Ari Aster

Ari Aster born July 15 1986 is an American filmmaker His films are noted for their unsettling combination of dark comedy horror and graphic violence After garnering some recognition for writing and directing the short horror film The Strange Thing About the Johnsons 2011 as part of his studies at the AFI Conservatory he became widely known for writing and directing the horror films Hereditary 2018 and Midsommar 2019 establishing himself in the genre of elevated horror Aster cofounded the production company Square Peg with Danish producer Lars Knudsen in 2019 He pivoted away from horror by writing directing and producing the surrealist comedydrama film Beau Is Afraid 2023 and the satirical neoWestern thriller film Eddington 2025 Both films received positive reviews but failed to recoup their budgets at the box office Description above from the Wikipedia article Ari Aster licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia