Ari Aster
Ari Aster (born July 15, 1986) is an American filmmaker. His films are noted for their unsettling combination of dark comedy, horror, and graphic violence. After garnering some recognition for writing and directing the short horror film The Strange Thing About the Johnsons (2011) as part of his studies at the AFI Conservatory, he became widely known for writing and directing the horror films Hereditary (2018) and Midsommar (2019), establishing himself in the genre of elevated horror.
Aster co-founded the production company Square Peg with Danish producer Lars Knudsen in 2019. He pivoted away from horror by writing, directing, and producing the surrealist comedy-drama film Beau Is Afraid (2023) and the satirical neo-Western thriller film Eddington (2025). Both films received positive reviews but failed to recoup their budgets at the box office.
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Movies (43)
Primetime
2026 · Producer
El Drama
2026 · Producer
Hen
2026 · Executive Producer
Hansel & Gretel
2025 · Executive Producer
Bugonia
2025 · Producer
Made in Eddington
2025 · Self
Eddington: Regresamos a 2020
2025 · Radio Journalist (voice) (uncredited), Producer, Director, Writer
La muerte de un unicornio
2025 · Executive Producer
Babygirl
2024 · Thanks
Rumours
2024 · Executive Producer
Janet Planet
2024 · Thanks
Sasquatch Sunset
2024 · Executive Producer
The Fridge
2024 · Thanks
El Hombre de Los Sueños
2023 · Producer
The Bones
2023 · Executive Producer
Finally Home: Making Beau is Afraid
2023 · Self
Beau tiene miedo
2023 · A Neighbor of Beau's (uncredited), Director, Producer, Writer, Original Film Writer
El Padre Bueno
2023 · Executive Producer
Crows Are White
2022 · Executive Producer
Despidiendo a Yang
2022 · Thanks
The Most Beautiful Boy in the World
2021 · Thanks
30 Years of the Film Foundation: Martin Scorsese and Ari Aster in Conversation
2020 · Self
Let the Festivities Begin: Manifesting Midsommar
2019 · Self
Midsommar: el terror no espera la noche
2019 · Podcast on Mark's Phone (voice) (uncredited), Writer, Director
Cursed: The True Nature of Hereditary
2018 · Self
El legado del diablo
2018 · Archer Gallery Representative (voice) (uncredited), Writer, Director
Basically
2014 · Director, Producer, Writer
Munchausen
2013 · Writer, Director
Lo extraño de los Johnson
2011 · Director, Writer
The Fall: Part I
· Self
The Fall: Part II
· Self
Antarctica
· Producer
The Looming
· Producer
Gummy
· Producer
Why Don't You Love Me?
· Producer
Bushido
· Producer
Enemies
· Producer
Jonty
· Producer
Untitled A24 Vampire Film
· Executive Producer
Schiller Park
· Producer
Scapegoat
· Director, Producer, Writer
Death Stranding
· Producer
Untitled Sixth Ari Aster Feature Film
· Writer, Director, Producer
