Darren Aronofsky

Darren Aronofsky born February 12 1969 is an American filmmaker His films are noted for their surreal melodramatic and often disturbing elements frequently in the form of psychological fiction Over his career he has received a Primetime Emmy Award He has been nominated for several awards including an Academy Award a BAFTA Award and a Golden Globe Award Aronofsky studied film and social anthropology at Harvard University before studying directing at the AFI Conservatory After completing his senior thesis film Supermarket Sweep he won several film awards becoming a National Student Academy Award finalist In 1997 he founded the film and TV production company Protozoa Pictures His feature film debut the surrealist psychological thriller Pi 1998 earned him the Directing Award at the Sundance Film Festival and an Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay Aronofsky then directed the psychological drama Requiem for a Dream 2000 the romantic fantasy scifi drama The Fountain 2006 and the sports drama The Wrestler 2008 the latter of which earned the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival He directed the psychological drama Black Swan2010 earning him the Best Director His later films include the biblical epic Noah 2014 the psychological horror film Mother 2017 and the drama The Whale 2022 Aronofskys film Postcard from Earth 2023 was produced and filmed exclusively for the Sphere in the Las Vegas Valley on its 16K resolution screen Description above from the Wikipedia article Darren Aronofsky licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia