Director
Alexandre Aja
August 7, 1978 · Paris, France
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).
Notable work
Often works with
Jean-Claude de Goros
5 titles together
High Tension, Brothers in Arms, Furia
Richard Berry
4 titles together
The Big Pardon, Brothers in Arms, Le Grand Carnaval
Jean Benguigui
4 titles together
The Big Pardon, Le Grand Carnaval, The Big Pardon 2
Roger Hanin
3 titles together
The Big Pardon, Le Grand Carnaval, The Big Pardon 2
Gérard Darmon
3 titles together
The Big Pardon, Le Grand Carnaval, The Big Pardon 2
Kathleen Quinlan
2 titles together
The Hills Have Eyes, Horns
Full filmography · 19
Under Paris 2
Director and Writer
Upcoming
Never Let Go
Director
20246.1
Under the Stars
as Narrator (voice)
2022
Oxygen
Director
20216.6
Crawl
Director
20196.3
Campfire Creepers: The Skull of Sam
Director and Writer
2017
The 9th Life of Louis Drax
Director
20166.4
Horns
Director
20136.3
Piranha 3D
Director
20105.4
The Esseker File
Director and Writer
2009
Mirrors
Director
20086.3
The Hills Have Eyes
Director
20066.5