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My Take
Ari Aster makes me deeply uneasy, and I mean that as the highest compliment. Hereditary and Midsommar are horror films the way Moby-Dick is a fishing story — the genre is merely the vessel for grief, inherited damage, and relationships curdling in real time. What I admire most is his control: the symmetrical frames, the daylight dread of Midsommar, the way dark comedy keeps leaking into the terror. Few directors establish a signature this distinct by their second feature. I genuinely cannot predict where he goes next, and in an industry built on predictability, that uncertainty is the most exciting thing he offers.
Overview
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 Mid…
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1. Profile
- Name (English)
- Ari Aster
- Name (Japanese)
- アリ・アスター
- Reading
- あり・あすたー
- Born
- July 15, 1986 (age 39)
- Zodiac / Chinese zodiac
- Cancer / Tiger
- Origin
- New York City, New York, United States
- Blood type
- Private
- Height
- Private
- Agency
- Private
- Occupation
- director / screenwriter / writer / film director
2. Background
- Elementary school
- Private
- Junior high
- Private
- High school
- Private
- University
- Santa Fe University of Art and Design
3. Relationships
- Spouse
- Private
- Children
- Private
- Parents
- Private
- Siblings
- Private
4. Personality
Motto
Private
6. Links
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7. About this entry
Tags
- Last updated
- 2026-06-11
Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.