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Alexandre Aja

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Alexandre Aja

Born August 7, 1978 in Paris, France18 films

Alexandre Jouan-Arcady (born August 7, 1978) is a French filmmaker. He has primarily worked 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 Mirrors (2008), Piranha 3D (2010), Horns (2013), Crawl (2019), Oxygen (2021) and Never Let Go (2024).

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The Hills Have Eyes posterFirst watchThe Hills Have Eyes20066.5Based on Wes Craven's 1977 suspenseful cult classic, The Hills Have Eyes is the story of a family road trip that goes terrifyingly awry when the travelers become stranded in a government…View film

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18 films as director
  1. TBAMice and MysticsDirector
  2. TBAThe Flowers of EvilDirector
  3. TBAUnder Paris 2Director
  4. 2027Crawl 2Director
  5. 2024Never Let GoDirector
  6. 2021OxygenDirector
  7. 2019CrawlDirector
  8. 2019CrawlDirector
  9. 2017Campfire Creepers: The Skull of SamDirector
  10. 2016The 9th Life of Louis DraxDirector
  11. 2013HornsDirector
  12. 2010Piranha 3DDirector
  13. 2009The Esseker FileDirector
  14. 2008MirrorsDirector
  15. 2006The Hills Have EyesDirector
  16. 2003High TensionDirector
  17. 1999FuriaDirector
  18. 1997Over the RainbowDirector