Alexandre Aja

1977-

Biography: life and films

Alexandre Aja is a French film director. He was born in Paris, France on 7th August 1977.

His best films as a screenwriter include Over the Rainbow (1997), Haute tension (2003) and Franck Khalfoun's crime-thriller Maniac (2013), and whose best work as a film director include Over the Rainbow (1997), Piranha 3D (2010) and Horns (2013).

Alexandre Aja has so far scripted 7 films, directed 7 films (including 1 short) and appeared in 4 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Alexandre Arcady (5 films).

His most frequent genres include: Thriller (7 films), Horror (7), drama (5), crime-thriller (3), comedy-drama (2) and comedy (2).

Our average rating for Alexandre Aja over all films is: 2.6

Filmography

Key: d = director; w = writer; a = actor

Le Grand carnaval (1983) [a]

L'Union sacrée (1989) [a]

Le Grand pardon II (1992) [a]

Furia (1999) [d,w]

Entre chiens et loups (2002) [w]

Haute tension (2003) [d,w]

Mirrors (2008) [d,w]

Piranha 3D (2010) [d]

Horns (2013) [d]

Maniac (2013) [w]

The 9th Life of Louis Drax (2016) [d]



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