Alexandre Aja

2 wins & 11 nominations. See more awards »

Photos

36 photos | 4 videos »

Known For

High Tension Director

(2003)

The Hills Have Eyes Director

(2006)

Piranha 3D Director

(2010)

P2 Producer

(2007)

Show all | | Edit

Filmography

Hide

Show

Director (13 credits)

Space Adventure Cobra (announced)

2021 O2 (post-production)

2019/I Crawl

2017 Campfire Creepers: The Skull of Sam (Short)

2016 The 9th Life of Louis Drax

2013 Horns

2010 Piranha 3D

2009 The Esseker File (Video short)

2008/I Mirrors

2006 The Hills Have Eyes

2003 High Tension

1999 Furia

1997/I Over the Rainbow (Short)

Show

Producer (15 credits)

Space Adventure Cobra (producer) (announced)

2021 O2 (producer) (post-production)

2019/I Crawl (producer - produced by, p.g.a.)

2017 Urban Nightmares (TV Mini-Series) (producer)

2017 Campfire Creepers: The Skull of Sam (Short) (producer)

2016 The 9th Life of Louis Drax (producer)

2016 The Other Side of the Door (producer)

2014 The Pyramid (producer)

2013 Maniac: The Making of Documentary (Video) (producer)

2013 Horns (producer)

2013 Rock the Casbah (associate producer)

2012 Maniac (producer)

2010 Piranha 3D (producer)

2009 The Esseker File (Video short) (producer)

2007 P2 (producer - produced by)

Show

Writer (11 credits)

Space Adventure Cobra (screenplay) (announced)

2017 Campfire Creepers: The Skull of Sam (Short)

2012 Maniac (screenplay)

2009 The Esseker File (Video short) (written by)

2008/I Mirrors (screenplay)

2007 P2 (screenplay by) / (story by)

2006 The Hills Have Eyes (screenplay)

2003 High Tension (writer)

2002 Break of Dawn

1999 Furia (writer)

1997/I Over the Rainbow (Short)

Show

Actor (4 credits)

1992 Day of Atonement
Alexandre (as Alexandre-Jouan Arcady)

1989 Cops
L'enfant au skate (as Alexandre Jouan)

1983 Le grand carnaval
Raphaël (as Alexandre Jouan)

1982 Le grand pardon (as Alexandre Juan)

Show

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director (4 credits)

2014 24 Days (associate director)

2004 Mariage mixte (second unit director)

2002 Break of Dawn (second unit director)

2000 Return to Algiers (second unit director)

Show

Script and Continuity Department (1 credit)

2013 Rock the Casbah (script consultant)

Show

Thanks (8 credits)

2020 Le Futur du Cinéma Fantastique (Video documentary) (thanks)

2019 47 Meters Down: Uncaged (the director wishes to thank)

2017 Amityville: The Awakening (special thanks - as Alex Aja)

2017 47 Meters Down (special thanks)

2015/I The Passenger (Short) (the director and producers wish to thank)

2015/II Transference (Short) (the director and producers wish to thank)

2007 Frontier(s) (sincere thanks)

2006 36 Steps (spiritual support)

Show

Self (27 credits)

2020 Le Futur du Cinéma Fantastique (Video documentary)
Self

2015-2019 Días de cine (TV Series)
Self - Interviewee

- Episode dated 23 August 2019 (2019) ... Self - Interviewee

- Episode dated 19 May 2016 (2016) ... Self - Interviewee

- Episode dated 4 June 2015 (2015) ... Self - Interviewee

- Episode dated 28 May 2015 (2015) ... Self - Interviewee

2018 Beyond Blood (Documentary)
Self

2017 Monstres, l'ennemi de l'intérieur (TV Movie documentary)
Self

2016 Made in Hollywood (TV Series)
Self

- London Has Fallen/Whiskey Tango Foxtrot/Zootopia/The Other Side of the Door (2016) ... Self

2016 Fury of the Demon (Documentary)
Self

2015 Cinema 3 (TV Series)
Self - Interviewee

- Episode dated 6 June 2015 (2015) ... Self - Interviewee

2015 Tria33 (TV Series)
Self - Interviewee

- Episode #1.9 (2015) ... Self - Interviewee

2015 Devil Inside, les coulisses de Horns (Video documentary)
Self

2014 Why Horror? (Documentary)
Interview Subject

2013 Du sang sur la neige (TV Movie documentary)
Self

2012 Inside Horror (TV Series)
Self - Guest

- High Tensions (2012) ... Self - Guest

2011 Tracks (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Episode dated 3 March 2011 (2011) ... Self

2011 Don't Scream, Just Swim: Behind-the-Scenes of 'Piranha 3D' (Video)
Self

2010 Cinémas d'Horreur - Apocalypse, Virus, Zombies (Documentary)
Self

2010 The Splat Pack (Video documentary short)
Self

2010 Red Carpet Report (TV Series short)
Self

- Dark Country Premiere (2010) ... Self

2010 Le grand journal de Canal+ (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Episode dated 1 September 2010 (2010) ... Self

2010 Our New Wave (TV Movie documentary)
Self

2008 On demande à voir (TV Series)
Self

- Le cinéma de genre en France (2008) ... Self

2008 Rencontres de cinéma (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 31 August 2008 (2008) ... Self

2008 Up Close with Carrie Keagan (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 13 August 2008 (2008) ... Self

2007 On a tout essayé (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 9 January 2007 (2007) ... Self

2006 Surviving the Hills: Making of 'The Hills Have Eyes' (Video documentary)
Self

2006 Les nouveaux visages de la peur (TV Short documentary)
Self

1998 Comme au cinéma (TV Series documentary)
Self

- Episode dated 29 October 1998 (1998) ... Self

1992 Sacrée soirée (TV Series)
Self

- Episode dated 2 December 1992 (1992) ... Self (as Alexandre Arcady Jr.)

Personal Details

Publicity Listings:

7 Interviews | 1 Pictorial | See more »

Alternate Names:

Alex Aja | Alexandre Arcady Jr. | Alexandre-Jouan Arcady | Alexandre Jouan | Alexandre Juan

Edit

Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

That's the problem. It's hard to release an NC-17 anywhere right now. It's like you don't have access to theaters to many multiplexes. And I understand that cuts had to be made to the movie. See more »

Trivia:

Member of the unofficial Splat Pack, a term coined by film historian Alan Jones in "Total Film" magazine for a new wave of directors making brutally violent horror films. The other Splat Pack members are Darren Lynn Bousman, Neil Marshall, Greg McLean, Eli Roth, James Wan, Leigh Whannell, and Rob Zombie. See more »