Known For
Directing
Born
Feb 12, 1969
Place of Birth
Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Credits
77 titles
Darren Aronofsky
Biography
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 sci-fi 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 Swan(2010), 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). Aronofsky's 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 CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Filmography
Pendulum
Producer
Goodnight Lamby
Producer
Underland
Producer
Pole to Pole with Will Smith
Executive Producer
Lowland Kids
Producer
Holding Liat
Producer
Caught Stealing
Director
Limitless: Live Better Now
Executive Producer
Viktor
Producer
Sabbath Queen
Executive Producer
Little Death
Producer
People Are Amazing: Making 'The Whale'
Self
Kindred
Executive Producer
The Whale
Producer
Limitless with Chris Hemsworth
Executive Producer
Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America
Self
The Good Nurse
Producer
The Territory
Producer
Pacified
Producer
Black Gold
Executive Producer
Catch the Fair One
Executive Producer
Welcome to Earth
Executive Producer
The Vandal
Executive Producer
Satoshi Kon: The Illusionist
Self
Some Kind of Heaven
Producer
Esther's Choice
Thanks
Last and First Men
Thanks
Serendipity
Executive Producer
A Different Beyond
Executive Producer
White Boy Rick
Producer
One Strange Rock
Executive Producer
One Strange Rock
Executive Producer
Spheres
Producer
mother! The Downward Spiral
Self
mother!
Director
From Jackie to Camelot
Self
Aftermath
Producer
Jackie
Producer
Zipper
Executive Producer
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Self
StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
Self
Noah
Director
Late Night with Seth Meyers
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Self - Guest
Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
Black Swan: Metamorphosis
Self
The Fighter
Executive Producer
Black Swan
Director
Within the Ring
Self
The Wrestler
Director