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Darren Aronofsky

Darren Aronofsky

Director · Born 1969-02-12 · Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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Biography

Darren Aronofsky (born February 12, 1969) is an American filmmaker. His films are noted for their surreal, melodramatic, and often disturbing elements, frequently in the form of psychological fiction. Over his career, he has received a Primetime Emmy Award. He has been nominated for several awards including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Golden Globe Award. Aronofsky studied film and social anthropology at Harvard University before studying directing at the AFI Conservatory. After completing his senior thesis film, Supermarket Sweep, he won several film awards, becoming a National Student Academy Award finalist. In 1997, he founded the film and TV production company Protozoa Pictures. His feature film debut, the surrealist psychological thriller Pi (1998), earned him the Directing Award at the Sundance Film Festival and an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay. Aronofsky then directed the psychological drama Requiem for a Dream (2000), the romantic fantasy sci-fi drama The Fountain (2006), and the sports drama The Wrestler (2008), the latter of which earned the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival. He directed the psychological drama Black Swan(2010), earn…

Directed

  1. Black Swan (2010) — Director
  2. Requiem for a Dream (2000) — Director
  3. mother! (2017) — Director
  4. Noah (2014) — Director
  5. The Whale (2022) — Director
  6. The Wrestler (2008) — Director
  7. The Fountain (2006) — Director
  8. Pi (1998) — Director
  9. Caught Stealing (2025) — Director
  10. No Time (1994) — Director
  11. Fortune Cookie (1991) — Director
  12. Protozoa (1993) — Director
  13. Supermarket Sweep (1991) — Director
  14. Untitled Elon Musk Biopic — Director
  15. Emperor — Director
  16. Breakthrough — Director
  17. Untitled Darren Aronofsky Erotic Thriller — Director

Also appeared in

  1. Requiem for a Dream (2000) — Visitor (uncredited)
  2. This Film Is Not Yet Rated (2006) — Self - Director of 'Requiem for a Dream'
  3. The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon (2014) — Self - Guest
  4. Late Night with Seth Meyers (2014) — Self
  5. Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown (2013)
  6. Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America (2022) — Self
  7. Black Swan: Metamorphosis (2011) — Self
  8. StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson (2015) — Self
  9. Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter (2015) — Self
  10. Satoshi Kon: The Illusionist (2021) — Self
  11. mother! The Downward Spiral (2017) — Self
  12. The Making of Requiem for a Dream (2001) — Self
  13. Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow (2006) — Self
  14. From Jackie to Camelot (2017) — Self
  15. Edge of Outside (2006) — Self
  16. Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth (2007) — Himself
  17. HypaSpace (2002) — Self
  18. Within the Ring (2009) — Self
  19. People Are Amazing: Making 'The Whale' (2023) — Self