2018). "'Hereditary' Review: Family Horror Tale Is the Scariest Movie of 2018". Rolling Stone. Retrieved June 6, 2018.
  18. ^ "AFI Alum Ari Aster on His Terrifying, Personal New Film MIDSOMMAR". American Film. American Film Institute. Retrieved 5 September 2019.
  19. ^ Rothkopf, Joshua (June 19, 2019). . Time Out. Archived from the original on June 20, 2019.
  20. ^ Kohn, Eric. . IndieWire. Archived from the original on June 19, 2019.
  21. ^ "Scary Movies XII Lineup Features Villains, Ready or Not, Director's Cut of Midsommar & More". filmlinc.org. Lincoln Center. 2019-07-16. Retrieved 18 August 2019.
  22. ^ "'Marriage Story' Sweeps Gotham Awards; Full Winners List | Hollywood Reporter". www.hollywoodreporter.com.
  23. ^ Fleming, Mike Jr. (June 20, 2019). "'Hereditary' Helmer Ari Aster Launches Square Peg With Producer Lars Knudsen On Eve Of 'Midsommar' Release".
  24. ^ Linan, Liliana (June 1, 2020). "A.S. Program Board Presents: Ask Ari Aster". Daily Nexus. Retrieved January 13, 2022.
  25. ^ a b Kroll, Justin (February 18, 2021). "A24 To Produce And Finance Ari Aster's Next Pic Disappointment Blvd. Starring Joaquin Phoenix". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
  26. ^ Fleming, Mike Jr. (2021-03-22). "A24 Sets Ari Aster & Lars Knudsen's Square Peg To 2-Year First-Look Television Deal; Emily Hildner Takes Prexy Post". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-03-29.
  27. ^ Kroll, Justin (August 30, 2022). "Nicolas Cage To Star In A24 Comedy 'Dream Scenario' With Ari Aster Producing". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved August 30, 2022.
  28. ^ Fleming, Mike Jr. (January 22, 2018). "Ari Aster, Writer-Director Of Sundance Midnight Pic Hereditary, Inks With WME". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
  29. ^ Tartaglione, Nancy (July 26, 2018). "Hereditary Becomes A24's Highest-Grossing Pic Worldwide With $78M". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
  30. ^ Fleming, Mike Jr. (May 8, 2018). "A24 Pacts For Hereditary Helmer Ari Aster's Next Horror Film". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
  31. ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (April 3, 2019). "Ari Aster's Midsommar Moves To Midsummer – CinemaCon". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 1, 2022.
  32. ^ "Watch: The Early Short Films of 'Hereditary' Director Ari Aster". No film School. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
  33. ^ "The Strange Thing About The JohnsonsMATURE". Vimeo. Retrieved April 3, 2022.
  34. ^ "NYFF51: Shorts Programs". Film at Lincoln Center. Retrieved 2020-02-27.
  35. ^ Atad, Corey (November 1, 2022). "Nicolas Cage Goes Bald For New Comedy Shoot In Toronto". ET Canada. Retrieved November 11, 2022.

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Ari Aster born July 15 1986 is an American film director screenwriter and producer He is known for writing and directing the horror films Hereditary 2018 and Midsommar 2019 His upcoming third film Beau Is Afraid is slated to be released in 2023 Ari AsterAster in June 2018Born 1986 07 15 July 15 1986 age 36 New York City U S Occupation s Film director screenwriter producerYears active2008 present Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2 1 Early short films 2 2 Breakthrough with A24 3 Filmography 4 References 5 External linksEarly life EditAster was born into a Jewish family in New York City on July 15 1986 the son of a musician father and a poet mother 1 2 He has a younger brother 3 He recalled going to see his first movie Dick Tracy when he was four years old The film featured a scene where a character fired a tommy gun in front of a wall of fire Aster reportedly jumped from his seat and ran six New York City blocks while his mother tried to catch him 4 In his early childhood Aster s family briefly lived in England where his father opened a jazz nightclub in Chester 5 Aster enjoyed living there but the family returned to the U S and settled in New Mexico when he was 10 years old 5 6 7 As a child Aster became obsessed with horror films frequently renting them from local video stores 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 4 In 2004 he enrolled at the College of Santa Fe where he studied film After graduating in 2008 he was accepted into the 2010 class of fellows at the AFI Conservatory graduate program where he earned an MFA with a focus in directing 8 9 10 Career EditEarly short films Edit Aster s debut film was the short film Tale of Two Tims which he wrote at College of Santa Fe and submitted to American Film Institute This garnered him a fellowship into the graduate directing program at the AFI Conservatory Aster followed up with several AFI cycle films along with comedic shorts made with industry friends like TDF Really Works in 2011 Aster then followed up with a breakout short film The Strange Thing About the Johnsons which stars Billy Mayo Brandon Greenhouse and Angela Bullock as members of a suburban family in which the son is involved in an abusive incestuous relationship with his father The Strange Thing About the Johnsons was Aster s thesis film while studying at the American Film Institute s graduate school in California 11 and later screened at film festivals in 2011 premiering at the Slamdance Film Festival in Utah on January 22 before it leaked online in November and went viral Ivan Kander of the website Short of the Week wrote that the comments on YouTube had everything from effusive acclaim to disgusted vitriol In terms of the internet that means it s a hit 12 He worked on the production with fellow students from the school The story was first conceived while discussing taboos with his friends including Greenhouse before Aster s first year at AFI 13 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 among others Breakthrough with A24 Edit Aster made his feature film directorial debut with the horror drama film Hereditary which premiered on January 21 2018 in the Midnight section at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival 14 and was theatrically released in the United States on June 8 2018 15 It stars Toni Collette Alex Wolff Milly Shapiro and Gabriel Byrne as a family haunted by a mysterious presence after the death of their secretive grandmother Hereditary was acclaimed by critics with Collette s performance receiving particular praise and was a commercial success making over 80 million on a 10 million budget to become A24 s highest grossing film worldwide 16 Writing for Rolling Stone Peter Travers called it the scariest film of 2018 17 Aster s next production also with A24 was the folk horror film Midsommar starring Florence Pugh 18 It follows a group of friends who travel to Sweden for a festival that occurs once every 90 years and find themselves in the clutches of a pagan cult Midsommar was theatrically released in the United States on July 3 2019 by A24 and in Sweden on July 10 2019 by Nordisk Film The film received positive reviews from critics with many praising Aster s direction and Pugh s performance 19 20 Aster s original 171 minute cut of the film which A24 asked Aster to trim down for a wide theatrical release had its world premiere at the Film Society of Lincoln Center in New York City as part of its Scary Movies XII lineup on August 20 2019 21 For his work on the film Aster received a nomination for Best Screenplay at the 29th Gotham Independent Film Awards 22 Ari Aster and producer Lars Knudsen announced in June 2019 the launch of their new production company Square Peg 23 In June 2020 Aster said his next film would be a four hour long nightmare comedy 24 In February 2021 A24 announced Beau Is Afraid as its third partnership with Aster The film stars Joaquin Phoenix 25 In 2021 he signed a first look TV deal with the studio A24 26 In August 2022 it was announced that Aster would reteam with A24 to produce Kristoffer Borgli s second feature film Dream Scenario with Nicolas Cage attached to star 27 Filmography EditFeature films Year Title Director Writer Producer Ref s 2018 Hereditary Yes Yes No 28 29 2019 Midsommar Yes Yes No 30 31 2023 Beau Is Afraid Yes Yes Yes 25 Short films Year Title Director Writer Editor Actor Ref 2008 Herman s Cure All Tonic Yes No No No 32 2011 The Strange Thing About the Johnsons Yes Yes No No 33 TDF Really Works Yes Yes Yes YesBeau Yes Yes No Yes2013 Munchausen Yes Yes No NoBasically Yes Yes No No 34 2014 The Turtle s Head Yes Yes Yes No2016 C est la vie Yes Yes Yes NoAs writer producer Year Title Writer Producer Ref s TBA Dream Scenario No Yes 35 References Edit Singer Jenny 14 June 2018 How Did A Neurotic Jewish Guy Make The Horror Hit Hereditary The Forward Retrieved 2 September 2018 Ari Aster Biography AllMovie Archived from the original on March 12 2020 Khon Eric June 8 2018 Why Hereditary Took Years to Make and What It s Really About Indiewire Retrieved February 3 2019 a b Bishop Bryan June 7 2018 How Hereditary Director Ari Aster Became an Unlikely Horror Hero The Verge Retrieved June 8 2018 a b Nicholson Amy June 28 2019 Midsommar director Ari Aster I often cling to dead things The Guardian Archived from the original on July 1 2019 Hoffman Jordan June 12 2018 Director Ari Aster s debut film is scarily good And that might be a problem Times of Israel Retrieved July 24 2019 Hereditary Director Ari Aster Wants To TraumATIZE You Flaunt Magazine Retrieved 2020 09 05 O Leary Devin June 7 2018 Film Interview From Here to Hereditary Alibi Archived from the original on June 14 2018 Wloszczyna Susan June 7 2018 Writer Director Ari Aster on his Terrifying Debut Hereditary Motion Picture Association of America Archived from the original on July 4 2018 Akitobi Emmanuel November 28 2011 The Strange Thing About The Johnsons Director Ari Aster Talks To Shadow amp Act About His Provocative amp Controversial Short Film IndieWire Retrieved June 8 2018 Complicated Grief Ari Aster on Hereditary s Family Nightmare Filmmaker June 11 2018 Retrieved September 1 2018 Ivan Kander August 10 2012 The Strange Thing About the Johnsons Short of the Week Retrieved February 18 2017 Emmanuel Akitobi November 28 2011 The Strange Thing About The Johnsons Director Ari Aster Talks To Shadow amp Act About His Provocative amp Controversial Short Film IndieWire Retrieved February 18 2017 Means Sean P December 19 2017 A horror thriller filmed in Utah is among the additions to 2018 Sundance Film Festival lineup The Salt Lake Tribune Retrieved January 25 2018 Hereditary trailer will this be the year s scariest movie The Guardian January 30 2018 Retrieved January 30 2018 Giles Jeff June 7 2018 Ocean s 8 Satisfying but Slight Rotten Tomatoes Fandango Media Retrieved June 8 2018 Travers Peter June 5 2018 Hereditary Review Family Horror Tale Is the Scariest Movie of 2018 Rolling Stone Retrieved June 6 2018 AFI Alum Ari Aster on His Terrifying Personal New Film MIDSOMMAR American Film American Film Institute Retrieved 5 September 2019 Rothkopf Joshua June 19 2019 Midsommar Time Out Archived from the original on June 20 2019 Kohn Eric Midsommar Review Hereditary Director s Latest Horror Epic Is Actually a Perverse Breakup Movie IndieWire Archived from the original on June 19 2019 Scary Movies XII Lineup Features Villains Ready or Not Director s Cut of Midsommar amp More filmlinc org Lincoln Center 2019 07 16 Retrieved 18 August 2019 Marriage Story Sweeps Gotham Awards Full Winners List Hollywood Reporter www hollywoodreporter com Fleming Mike Jr June 20 2019 Hereditary Helmer Ari Aster Launches Square Peg With Producer Lars Knudsen On Eve Of Midsommar Release Linan Liliana June 1 2020 A S Program Board Presents Ask Ari Aster Daily Nexus Retrieved January 13 2022 a b Kroll Justin February 18 2021 A24 To Produce And Finance Ari Aster s Next Pic Disappointment Blvd Starring Joaquin Phoenix Deadline Hollywood Retrieved February 1 2022 Fleming Mike Jr 2021 03 22 A24 Sets Ari Aster amp Lars Knudsen s Square Peg To 2 Year First Look Television Deal Emily Hildner Takes Prexy Post Deadline Retrieved 2021 03 29 Kroll Justin August 30 2022 Nicolas Cage To Star In A24 Comedy Dream Scenario With Ari Aster Producing Deadline Hollywood Retrieved August 30 2022 Fleming Mike Jr January 22 2018 Ari Aster Writer Director Of Sundance Midnight Pic Hereditary Inks With WME Deadline Hollywood Retrieved February 1 2022 Tartaglione Nancy July 26 2018 Hereditary Becomes A24 s Highest Grossing Pic Worldwide With 78M Deadline Hollywood Retrieved February 1 2022 Fleming Mike Jr May 8 2018 A24 Pacts For Hereditary Helmer Ari Aster s Next Horror Film Deadline Hollywood Retrieved February 1 2022 D Alessandro Anthony April 3 2019 Ari Aster s Midsommar Moves To Midsummer CinemaCon Deadline Hollywood Retrieved February 1 2022 Watch The Early Short Films of Hereditary Director Ari Aster No film School Retrieved April 3 2022 The Strange Thing About The JohnsonsMATURE Vimeo Retrieved April 3 2022 NYFF51 Shorts Programs Film at Lincoln Center Retrieved 2020 02 27 Atad Corey November 1 2022 Nicolas Cage Goes Bald For New Comedy Shoot In Toronto ET Canada Retrieved November 11 2022 External links EditAri Aster at Wikipedia s sister projects Media from Commons Data from Wikidata Ari Aster at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ari Aster amp oldid 1131744174, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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