Alexandre Jouan-Arcady (born August 7, 1978, in Paris, France), known professionally as Alexandre Aja, is a writer-director who has worked primarily in the horror genre, beginning with his acclaimed French-language breakthrough slasher film "High Tension" (2003) before making the transition to American films with his remake of Wes Craven's "The Hills Have Eyes" (2006). He has gone on to direct other notable horror films such as "Piranha 3D" (2010), "Horns" (2013), "Crawl" (2019), "Oxygen " (2021) and "Never Let Go" (2024). He is the son of French-Algerian filmmaker Alexandre Arcady.
Maniac: The Making of Documentary
(Self)
Brothers in Arms
(The child with the skateboard)
Under the Stars
(Narrator (voice))
Monstres, l'ennemi de l'intérieur
(Self)
Cinémas d'Horreur - Apocalypse, Virus, Zombies
(Himself)
Beyond Blood
(Self)
French Meat
(Self)
Du sang sur la neige
(Self)
Why Horror?
(Self)
Fury of the Demon
(Himself)
Game Changer: The Legacy of Saw
(Self)
Le Grand Carnaval
(Raphaël Labrouche)
The Big Pardon
(L'enfant)
The Big Pardon 2
(Alexander Atlan)
High Tension
(Director)
The Hills Have Eyes
(Director)
The Hills Have Eyes
(Screenplay)
Mirrors
(Director)
Piranha 3D
(Director)
Furia
(Screenplay)
P2
(Screenplay)
Mirrors
(Screenplay)
P2
(Story)
Maniac
(Screenplay)
High Tension
(Writer)
Over the Rainbow
(Writer)
Maniac
(Producer)
Furia
(Director)
Never Let Go
(Director)
Never Let Go
(Producer)
Horns
(Director)
The Other Side of the Door
(Producer)
P2
(Producer)
Piranha 3D
(Producer)
Over the Rainbow
(Director)
The Pyramid
(Producer)
The 9th Life of Louis Drax
(Director)
Horns
(Producer)
Smart House
(Director)
Smart House
(Producer)
The 9th Life of Louis Drax
(Producer)
Break of Dawn
(Second Unit Director)
Mixed Marriage
(Second Unit Director)
24 Days
(Assistant Director)
Return to Algiers
(Second Unit Director)
Crawl
(Director)
47 Meters Down
(Executive Producer)
Once Upon a Time in Algeria
(Second Unit Director)
Campfire Creepers: The Skull of Sam
(Director)
Campfire Creepers: The Skull of Sam
(Producer)
Campfire Creepers: The Skull of Sam
(Writer)
Crawl
(Producer)
Crawl 2
(Director)
Crawl 2
(Producer)
Night of the Hunted
(Producer)
Mice and Mystics
(Director)
Mice and Mystics
(Writer)
Oxygen
(Producer)
Oxygen
(Director)
Break of Dawn
(Screenplay)
Rock the Casbah
(Associate Producer)
Rock the Casbah
(Script Consultant)
The Esseker File
(Director)
The Esseker File
(Writer)
The Esseker File
(Producer)
Tomie
(Executive Producer)
Urban Nightmares
(Producer)