Darren Aronofsky

Known for DirectingBorn 1969-02-12 (age 57)Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Little Death

People Are Amazing: Making 'The Whale'

mother! The Downward Spiral

Limitless with Chris Hemsworth

Inside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth

From Jackie to Camelot

Requiem for a Dream

The Whale

Black Swan: Metamorphosis

One Strange Rock

Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown

Welcome to Earth

Black Swan

The Wrestler

Sergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America

The Fighter

Serendipity

Some Kind of Heaven

This Film Is Not Yet Rated

mother!

Caught Stealing

The Good Nurse

Pi

Holding Liat

Limitless: Live Better Now

The Territory

Pole to Pole with Will Smith

The Fountain

Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow

Satoshi Kon: The Illusionist

StarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson

Pacified

Jackie

Kindred

Catch the Fair One

Last and First Men

White Boy Rick

Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter

Black Gold

The House of Yes

Within the Ring

Below

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon

Aftermath

One Strange Rock

Edge of Outside

Noah

Protozoa