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).

Directed

1. Crawl (2019) — Director
2. The Hills Have Eyes (2006) — Director
3. Horns (2013) — Director
4. Piranha 3D (2010) — Director
5. Mirrors (2008) — Director
6. Oxygen (2021) — Director
7. High Tension (2003) — Director
8. Never Let Go (2024) — Director
9. The 9th Life of Louis Drax (2016) — Director
10. Furia (1999) — Director
11. Over the Rainbow (1997) — Director
12. Campfire Creepers: The Skull of Sam (2017) — Director
13. Smart House — Director
14. Crawl 2 — Director
15. Mice and Mystics — Director
16. The Esseker File (2009) — Director
17. The Flowers of Evil — Director
18. Under Paris 2 — Director

Also appeared in

1. The Big Pardon (1982) — L'enfant
2. Brothers in Arms (1989) — The child with the skateboard
3. Le Grand Carnaval (1983) — Raphaël Labrouche
4. The Big Pardon 2 (1992) — Alexander Atlan
5. Why Horror? (2014) — Self
6. Fury of the Demon (2016) — Self
7. Jaws, a Monstrous Success (2024) — Self - director
8. Under the Stars (2022) — Narrator (voice)
9. Game Changer: The Legacy of Saw (2015) — Self
10. Sacrée soirée (1987) — Self
11. French Meat (2010) — Self
12. The Splat Pack (2010) — Self
13. Vidéo Club (2018) — Self
14. Maniac: The Making of Documentary (2013) — Self
15. Monstres, l'ennemi de l'intérieur (2017) — Self
16. Cinémas d'Horreur - Apocalypse, Virus, Zombies (2010) — Self
17. Beyond Blood (2019) — Self
18. Du sang sur la neige (2013) — Self
19. Don't Scream, Just Swim: Behind-the-Scenes of 'Piranha 3D' (2011) — Self