--- name: "Ari Handel" canonical: "https://film.one/person/ari-handel" fi1m_id: "ari-handel" imdb_id: "nm0359504" tmdb_id: 16836 wikidata_id: "Q16499753" roles: ["Writer","Producer"] born: "3 September 1957" reviewed_on_fi1m: 10 average_fi1m_score: 62 average_as: "writer" average_over: 2 updated: "2026-10-23T04:01:02.527339+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Ari Handel ## Identity Ari Handel - **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/ari-handel - **Type:** Person - **Fi1m ID:** ari-handel - **IMDb ID:** nm0359504 - **TMDB ID:** 16836 - **Wikidata ID:** Q16499753 - **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari_Handel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16499753, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0359504/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16836 Writer and producer. Born 3 September 1957 in Zurich, Switzerland. ## Details - **Work:** Writer, Producer - **Born:** 3 September 1957, Zurich, Switzerland - **Active:** 1998–present - **Titles on Fi1m:** 10: 1 acting, 2 writing, 7 producing - **Frequently works with:** [Darren Aronofsky](https://film.one/person/darren-aronofsky.md), [Jeremy Dawson](https://film.one/person/jeremy-dawson.md), [Scott Franklin](https://film.one/person/scott-franklin.md) - **Average Fi1m score:** 62, as writer, over 2 titles - **Fi1m score by decade:** 1990s 78 (1), 2000s 76 (2), 2010s 71 (4), 2020s 65 (3) - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ari_Handel, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16499753, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0359504/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/16836 ## Coming up - *Pendulum* (2027-01-01), Producer ## Streaming the US now - **Netflix:** [*Caught Stealing*](https://film.one/film/caught-stealing.md) (68) - **Apple TV:** [*mother!*](https://film.one/film/mother-2017.md) (64) - **The Roku Channel:** [*The Whale*](https://film.one/film/the-whale.md) (54) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Biography Ari Handel is a Swiss-born American film producer and screenwriter. He has collaborated extensively with director Darren Aronofsky, co-writing the screenplays for *The Fountain* (2006) and *Noah* (2014), and producing or executive producing *The Wrestler* (2008), *Black Swan* (2010), *mother!* (2017), *Jackie* (2016) and *The Whale* (2022). He served as a producer on *Caught Stealing* (2025). Handel was born in Zürich, Switzerland, and grew up in Newton, Massachusetts. He studied at Harvard University and holds a PhD in neurobiology from New York University. Prior to his film career he interned at the PBS science series *Nova* and worked in science communication. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (10) ### Performed in (1) - *Pi* (1998), Fi1m 78, as Kaballah Scholar — [page](https://film.one/film/pi.md) ### Wrote (2) — the average rests on these - *Noah* (2014), Fi1m 58, Writer, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/noah.md) - *The Fountain* (2006), Fi1m 66, Story, Associate Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-fountain.md) ### Produced (7) - *Caught Stealing* (2025), Fi1m 68, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/caught-stealing.md) - *The Good Nurse* (2022), Fi1m 73, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-good-nurse.md) - *The Whale* (2022), Fi1m 54, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-whale.md) - *mother!* (2017), Fi1m 64, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/mother-2017.md) - *Jackie* (2016), Fi1m 80, Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/jackie.md) - *Black Swan* (2010), Fi1m 82, Executive Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/black-swan.md) - *The Wrestler* (2008), Fi1m 85, Associate Producer — [page](https://film.one/film/the-wrestler.md) ## Complete filmography (31) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Pendulum* (2027), Producer - *Love, Rendered* (2026), Producer - *Goodnight Lamby* (2026), Executive Producer - *Underland* (2026), Producer - *Pole to Pole with Will Smith* (2026), series, Executive Producer - *Lowland Kids* (2025), Executive Producer - *Holding Liat* (2025), Producer - *Caught Stealing* (2025), Producer — Fi1m 68, [page](https://film.one/film/caught-stealing.md) - *Limitless: Live Better Now* (2025), series, Executive Producer, Creator - *ANCESTRA* (2025), Executive Producer - *Viktor* (2024), Executive Producer - *Little Death* (2024), Executive Producer - *Kindred* (2022), series, Executive Producer - *The Whale* (2022), Producer — Fi1m 54, [page](https://film.one/film/the-whale.md) - *Limitless with Chris Hemsworth* (2022), series, Executive Producer - *The Good Nurse* (2022), Executive Producer — Fi1m 73, [page](https://film.one/film/the-good-nurse.md) - *The Territory* (2022), Executive Producer - *Catch the Fair One* (2022), Executive Producer - *Welcome to Earth* (2021), series, Executive Producer - *Some Kind of Heaven* (2021), Executive Producer - *One Strange Rock* (2018), series, Executive Producer - *mother!* (2017), Producer — Fi1m 64, [page](https://film.one/film/mother-2017.md) - *Jackie* (2016), Producer — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/jackie.md) - *Zipper* (2015), Executive Producer - *Noah* (2014), Executive Producer, Writer — Fi1m 58, [page](https://film.one/film/noah.md) - *Black Swan* (2010), Executive Producer — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/black-swan.md) - *The Wrestler* (2008), Associate Producer — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/the-wrestler.md) - *The Fountain* (2006), Story, Associate Producer — Fi1m 66, [page](https://film.one/film/the-fountain.md) - *Pi* (1998), as Kaballah Scholar — Fi1m 78, [page](https://film.one/film/pi.md) - *The Tiger*, Producer - *Solidarity*, Executive Producer --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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