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{{Infobox person
| name               = Ari Aster
| image              = Ari Aster at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival 02.jpg
| caption            = Aster in May 2025
| alt                = Ari Aster at the 2025 Cannes Film Festival
| birth_date         = {{birth date and age|1986|7|15}}
| birth_place        = Princeton, NJ, U.S.
| occupation         = Filmmaker
| years_active       = 2008–present
}}

'''Ari Aster''' (born July 15, 1986) is an American filmmaker. His films are noted for their unsettling combination of [[dark humor|dark comedy]], [[Horror film|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 (film)|Hereditary]]'' (2018) and ''[[Midsommar]]'' (2019), establishing himself in the genre of [[Art horror|elevated horror]].

Aster co-founded the production company Square Peg with Danish producer [[Lars Knudsen (producer)|Lars Knudsen]] in 2019. He pivoted away from horror by writing, directing, and producing the surrealist comedy-drama film ''[[Beau Is Afraid]]'' (2023) and the satirical neo-Western thriller film ''[[Eddington (film)|Eddington]]'' (2025). Both films received positive reviews but failed to recoup their budgets at the box office.

==Early life==
Ari Aster was born to Jewish parents in [[Princeton, New Jersey]] on July 15, 1986. The family moved to [[New York City]] when Ari was about a week old. His mother was a poet and his father was a jazz musician.<ref>{{cite web|work=[[AllMovie]]|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/ari-aster-p442993|title=Ari Aster Biography|url-status=live|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200312030835/https://www.allmovie.com/artist/ari-aster-p442993|archive-date=March 12, 2020}}</ref> He has a younger brother.<ref name="Khon">{{cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2018/06/hereditary-ari-aster-interview-inspiration-history-1201972348/|title=Why 'Hereditary' Took Years to Make and What It's Really About|website=Indiewire|last=Khon|first=Eric|date=June 8, 2018|access-date=February 3, 2019|archive-date=December 3, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211203012948/https://www.indiewire.com/2018/06/hereditary-ari-aster-interview-inspiration-history-1201972348/|url-status=live}}</ref> He saw ''[[Dick Tracy (1990 film)|Dick Tracy]]'' (1990) when he was four years old, later recalling that he jumped from his seat and ran "six New York City blocks" while his mother chased him after seeing the scene in which [[Warren Beatty]]'s titular protagonist fired a machine gun in front of a wall of fire.<ref name="Ari">{{cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/7/17427554/hereditary-director-ari-aster-interview-toni-collette|title=How Hereditary Director Ari Aster Became an Unlikely Horror Hero|website=The Verge|last=Bishop|first=Bryan|date=June 7, 2018|access-date=June 8, 2018|archive-date=November 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211101174306/https://www.theverge.com/2018/6/7/17427554/hereditary-director-ari-aster-interview-toni-collette|url-status=live}}</ref> He spent some of his childhood in England, where his father opened a jazz nightclub in [[Chester]].<ref name=guardian/> The family returned to the U.S. when he was 10 years old and settled in [[Santa Fe, New Mexico]], where he spent the rest of his childhood.<ref name=guardian>{{cite web|work=[[The Guardian]]|title=Midsommar director Ari Aster: 'I often cling to dead things'|last=Nicholson|first=Amy|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/jun/28/horror-director-ari-aster-hereditary-midsommar-terrors|date=June 28, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190701214245/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2019/jun/28/horror-director-ari-aster-hereditary-midsommar-terrors|archive-date=July 1, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/director-ari-asters-debut-film-is-scarily-good-and-that-might-be-a-problem/|work=[[Times of Israel]]|title=Director Ari Aster's debut film is scarily good. And that might be a problem|last=Hoffman|first=Jordan|date=June 12, 2018|access-date=July 24, 2019|archive-date=May 27, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190527003339/https://www.timesofisrael.com/director-ari-asters-debut-film-is-scarily-good-and-that-might-be-a-problem/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|author-first1=Sid|date=7 June 2018|author-last1=Feddema|title="Hereditary" Director Ari Aster Wants To Traumatize You|url=https://flaunt.com/content/ari-aster-hereditary|access-date=September 5, 2020|website=Flaunt Magazine|language=en-US|archive-date=October 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001235542/https://flaunt.com/content/ari-aster-hereditary|url-status=dead}}</ref> He described himself as a "fat kid with a stutter" who felt alienated and was kicked out of [[Santa Fe Preparatory School]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Yuan |first=Jada |date=2025-07-18 |title=How Ari Aster made the year's most divisive film |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2025/07/18/ari-aster-eddington-movie |archive-url=https://archive.today/20250718171102/https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/movies/2025/07/18/ari-aster-eddington-movie/ |archive-date=2025-07-18 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]}}</ref> He was obsessed with films, ''[[Leonard Maltin's Movie Guide]]'', and [[Hastings Entertainment|Hastings Video Store]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Feddema |first=Sid |title="Hereditary" Director Ari Aster Wants To TraumATIZE You |url=https://www.flaunt.com/blog/ari-aster-hereditary |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230321003946/https://www.flaunt.com/blog/ari-aster-hereditary |archive-date=2023-03-21 |access-date=2025-08-12 |website=www.flaunt.com |publisher=FLAUNT magazine}}</ref>

Originally aspiring to become an author, Aster became interested in filmmaking through screenwriting, and wrote six feature-length screenplays during high school even though he would not begin actually making films until college.<ref>{{cite web |title=Complicated Grief: Ari Aster on Hereditary's Family Nightmare |url=https://filmmakermagazine.com/105477-complicated-grief/ |website=Filmmaker.Com |date=June 11, 2018 |access-date=January 20, 2020 |archive-date=September 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230907224118/https://filmmakermagazine.com/105477-complicated-grief/ |url-status=live }}</ref> As a child, he became obsessed with [[horror film]]s and frequently rented them from local video stores: "I just exhausted the horror section of every video store I could find. I didn't know how to assemble people who would cooperate on something like that [so] I found myself just writing screenplays."<ref name="Ari"/> In 2004, he began studying film at the [[Santa Fe University of Art and Design]], where he made several short films and wrote for the local ''Weekly Alibi'' arts magazine.<ref>{{cite web |title=FROM HERE TO HEREDITARY An interview with writer-director Ari Aster |date=June 7, 2018 |url=https://alibi.com/film/56121/From-Here-to-Hereditary.html |access-date=July 24, 2019 |archive-date=June 14, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614055610/https://alibi.com/film/56121/From-Here-to-Hereditary.html |url-status=live }}</ref> He graduated in 2008 and debuted as the writer and director of the short film ''Tale of Two Tims'',<ref>{{Cite web |last=Tibbs |first=Ros |date=2023-01-09 |title=A collection of Ari Aster's horror recommendations |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/a-collection-of-ari-asters-horror-movie-recommendations/ |access-date=2025-08-03 |website=Far Out Magazine |language=en-US}}</ref> which he submitted to the [[American Film Institute]] (AFI). This led to him being accepted into the 2010 class of the [[AFI Conservatory]]'s graduate program, where he earned an [[Master of Fine Arts|MFA]] with a focus in directing.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://alibi.com/film/56121/From-Here-to-Hereditary.html|work=[[Alibi (TV channel)|Alibi]]|title=Film Interview: From Here to ''Hereditary''|date=June 7, 2018|last=O'Leary|first=Devin|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180614055610/https://alibi.com/film/56121/From-Here-to-Hereditary.html|archive-date=June 14, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mpaa.org/2018/06/writer-director-ari-aster-on-his-terrifying-debut-hereditary/|work=[[Motion Picture Association of America]]|title=Writer/Director Ari Aster on his Terrifying Debut Hereditary|last=Wloszczyna|first=Susan|date=June 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180704123336/https://www.mpaa.org/2018/06/writer-director-ari-aster-on-his-terrifying-debut-hereditary/|archive-date=July 4, 2018}}</ref><ref name=Akitobi>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiewire.com/2011/11/the-strange-thing-about-the-johnsons-director-ari-aster-talks-to-shadow-act-about-his-provocative-controversial-short-film-149735/|title="The Strange Thing About The Johnsons" Director Ari Aster Talks To Shadow & Act About His Provocative & Controversial Short Film|website=[[IndieWire]]|last=Akitobi|first=Emmanuel|date=November 28, 2011|access-date=June 8, 2018|archive-date=August 28, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828071857/https://www.indiewire.com/2011/11/the-strange-thing-about-the-johnsons-director-ari-aster-talks-to-shadow-act-about-his-provocative-controversial-short-film-149735/|url-status=live}}</ref>

==Career==
[[File:Ari Aster, 2018 (crop).jpg|thumb|right|Aster in 2018]]
After graduating from the [[AFI Conservatory]], Aster wrote and directed several more short films between 2011 and 2018, often teaming with his AFI Conservatory friends Alejandro de Leon and [[Pawel Pogorzelski]]. The most notable project was the short [[psychological horror]] film ''[[The Strange Thing About the Johnsons]]'' (2011), which follows the members of a suburban family in which the father finds himself trapped in an [[incest]]uous relationship with his abusive son. The film was Aster's [[thesis]] film while studying at the AFI Conservatory,<ref name="filmmaker">{{cite web|url=https://filmmakermagazine.com/105477-complicated-grief/#.W4ltFej-hPY|title=Complicated Grief: Ari Aster on Hereditary's Family Nightmare|date=June 11, 2018|publisher=[[Filmmaker (magazine)|Filmmaker]]|access-date=September 1, 2018|archive-date=September 7, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230907224118/https://filmmakermagazine.com/105477-complicated-grief/#.W4ltFej-hPY|url-status=live}}</ref> and was later screened at film festivals; it premiered at the [[Slamdance Film Festival]] in Utah on January 22 before leaking online in November, where it went [[Viral video|viral]]. Film website Short of the Week wrote that the comments on the film's [[YouTube]] page had "everything from effusive acclaim to disgusted vitriol [...] in terms of the internet, that means it's a hit".<ref name="shortoftheweek">{{cite web|url=https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2012/08/10/the-strange-thing-about-the-johnsons/|title=The Strange Thing About the Johnsons|last=Kander|first=Ivan|date=August 10, 2012|website=Short of the Week|access-date=February 18, 2017|archive-date=February 19, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170219093427/https://www.shortoftheweek.com/2012/08/10/the-strange-thing-about-the-johnsons/|url-status=live}}</ref> Aster worked on the film with fellow AFI students. He first conceived the story while discussing taboos with his friends, including the film's star Brandon Greenhouse, before starting his first year at AFI.<ref name=Akitobi/>

Aster made his [[List of directorial debuts|feature-length directorial debut]] when he wrote and directed the [[supernatural horror]] film ''[[Hereditary (film)|Hereditary]]'' (2018), which follows a family haunted by a mysterious presence after the death of their secretive grandmother. The film premiered in the Midnight section at that year's [[2018 Sundance Film Festival|Sundance Film Festival]],<ref name="2018SDFF">{{cite web|url=https://www.sltrib.com/artsliving/movies/2017/12/19/a-horror-thriller-filmed-in-utah-is-among-the-additions-to-2018-sundance-film-festival-line-up/|title=A horror thriller filmed in Utah is among the additions to 2018 Sundance Film Festival lineup|last=Means|first=Sean P.|date=December 19, 2017|work=[[The Salt Lake Tribune]]|access-date=January 25, 2018|archive-date=November 9, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109035000/http://www.sltrib.com/artsliving/movies/2017/12/19/a-horror-thriller-filmed-in-utah-is-among-the-additions-to-2018-sundance-film-festival-line-up/|url-status=live}}</ref> and was theatrically released in the United States on June 8.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jan/30/hereditary-trailer-film-sundance-toni-collette|title=Hereditary trailer: will this be the year's scariest movie?|date=January 30, 2018|website=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=January 30, 2018|archive-date=November 17, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117111013/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2018/jan/30/hereditary-trailer-film-sundance-toni-collette|url-status=live}}</ref> It was acclaimed by critics, with [[Toni Collette]]'s performance receiving particular praise, and was a commercial success; it grossed over $80 million on a $10 million budget, becoming [[A24]]'s highest-grossing film worldwide.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/oceans-8-satisfying-but-slight/|title=Ocean's 8: Satisfying but Slight|last=Giles|first=Jeff|date=June 7, 2018|work=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|publisher=[[Fandango Media]]|access-date=June 8, 2018|archive-date=October 26, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201026082205/https://editorial.rottentomatoes.com/article/oceans-8-satisfying-but-slight/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Peter Travers]] of ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' named it the scariest film of 2018.<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Travers|first=Peter|authorlink=Peter Travers|date=June 5, 2018|title='Hereditary' Review: Family Horror Tale Is the Scariest Movie of 2018|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/reviews/hereditary-movie-review-scariest-movie-of-2018-w521098|access-date=June 6, 2018|magazine=[[Rolling Stone]]}}</ref>

Aster next wrote and directed the [[folk horror]] film ''[[Midsommar (film)|Midsommar]]'' (2019), which was also produced by A24.<ref>{{cite web |title=AFI Alum Ari Aster on His Terrifying, Personal New Film MIDSOMMAR |url=http://blog.afi.com/afi-alum-ari-aster-on-his-terrifying-personal-new-film-midsommar/ |website=American Film |publisher=American Film Institute |access-date=September 5, 2019 |archive-date=September 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190912233402/http://blog.afi.com/afi-alum-ari-aster-on-his-terrifying-personal-new-film-midsommar/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> It follows a group of American university students who travel to Sweden for a festival that occurs once every 90 years and find themselves in the clutches of a cult claiming to practise [[Old Norse religion|paganism]]. ''Midsommar'' was theatrically released in the United States on July 3. The film received positive reviews from critics, with many praising Aster's direction and [[Florence Pugh]]'s performance.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.timeout.com/us/film/midsommar|title=Midsommar|last=Rothkopf|first=Joshua|date=June 19, 2019|work=[[Time Out (magazine)|Time Out]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190620024851/https://www.timeout.com/us/film/midsommar|archive-date=June 20, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2019/06/midsommar-review-1202151115/|title='Midsommar' Review: 'Hereditary' Director's Latest Horror Epic Is Actually a Perverse Breakup Movie|last=Kohn|first=Eric|work=[[IndieWire]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190619133728/https://www.indiewire.com/2019/06/midsommar-review-1202151115/|archive-date=June 19, 2019}}</ref> Aster's original 171-minute cut of the film, which A24 asked him to trim down for a wide theatrical release, had its world premiere at the [[Film Society of Lincoln Center]] in New York City as part of its Scary Movies XII lineup on August 20.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.filmlinc.org/daily/scary-movies-xii-lineup-features-villains-ready-or-not-directors-cut-of-midsommar-more/|title=Scary Movies XII Lineup Features Villains, Ready or Not, Director's Cut of Midsommar & More|date=July 16, 2019|website=filmlinc.org|publisher=Lincoln Center|access-date=August 18, 2019|archive-date=July 21, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190721215929/https://www.filmlinc.org/daily/scary-movies-xii-lineup-features-villains-ready-or-not-directors-cut-of-midsommar-more/|url-status=live}}</ref> For his work on the film, Aster received a nomination for [[Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]] at the [[Gotham Independent Film Awards 2019|29th Gotham Independent Film Awards]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/gotham-award-winners-2019-list-full-1258785/item/best-feature-1258788|title='Marriage Story' Sweeps Gotham Awards; Full Winners List &#124; Hollywood Reporter|website=www.hollywoodreporter.com|date=December 2, 2019|access-date=January 20, 2020|archive-date=January 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112161036/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/gotham-award-winners-2019-list-full-1258785/item/best-feature-1258788|url-status=live}}</ref>

In June 2019, Aster and Danish producer [[Lars Knudsen (producer)|Lars Knudsen]] announced that they had launched a new production company called Square Peg.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2019/06/hereditary-director-ari-aster-launch-square-peg-producer-lars-knudsen-midsommar-1202635495/ |title=''Hereditary'' Helmer Ari Aster Launches Square Peg With Producer Lars Knudsen On Eve Of ''Midsommar'' Release |first=Mike Jr. |last=Fleming |date=June 20, 2019 |website=[[Deadline Hollywood]] |publisher=[[Penske Media Corporation]] |access-date=October 5, 2019 |archive-date=October 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191003223043/https://deadline.com/2019/06/hereditary-director-ari-aster-launch-square-peg-producer-lars-knudsen-midsommar-1202635495/ |url-status=live }}</ref> In June 2020, Aster said his next film would be a "nightmare comedy" that lasts for four hours.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://dailynexus.com/2020-06-01/a-s-program-board-presents-ask-ari-aster/|title=A.S. Program Board Presents: Ask Ari Aster|date=June 1, 2020|first=Liliana|last=Linan|website=[[Daily Nexus]]|access-date=January 13, 2022|archive-date=January 10, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230110192552/https://dailynexus.com/2020-06-01/a-s-program-board-presents-ask-ari-aster/|url-status=live}}</ref> In February 2021, A24 announced that Aster would write and direct ''[[Beau Is Afraid]]'' (2023) as its third partnership with him. The film follows an anxiety-fueled and paranoid middle-aged man who must venture out on a surreal odyssey to visit his mother's home.<ref name="Disappointment Blvd." /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2023-04-21 |title=Beau Is Afraid - Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/beau_is_afraid |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=www.rottentomatoes.com |language=en |archive-date=April 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421223134/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/beau_is_afraid |url-status=live }}</ref> It was originally titled ''Disappointment Blvd''.<ref name="indiewire">{{cite news |last=Bergeson |first=Samantha |title=Everything to Know About Ari Aster's 'Beau Is Afraid' Starring Joaquin Phoenix |url=https://www.indiewire.com/gallery/beau-is-afraid-plot-details-cast-release-date/ |access-date=March 28, 2023 |publisher=Indiewire |date=March 27, 2023 |archive-date=March 28, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328164228/https://www.indiewire.com/gallery/beau-is-afraid-plot-details-cast-release-date/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It was released in theaters on April 21.<ref name="indiewire"/> The film received mixed reviews, with some critics and viewers praising Aster's direction and [[Joaquin Phoenix]]'s performance while deriding its length and story, but the film was not a commercial success as it earned around $10 million at the box office against a budget of $35 million.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Beau Is Afraid |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt13521006/ |access-date=2023-05-24 |website=Box Office Mojo |archive-date=May 17, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230517010054/https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt13521006/ |url-status=live }}</ref> It ultimately lost the studio over $35 million.<ref>[https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/a24-expands-strategy-arthouse-gems-130000940.html A24 Expands Strategy From Arthouse Gems to More Commercial Films | Exclusive]</ref> Speaking about the film's critical and commercial shortcomings, Aster said in 2025: "I was pretty sad that it was so maligned […] it was a bummer. It lost money. Critically, I wouldn’t say it was reviled, there’s just no consensus whatsoever... There are things that I would do differently if I did it now... I think I ejected a number of people from the theater with that [last hour]."<ref>[https://www.wtfpod.com/podcast/episode-1664-ari-aster Ari Aster wtf podcast interview]</ref><ref>[https://www.worldofreel.com/blog/2025/7/28/xnvwkwvtb1q5x3vjq2k9pfivp32ulb Ari Aster Reflects on the Failure of ‘Beau Is Afraid’: “I Would Probably Tighten That Last Hour”]</ref> 

In 2021, Aster signed a first-look TV deal with A24.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Fleming|first=Mike Jr.|date=March 22, 2021|title=A24 Sets Ari Aster & Lars Knudsen's Square Peg To 2-Year First-Look Television Deal; Emily Hildner Takes Prexy Post|url=https://deadline.com/2021/03/a24-ari-aster-lars-knudsen-emily-hildner-square-peg-first-look-tv-deal-1234719188/|access-date=March 29, 2021|website=Deadline|language=en-US|archive-date=March 24, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210324042239/https://deadline.com/2021/03/a24-ari-aster-lars-knudsen-emily-hildner-square-peg-first-look-tv-deal-1234719188/|url-status=live}}</ref> In August 2022, it was announced that Aster would reteam with A24 to produce [[Kristoffer Borgli]]'s third feature film ''[[Dream Scenario]]'', with [[Nicolas Cage]] attached to star.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2022/08/nicolas-cage-a24-dream-scenario-ari-aster-producing-1235103769/|title=Nicolas Cage To Star In A24 Comedy 'Dream Scenario' With Ari Aster Producing|date=August 30, 2022|first=Justin|last=Kroll|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=August 30, 2022|archive-date=May 24, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230524162832/https://deadline.com/2022/08/nicolas-cage-a24-dream-scenario-ari-aster-producing-1235103769/|url-status=live}}</ref> The film would be produced by Square Peg, which also expanded its slate to include films by [[Kantemir Balagov]], [[Guy Maddin]], [[Don Hertzfeldt]], and [[Sebastián Silva (director)|Sebastián Silva]], as well as television adaptations of [[J. G. Ballard]]'s ''[[The Drowned World]]'', [[Nick Drnaso]]'s ''Acting Class'', and [[Junji Ito]]'s ''[[Uzumaki#Anime|Uzumaki]]''.<ref name=":0">{{cite web|last=Kohn|first=Eric|title=Ari Aster: 'Film Seems to Be Dying,' but His Production Company Wants to Fix the Problem|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2023/04/ari-aster-film-seems-to-be-dying-1234830955/|website=[[Indiewire]]|date=April 21, 2023|access-date=April 22, 2023|archive-date=April 21, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230421223435/https://www.indiewire.com/2023/04/ari-aster-film-seems-to-be-dying-1234830955/|url-status=live}}</ref>

Aster wrote and directed the [[Contemporary Western|neo-Western]] [[political satire]] film [[Eddington (film)|''Eddington'']] (2025), which was co-produced by A24 and Square Peg. Set in 2020 during the [[COVID-19 pandemic]] and [[George Floyd protests]], the film examines the political and social turmoil in the fictional town of Eddington, [[New Mexico]] caused by the contested mayoral election fought between the county sheriff and the town's mayor.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Shanfeld |first=Ethan |date=2024-03-12 |title=Ari Aster Casts Joaquin Phoenix, Emma Stone, Austin Butler, Pedro Pascal in Next A24 Movie 'Eddington' |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/ari-aster-eddington-cast-joaquin-phoenix-emma-stone-austin-butler-pedro-pascal-1235939668/ |access-date=2024-04-15 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=March 12, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240312190250/https://variety.com/2024/film/news/ari-aster-eddington-cast-joaquin-phoenix-emma-stone-austin-butler-pedro-pascal-1235939668/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Ritman |first=Alex |date=2025-02-04 |title=Ari Aster's 'Eddington,' Starring Joaquin Phoenix and Emma Stone, Heads to EFM as A24 Eyes Cannes Debut and Summer Release (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2025/film/global/ari-aster-eddington-efm-a24-cannes-debut-1236292362/ |access-date=2025-02-12 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Pavard |first=Benoit |date=2025-05-16 |title=Ari Aster Explores a Fractured America in Eddington |url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/2025/ari-aster-explores-a-fractured-america-in-eddington/ |access-date=2025-08-10 |website=festival-cannes.com |language=en-US}}</ref> The film debuted on May 16, 2025, in competition at the [[2025 Cannes Film Festival|Cannes Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite news |last        = Gleiberman |first       = Owen |title       = 'Eddington' Review: Joaquin Phoenix and Pedro Pascal Square Off in Ari Aster's Brazenly Provocative Western Thriller, Set During the Pandemic the Film Says Made America Lose Its Mind |publisher   = [[Variety (magazine) |Variety]] |date        = May 16, 2025 |url         = https://variety.com/2025/film/reviews/eddington-review-joaquin-phoenix-pedro-pascal-ari-aster-1236400006/ |access-date  = May 16, 2025}}</ref> It was released in theaters on July 18.<ref name=":2" /> It received mixed reviews from critics, who praised its ambition but found its satirical elements lacking.<ref name=":3" />

==Upcoming and unfinished projects==
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* Untitled "portrait [[Short film|short]]" scripts (2018)<ref name="Reddit">{{cite web | url=https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/8rbjj7/hi_im_ari_aster_writerdirector_of_hereditary_ama/e0q1wjc/?context=3 | title=Thanks a lot! ''Midsommar''... | date=June 15, 2018 | access-date=April 14, 2025 }}</ref>
* Untitled "[[Douglas Sirk|Sirkian]] [[melodrama]]" (2019)<ref name="Inverse">{{cite web|last=Kleinman|first=Jake|url=https://www.inverse.com/entertainment/57273-ari-aster-midsommar-interview|title=For Midsommar Director Ari Aster, Scaring You Is Just the Beginning|website=[[Inverse (website)|Inverse]]|date=July 3, 2019|access-date=April 14, 2025|quote=The next thing I'm thinking about doing is kind of an [[Beau Is Afraid|absurdist dark comedy]]. I have a big Sirkian melodrama that I'm really excited about, too. I've got a [[Eddington (film)|Western]] and a sci-fi film that I've been building. I really want to do a musical. I haven't written one yet, but I love musicals. And I've got this gangster saga epic.}}</ref>
* Untitled big-budget [[Science fiction film|sci-fi]] [[Satire (film and television)|satire]] adaptation (2019)<ref name="Inverse"/><ref>{{cite podcast|last=Horowitz|first=Josh|url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ari-aster/id827905050?i=1000444627259|title=Ari Aster - Happy Sad Confused|via=[[Apple Podcasts]]|publisher=[[Earwolf#Happy Sad Confused|Happy Sad Confused]]|date=July 16, 2019|access-date=April 14, 2025|time=47:29|quote=There's one sci-fi satire, sort of an ensemble satire—satire being a very dirty word. I should find another word for it. [...] But that will be expensive.}}</ref><ref name="BigPicture">{{cite podcast|last=Fennessey|first=Sean|url=https://youtube.com/watch?v=YROSq5lXUi0|title=Ari Aster's Eddington Is a Mirror. Like What You See? {{!}} The Big Picture|via=[[YouTube]]|publisher=Ringer Movies|format=video|date=July 18, 2025|access-date=July 21, 2025|time=1:45:24, 1:51:51|quote=Yeah, I've got sort of like a sequel I've been cooking up for ''Eddington''. I've got a horror movie that I'm interested in doing. There's a sci-fi film that's sort of an adaptation that I'm thinking about. [...] Well, the [''Eddington''] sequel... we'll see. It's not really a sequel, but there are returning characters.}}</ref>
* Untitled [[musical film]] (2019)<ref name="Inverse"/>
* Untitled [[Gangster film|gangster]] saga [[Epic film|epic]] (2019)<ref name="Inverse"/>
* ''[[Don't Wake Daddy]]'' adaptation (2023)<ref>{{cite web|last=Booth|first=Ned|url=https://theplaylist.net/ari-aster-eddington-dark-western-joaquin-phoenix-20230419/|title='Eddington': Ari Aster May Start Shooting His "Western-Noir Dark Ensemble Comedy" With Joaquin Phoenix This Summer|website=The Playlist|date=April 19, 2023|access-date=April 14, 2025}}</ref>
*''Eddington'' sequel (2025)<ref name="BigPicture"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lecinemaclub.com/journal/qa-with-ari-aster/|title=Q&A WITH ARI ASTER|website=Le Cinéma Club|date=July 18, 2025|access-date=July 21, 2025}}</ref>
*Untitled [[horror film]] (2025)<ref name="BigPicture"/>
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Aster and Hertzfeldt are collaborating on an animated feature film called ''Antarctica'', described by Hertzfeldt as "big" and "very expensive".<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://x.com/Thisisntflying/status/1830078024579961258 |title=Twitter}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Foreman |first=Alison |date=2024-04-09 |title=Yes, Don Hertzfeldt Is Making a Movie with Ari Aster — but He 'Didn't Actually Say' It Was Existential Horror |url=https://www.indiewire.com/news/breaking-news/don-hertzfeldt-ari-aster-movie-rumors-existential-horror-1234971896/ |access-date=2024-04-15 |website=IndieWire |language=en-US |archive-date=April 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240417024945/https://www.indiewire.com/news/breaking-news/don-hertzfeldt-ari-aster-movie-rumors-existential-horror-1234971896/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Adams |first=Sam |date=2024-10-31 |title=He's Been Successful for a Quarter of a Century, but He's Still Trying New Things |url=https://slate.com/culture/2024/10/me-movie-don-hertzfeldt-arcade-fire-taylor-swift.html |access-date=2025-02-12 |work=Slate |language=en-US |issn=1091-2339}}</ref>

== Themes and style ==
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Aster's work is frequently noted for its exploration of grief, family trauma, psychological deterioration, and societal taboos.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ghahreman |first=Roya |title=Ari Aster and the Horror Genre |url=https://thehorizonsun.com/showcase/2023/05/11/ari-aster-and-the-horror-genre/ |access-date=2025-07-29 |website=The Horizon Sun}}</ref> His early films such as ''The Strange Thing About the Johnsons'' and ''Hereditary'' delve into the dysfunction and repressed tensions within families, often blending horror with psychological drama.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Yu |first=Mallory |date=2018-06-11 |title=Director Ari Aster Says 'Hereditary' Is A Family Drama At Its Core |url=https://www.npr.org/2018/06/11/618975688/director-ari-aster-says-hereditary-is-a-family-drama-at-its-core |access-date=2025-07-29 |work=NPR |language=en}}</ref>

His distinct visual style often juxtaposes daylight and horror, especially notable in ''Midsommar'', where unsettling events unfold in bright, pastoral settings. Aster has cited a deep interest in "emotional horror"—films that unsettle not through jump scares but through existential dread and the collapse of personal identity.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Wilkinson |first=Alissa |date=2019-07-02 |title=Ari Aster on his new film Midsommar: "I keep telling people I want it to be confusing" |url=https://www.vox.com/culture/2019/7/2/18744431/ari-aster-midsommar-interview-spoilers |access-date=2025-07-29 |website=Vox |language=en-US}}</ref>

Recurring motifs include cult behavior, ritualism, and the collapse of individual agency in the face of communal or inherited forces.<ref>{{Cite web |last=blindfieldcollective |date=2019-11-06 |title=On Death Cults and Bordered Utopias: Ari Aster's Midsommar |url=https://blindfieldjournal.com/2019/11/06/on-death-cults-and-bordered-utopias-ari-asters-midsommar/ |access-date=2025-07-29 |language=en}}</ref> His work is also known for long takes, meticulous mise-en-scène, and a blend of slow-burn pacing with sudden, graphic violence.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-07-17 |title=Ari Aster's 'Eddington' takes the tension of the pandemic to a violent end |url=https://www.wglt.org/2025-07-17/ari-asters-eddington-takes-the-tension-of-the-pandemic-to-a-violent-end |access-date=2025-07-29 |website=WGLT |language=en|author-first1=Phil|author-last1=Harrell}}</ref>

==Filmography==

===Feature films===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
!scope="col"| Year
!scope="col"| Title
!scope="col"| Director
!scope="col"| Writer
!scope="col"| Producer
!class=unsortable|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| 2018
!scope="row"| ''[[Hereditary (film)|Hereditary]]''
| {{Yes}} 
| {{Yes}} 
| {{No}} 
|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/01/ari-aster-hereditary-agency-wme-signing-sundance-1202266806/|title=Ari Aster, Writer-Director Of Sundance Midnight Pic ''Hereditary'', Inks With WME|date=January 22, 2018|first=Mike Jr.|last=Fleming|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=February 1, 2022|archive-date=April 4, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220404002231/https://deadline.com/2018/01/ari-aster-hereditary-agency-wme-signing-sundance-1202266806/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/07/hereditary-a24-highest-grossing-worldwide-movie-box-office-1202433883/|title=''Hereditary'' Becomes A24's Highest-Grossing Pic Worldwide With $78M|date=July 26, 2018|first=Nancy|last=Tartaglione|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=February 1, 2022|archive-date=June 26, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190626212529/https://deadline.com/2018/07/hereditary-a24-highest-grossing-worldwide-movie-box-office-1202433883/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 2019 
!scope="row"| ''[[Midsommar]]''
| {{Yes}} 
| {{Yes}} 
| {{No}}
| <ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2018/05/ari-aster-hereditary-a24-commitment-next-horror-film-1202385437/|title=A24 Pacts For ''Hereditary'' Helmer Ari Aster's Next Horror Film|date=May 8, 2018|first=Mike Jr.|last=Fleming|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=February 1, 2022|archive-date=July 14, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180714105347/https://deadline.com/2018/05/ari-aster-hereditary-a24-commitment-next-horror-film-1202385437/|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/04/midsommar-ari-aster-moves-to-midsummer-release-cinemacon-1202587868/|title=Ari Aster's ''Midsommar'' Moves To Midsummer – CinemaCon|date=April 3, 2019|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=February 1, 2022|archive-date=April 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190403203054/https://deadline.com/2019/04/midsommar-ari-aster-moves-to-midsummer-release-cinemacon-1202587868/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 2023
!scope="row"| ''[[Beau Is Afraid]]'' 
| {{Yes}} 
| {{Yes}} 
| {{Yes}} 
| <ref name="Disappointment Blvd.">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/02/a24-ari-asters-disappointment-blvd-joaquin-phoenix-1234696364/|title=A24 To Produce And Finance Ari Aster's Next Pic ''Disappointment Blvd.'' Starring Joaquin Phoenix|date=February 18, 2021|first=Justin|last=Kroll|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=February 1, 2022|archive-date=February 18, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210218182305/https://deadline.com/2021/02/a24-ari-asters-disappointment-blvd-joaquin-phoenix-1234696364/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 2025
!scope="row"|''[[Eddington (film)|Eddington]]''
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
|{{Yes}}
| <ref>{{Cite web |last=Bergeson |first=Samantha |date=2024-06-20 |title=Austin Butler Says Ari Aster's ''Eddington'' Is a 'Wild' Film: It's Unlike 'Anything That I've Done' |url=https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/austin-butler-ari-aster-eddington-wild-adventure-1235018219/ |access-date=2024-10-05 |website=[[IndieWire]] |archive-date=October 7, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241007095352/https://www.indiewire.com/news/general-news/austin-butler-ari-aster-eddington-wild-adventure-1235018219/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|}<!-- Per [[WP:FILM]], we only add films to this list ONLY when filming starts, NOT when they get a release date. Please do NOT edit this section until you at least discuss it on the Talk Page. -->

===Short films===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
!scope="col"| Year
!scope="col"| Title
!scope="col"| Director
!scope="col"| Writer
!scope="col"| Editor
!scope="col"| Actor
!class=unsortable|{{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| 2008
!scope="row"| ''Herman's Cure-All Tonic''
| {{Yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
| <ref>{{cite web|url= https://nofilmschool.com/2018/06/watch-early-short-films-hereditary-director-ari-aster|title= Watch: The Early Short Films of 'Hereditary' Director Ari Aster|website= No film School|date= June 12, 2018|accessdate= April 3, 2022|archive-date= June 19, 2021|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20210619174048/https://nofilmschool.com/2018/06/watch-early-short-films-hereditary-director-ari-aster|url-status= live}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan=3| 2011
!scope="row"| ''[[The Strange Thing About the Johnsons]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{yes}}
|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://vimeo.com/155016328|title= The Strange Thing About The JohnsonsMATURE|website= [[Vimeo]]|date= February 11, 2016|accessdate= April 3, 2022}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"| ''TDF Really Works''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|-
!scope="row"| ''Beau''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{Yes}}
|
|-
| 2013
!scope="row"| ''[[Munchausen (2014 film)|Munchausen]]''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|
|-
| rowspan="2" |2014
! scope="row" | ''Basically''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
| {{no}}
|<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmlinc.org/series/nyff51-shorts-programs/|title=NYFF51: Shorts Programs|website=Film at Lincoln Center|language=en|access-date=February 27, 2020|archive-date=February 27, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200227043555/https://www.filmlinc.org/series/nyff51-shorts-programs/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"| ''The Turtle's Head''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{no}}
|
|-
| 2016
!scope="row"| ''C'est la vie''
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
| {{yes}}
|
|}

===Producer===
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
!scope="col"| Year
!scope="col"| Title
!scope="col"| Producer
!class=unsortable| {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
|-
| 2021
!scope="row"| ''Los Huesos''
| {{Maybe|Exec.|Executive producer}}
| <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://mubi.com/films/the-bones |title=The Bones (2021){{!}}MUBI |access-date=July 5, 2023 |archive-date=July 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705203837/https://mubi.com/films/the-bones |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2023
!scope="row"| ''[[Dream Scenario]]''
| {{Yes}}
| <ref>{{cite web |last=Atad |first=Corey |date=November 1, 2022 |title=Nicolas Cage Goes Bald For New Comedy Shoot In Toronto |url=https://etcanada.com/news/940823/nicolas-cage-goes-bald-for-new-comedy-shoot-in-toronto/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221101175303/https://etcanada.com/news/940823/nicolas-cage-goes-bald-for-new-comedy-shoot-in-toronto/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=November 1, 2022 |access-date=November 11, 2022 |website=[[ET Canada]]}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"| ''El Padre Bueno''
| {{Maybe|Exec.|Executive producer}}
|<ref>{{Cite web |title=El padre bueno - American Film Institute |url=http://localhost:1864/movie/el-padre-bueno |access-date=2025-07-21 |website=AFI |language=en}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2024
!scope="row"| ''[[Sasquatch Sunset]]''
| {{Maybe|Exec.|Executive producer}}
| <ref>{{cite web|title='Sasquatch Sunset': Bleecker Street Acquires Zellner Bros Pic Starring Riley Keough & Jesse Eisenberg|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|first=Matt|last=Grobar|date=5 December 2023|access-date=5 December 2023|url=https://deadline.com/2023/12/sasquatch-sunset-movie-zellner-brothers-bleecker-street-1235652700/|archive-date=December 6, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231206135726/https://deadline.com/2023/12/sasquatch-sunset-movie-zellner-brothers-bleecker-street-1235652700/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"| ''[[Rumours (2024 film)|Rumours]]''
| {{Maybe|Exec.|Executive producer}}
| <ref name=":0" />
|-
| rowspan="2"| 2025
! scope="row" | ''[[Death of a Unicorn]]''
| {{Maybe|Exec.|Executive producer}}
| <ref>{{cite web |last1=Rajput |first1=Cape Town |title=Paul Rudd, iShowSpeed and Jenna Ortega's Death in Unicorn to film in Hungary |url=https://www.kftv.com/news/2023/07/21/paul-rudd-jenn-ortega-death-unicorn-filming-hungary |website=[[Kemps Film and TV Production Services Handbook]] |access-date=24 July 2023 |date=July 21, 2023 |archive-date=July 24, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230724211848/https://www.kftv.com/news/2023/07/21/paul-rudd-jenn-ortega-death-unicorn-filming-hungary |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
!scope="row"| ''[[Bugonia (film)|Bugonia]]''
| {{Yes}}
| <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/news/yorgos-lanthimos-save-the-green-planet-remake-poor-things-element-pictures-1235911856/ |title=Yorgos Lanthimos Sets Remake of Korean Fantasy Film 'Save the Green Planet' With 'Poor Things' Producer Element Pictures (EXCLUSIVE) |date=February 19, 2024 |access-date=February 19, 2024 |archive-date=September 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240917142925/https://variety.com/2024/film/news/yorgos-lanthimos-save-the-green-planet-remake-poor-things-element-pictures-1235911856/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Focus Features Takes Worldwide Rights To Yorgos Lanthimos' Next Movie 'Bugonia' With Emma Stone & Jesse Plemons – Cannes|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|first1=Diana|last1=Lodderhose|first2=Anthony|last2=D'Alessandro|date=18 May 2024|access-date=18 May 2024|url=https://deadline.com/2024/05/bugonia-yorgos-lanthimos-emma-stone-movie-focus-features-1235917675/|archive-date=September 17, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240917143407/https://deadline.com/2024/05/bugonia-yorgos-lanthimos-emma-stone-movie-focus-features-1235917675/|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
| 2026
! scope="row" | ''[[The Drama (film)|The Drama]]''
| {{Yes}}
| <ref>{{cite web|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=August 6, 2024|url=https://deadline.com/2024/08/zendaya-robert-pattinson-the-drama-movie-1236032136/|title= Zendaya And Robert Pattinson In Early Talks To Star In A24's 'The Drama' From 'Dream Scenario' Director Kristoffer Borgli|first=Justin|last=Kroll|date=August 5, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Murphy |first=J. Kim |date=2025-10-17 |title=Zendaya and Robert Pattinson's Rom-Com 'The Drama' Sets April Release Date From A24 |url=https://variety.com/2025/film/news/zendaya-robert-pattinson-the-drama-release-date-a24-1236555076/ |access-date=2025-10-25 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="7" | TBA
! scope="row" | ''Antarctica''
| {{Yes}}
| <ref name=":1" />
|-
! scope="row" | ''Bushido''
| {{Yes}}
| <ref>[https://deadline.com/2024/11/bushido-hiro-murai-to-direct-samurai-movie-a24-1236171384/ Hiro Murai To Make Feature Debut With A24 Samurai Film ‘Bushido’]</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |[[Death Stranding|Untitled ''Death Stranding'' film]]
| {{Maybe|Exec.|Executive producer}}
|<ref>{{cite news |last=Kroll |first=Justin |date=April 7, 2025 |title='A Quiet Place: Day One' Helmer Michael Sarnoski To Direct Adaptation Of Popular Video Game 'Death Stranding' For A24 And Kojima Productions |url=https://deadline.com/2025/04/a-quiet-place-day-one-michael-sarnoski-death-stranding-1236360094/ |accessdate=April 7, 2025 |work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''Hansel & Gretel''
| {{Maybe|Exec.|Executive producer}}
| <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://variety.com/2024/film/global/square-peg-ari-aster-leon-cocina-animation-1236010359/ |title=Ari Aster and Lars Knudsen's Square Peg Boards 'Hansel and Gretel' Stop-Motion Feature as Executive Producers (EXCLUSIVE) |date=May 20, 2024 |access-date=May 23, 2024 |archive-date=May 23, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240523005815/https://variety.com/2024/film/global/square-peg-ari-aster-leon-cocina-animation-1236010359/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Primetime (upcoming film)|Primetime]]''
| {{Maybe|Exec.|Executive producer}}
| <ref>[https://variety.com/2024/film/news/robert-pattinson-lance-oppenheim-primetime-film-a24-1236186760/ Robert Pattinson, ‘Ren Faire’ Director Lance Oppenheim to Develop True Crime Film ‘Primetime’ for A24]</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''The Looming''
| {{Maybe|Exec.|Executive producer}}
| <ref>{{Cite web |url=https://deadline.com/2024/05/a24-talk-to-me-team-masha-ko-sundance-the-looming-1235910190/ |title=A24 Partners With 'Hereditary' And 'Talk To Me' Producers For Feature Adaptation Of Masha Ko's Sundance Short 'The Looming' |date=May 9, 2024 |access-date=September 23, 2024 |archive-date=May 21, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240521091248/https://deadline.com/2024/05/a24-talk-to-me-team-masha-ko-sundance-the-looming-1235910190/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" | ''[[Enemies (upcoming film)|Enemies]]''
| {{Yes}}
| <ref>{{cite web|website=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|access-date=October 23, 2025|url=https://deadline.com/2025/05/jeremy-allen-white-austin-butler-enemies-1236396847/|title=Jeremy Allen White & Austin Butler Are 'Enemies' In A24's Henry Dunham Crime Pic|first=Anthony|last=D'Alessandro|date=May 14, 2025}}</ref>
|}

==Reception==
{| class="wikitable" 
|-
! Year
! Film
! [[Rotten Tomatoes]]
! [[Metacritic]]
! Budget
! Box office
|-
| 2018
| ''[[Hereditary (film)|Hereditary]]''
|90% (384 ratings)<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/hereditary|title= Hereditary|website= [[Rotten Tomatoes]]|accessdate= December 26, 2024}}</ref>
|87 (49 reviews)<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.metacritic.com/movie/hereditary/critic-reviews/|title= Hereditary|website= Metacritic|accessdate= December 26, 2024}}</ref> 
|$10 million
|$90 million<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt7784604/|title=Hereditary|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=2025-10-20|language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 2019
| ''[[Midsommar]]''
|83% (411 ratings)<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/midsommar|title= Midsommar|website= [[Rotten Tomatoes]]|accessdate= December 26, 2024}}</ref>
|72 (54 reviews)<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.metacritic.com/movie/midsommar/critic-reviews/|title= Midsommar|website= Metacritic|accessdate= December 26, 2024}}</ref>
|$9 million
|$48 million<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt8772262/|title=Midsommar|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=2025-10-20|language=en}}</ref>
|-
| 2023
| ''[[Beau Is Afraid]]''
|68% (271 ratings)<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/beau_is_afraid|title= Beau Is Afraid|website= [[Rotten Tomatoes]]|accessdate= December 26, 2024}}</ref>
|63 (51 reviews)<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.metacritic.com/movie/beau-is-afraid/|title= Beau Is Afraid|website= Metacritic|accessdate= December 26, 2024}}</ref>
|$35 million
|$12 million<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt13521006/|title=Beau is Afraid|website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=2025-10-20|language=en}}</ref>
|-
|2025
|''[[Eddington (film)|Eddington]]''
|68% (221 ratings)<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |title=Eddington {{!}} Rotten Tomatoes |url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/eddington |access-date=2025-07-20 |website=www.rottentomatoes.com |language=en}}</ref>
|64 (44 reviews)<ref>{{Cite web |title=Eddington Reviews |url=https://www.metacritic.com/movie/eddington/ |access-date=2025-07-20 |website=www.metacritic.com |language=en}}</ref>
|$25 million
|$13 million<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt31176520/|title=Eddington |website=[[Box Office Mojo]]|access-date=2025-10-20|language=en}}</ref>
|}

== Awards and nominations ==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders"
! scope="col" |Award
! scope="col" |Date of ceremony
! scope="col" |Category
! scope="col" |Work
! scope="col" |Result
! class="unsortable" scope="col" |{{Refh}}
|-
! scope="row" |[[Chicago Film Critics Association Awards]]
|[[Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2018|December 8, 2018]]
|Most Promising Filmmaker
| rowspan="6" |''Hereditary''
|{{won}}
| align="center" |<ref>{{cite web |date=December 7, 2018 |title=Roma named Best Picture by Chicago Film Critics Association |url=https://consequence.net/2018/12/chicago-film-critics-association-2018-winners/ |access-date=December 9, 2018 |work=[[WordPress.com]]}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |[[Boston Society of Film Critics]]
|[[Boston Society of Film Critics Awards 2018|December 16, 2018]]
|Best New Filmmaker
|{{runner-up}}
| align="center" |<ref>{{cite news |date=December 29, 2018 |title=If Beale Street Could Talk Selected as Best Film |url=https://www.filmtrophies.com/boston-society-of-film-critics-awards-2018-if-beale-street-could-talk-selected-as-best-film/ |access-date=December 29, 2018 |work=BSFC}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |[[Gotham Awards]]
|[[Gotham Independent Film Awards 2018|November 26, 2018]]
|[[Gotham Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Director|Breakthrough Director]]
|{{nom}}
| align="center" |<ref>{{cite news |last1=Wagmeister |first1=Elizabeth |date=November 26, 2018 |title=Gotham Awards: A24 Sweeps With Five Wins, Including 'First Reformed,' 'Eighth Grade' (Full Winners List) |url=https://variety.com/2018/film/news/gotham-awards-winners-list-2018-new-york-1203037073/ |access-date=November 27, 2018 |work=Variety}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release |title=2018 Gotham Awards Nominations: 'The Favourite' and 'First Reformed' Lead the Pack |date=18 October 2018 |publisher=[[IndieWire]] |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2018/10/2018-gotham-awards-nominations-1202012918/}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |[[Independent Spirit Awards]]
|[[34th Independent Spirit Awards|February 23, 2019]]
|[[Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature|Best First Feature]]
|{{nom}}
| align="center" |<ref>{{cite press release |title=34th Film Independent Spirits Nominations Announced |date=November 15, 2018 |publisher=[[Independent Spirit Awards]] |location=Los Angeles |url=https://s3.amazonaws.com/PressReleasesSA/2019_SA_NomineeOnesheet_111618.pdf |access-date=November 17, 2018 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181116215121/https://s3.amazonaws.com/PressReleasesSA/2019_SA_NomineeOnesheet_111618.pdf |archive-date=November 16, 2018}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" rowspan="2" |[[Fangoria Chainsaw Awards|''Fangoria'' Chainsaw Awards]]
| rowspan="2" |[[2019 Fangoria Chainsaw Awards|February 25, 2019]]
|Best Director
|{{won}}
| align="center" rowspan="2" |<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Collis |first=Clark |date=January 22, 2019 |title=Halloween, Hereditary, and A Quiet Place nominated for Best Movie...at Fangoria Awards |url=https://ew.com/movies/2019/01/22/fangoria-chainsaw-awards/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201108015012/https://ew.com/movies/2019/01/22/fangoria-chainsaw-awards/ |archive-date=November 8, 2020 |access-date=January 23, 2019 |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Rife |first=Katie |date=January 22, 2019 |title=Screw the Oscars, let's see who got nominated for a Fangoria Chainsaw Award |url=https://www.avclub.com/screw-the-oscars-lets-see-who-got-nominated-for-a-fang-1831961481 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191120183047/https://news.avclub.com/screw-the-oscars-lets-see-who-got-nominated-for-a-fang-1831961481 |archive-date=November 20, 2019 |access-date=January 23, 2019 |work=[[The A.V. Club]]}}</ref>

|-
|Best Screenplay
|{{won}}
|-
! scope="row" |Gotham Awards
|[[Gotham Independent Film Awards 2019|December 2, 2019]]
|[[Gotham Independent Film Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
|''Midsommar''
|{{nom}}
| align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 2, 2019 |title=Best Feature - 'Marriage Story' Sweeps Gotham Awards; Full Winners List |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/gotham-award-winners-2019-list-full-1258785/item/best-feature-1258788 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112161036/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/lists/gotham-award-winners-2019-list-full-1258785/item/best-feature-1258788 |archive-date=January 12, 2020 |access-date=January 12, 2020 |website=The Hollywood Reporter}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |[[Indiana Film Journalists Association]]
|December 17, 2023
|Best Adapted Screenplay
|''Beau is Afraid''
|{{nom}}
| align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web |last=Rogers |first=Nick |date=December 12, 2023 |title=Nominations Announced for the 2023 Indiana Film Journalists Association Awards |url=https://midwestfilmjournal.com/2023/12/12/nominations-announced-for-the-2023-indiana-film-journalists-association-awards/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240125155711/https://midwestfilmjournal.com/2023/12/12/nominations-announced-for-the-2023-indiana-film-journalists-association-awards/ |archive-date=January 25, 2024 |access-date=January 21, 2024 |website=Midwest Film Journal |language=en-US}}</ref>
<ref>{{Cite web |last=Neglia |first=Matt |date=December 17, 2023 |title=The 2023 Indiana Film Journalists Association (IFJA) Winners |url=https://nextbestpicture.com/the-2023-indiana-film-journalists-association-ifja-winners/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231218111308/https://nextbestpicture.com/the-2023-indiana-film-journalists-association-ifja-winners// |archive-date=December 18, 2023 |access-date=January 21, 2024 |website=Next Best Picture |language=en-US}}</ref>
|-
! scope="row" |[[Cannes Film Festival]]
|[[2025 Cannes Film Festival|24 May 2025]]
|[[Palme d'Or]]
|''Eddington''
|{{nom}}
| align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web |date=10 April 2025 |title=The films of the Official Selection 2025 |url=https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/press/press-releases/the-films-of-the-official-selection-2025/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250410110719/https://www.festival-cannes.com/en/press/press-releases/the-films-of-the-official-selection-2025/ |archive-date=10 April 2025 |access-date=27 April 2025 |website=[[Festival de Cannes]] |language=en-US}}</ref>
|}

== References ==
{{reflist}}

== Further reading ==
{{refbegin}}
* {{cite book |title=Art-Horror: The Films of Ari Aster and Robert Eggers |publisher=Create Space |year=2023 |isbn=979-8364720719 |last=Gmelch|first=Adrian}}
{{refend}}

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