



Alexandre Aja
Directing1978Paris, France

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).
Known For
Acting History
Future
Smart House
Director
Smart House
Producer
Crawl 2
Producer
Crawl 2
Director
Mice and Mystics
Director
Mice and Mystics
Writer
Dead by Daylight
Screenplay
Under Paris 2
Director
The Flowers of Evil
Director
The Flowers of Evil
Screenplay
2024
2023
Night of the Hunted
Producer
The Blond Boy from the Casbah
Second Unit Director
2022
Under the Stars
as Narrator (voice)
2019
2017
47 Meters Down
Executive Producer
2016
Fury of the Demon
as Himself
The Other Side of the Door
Producer
The 9th Life of Louis Drax
Director
The 9th Life of Louis Drax
Producer
2015
2014
2013
Du sang sur la neige
as Self
Horns
Director
Horns
Producer
Rock the Casbah
Associate Producer
Rock the Casbah
Script Consultant
2010
2009
2006
The Hills Have Eyes
Director
The Hills Have Eyes
Screenplay
2004
Mixed Marriage
Second Unit Director
2003
High Tension
Director
High Tension
Writer
2002
Break of Dawn
Second Unit Director
Break of Dawn
Screenplay
2000
Return to Algiers
Second Unit Director
1997
Over the Rainbow
Writer
Over the Rainbow
Director
1992
The Big Pardon 2
as Alexander Atlan
Sacrée Soirée
TVas Self• 1 eps
1989
Brothers in Arms
as The child with the skateboard
1983
Le Grand Carnaval
as Raphaël Labrouche
1982
The Big Pardon
as L'enfant







