Biography
Ari Aster is an American film director, screenwriter and producer. He was born on 15 July 1986 in New York City.
Aster studied at the AFI Conservatory. He first gained recognition for the 2011 short film The Strange Thing About the Johnsons. His feature films include Hereditary (2018) and Midsommar (2019), both of which he wrote and directed.
In 2019 he co-founded the production company Square Peg with Lars Knudsen. He wrote, directed and produced Beau Is Afraid (2023) and Eddington (2025), and served as producer on The Drama (2026).
