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name: "Ariel Schulman"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "1 October 1981"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:14:44.125523+00:00"
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# Ariel Schulman

Actor. Born 1 October 1981 in New York, New York, USA.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 1 October 1981, New York, New York, USA
- **Also known as:** M. Ariel Schulman,  Ariel 'Rel' Schulman, Rel Schulman

## Biography

Ariel Schulman is an American filmmaker and occasional actor. He graduated from New York University's Tisch School of the Arts in 2004 and has frequently collaborated with director Henry Joost.

Schulman co-directed the documentary *Catfish* (2010) with Joost. The pair went on to direct *Paranormal Activity 3* (2011), *Paranormal Activity 4* (2012), *Nerve* (2016), *Viral* (2016), *Project Power* (2020) and *Secret Headquarters* (2022). Schulman also appears as Tom Weston in *Queer* (2024). He is the brother of Nev Schulman.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com, themoviedb.org.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Queer* (2024), Fi1m 68, as Tom Weston — [page](https://film.one/film/queer.md)

## Also known for

- *Nerve* (2016), Director
- *Project Power* (2020), Director
- *Paranormal Activity 3* (2011), Director
- *Paranormal Activity 4* (2012), Director
- *Viral* (2016), Director
- *Catfish* (2010), Director
- *Secret Headquarters* (2022), Director, Screenplay

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