- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- February 12, 1969
- Place of Birth
- Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA
Darren Aronofsky
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. Aro…
Filmography
moviePendulum
2027 · Producer
movieGoodnight Lamby
2026 · Producer
movieUnderland
2026 · Producer
tvPole to Pole with Will Smith
2026 · Executive Producer
movieLowland Kids
2025 · Producer
movieHolding Liat
2025 · Producer
movieCaught Stealing
2025 · Director, Producer
tvLimitless: Live Better Now
2025 · Executive Producer, Creator
movieViktor
2024 · Producer
movieSabbath Queen
2024 · Executive Producer
movieLittle Death
2024 · Producer
People Are Amazing: Making 'The Whale'
moviePeople Are Amazing: Making 'The Whale'
2023 · Self
tvKindred
2022 · Executive Producer
movieThe Whale
2022 · Producer, Director
tvLimitless with Chris Hemsworth
2022 · Executive Producer, Writer, Creator
movieSergio Leone: The Italian Who Invented America
2022 · Self
movieThe Good Nurse
2022 · Producer
movieThe Territory
2022 · Producer
moviePacified
2022 · Producer
tvBlack Gold
2022 · Executive Producer
movieCatch the Fair One
2022 · Executive Producer
tvWelcome to Earth
2021 · Executive Producer
movieThe Vandal
2021 · Executive Producer
movieSatoshi Kon: The Illusionist
2021 · Self
movieSome Kind of Heaven
2021 · Producer
movieEsther's Choice
2020 · Thanks
movieLast and First Men
2020 · Thanks
movieSerendipity
2019 · Executive Producer
movieA Different Beyond
2018 · Executive Producer
movieWhite Boy Rick
2018 · Producer
movieOne Strange Rock
2018 · Executive Producer
tvOne Strange Rock
2018 · Executive Producer
movieSpheres
2018 · Producer
moviemother! The Downward Spiral
2017 · Self
moviemother!
2017 · Director, Writer
movieFrom Jackie to Camelot
2017 · Self
movieAftermath
2017 · Producer
movieJackie
2016 · Producer
movieZipper
2015 · Executive Producer
tvClose Up with The Hollywood Reporter
2015 · Self
tvStarTalk with Neil deGrasse Tyson
2015 · Self
movieNoah
2014 · Director, Producer, Writer
tvLate Night with Seth Meyers
2014 · Self
tvThe Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
2014 · Self - Guest
tvAnthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown
2013
movieBlack Swan: Metamorphosis
2011 · Self, Thanks
movieThe Fighter
2010 · Executive Producer
movieBlack Swan
2010 · Director
movieWithin the Ring
2009 · Self
movieThe Wrestler
2008 · Director, Producer
movieInside The Fountain: Death and Rebirth
2007 · Himself
movieThe Fountain
2006 · Director, Screenplay, Story
movieThis Film Is Not Yet Rated
2006 · Self - Director of 'Requiem for a Dream'
movieHubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow
2006 · Self
movieEdge of Outside
2006 · Self
movieBelow
2002 · Screenplay, Producer
HypaSpace
tvHypaSpace
2002 · Self
movieThe Making of Requiem for a Dream
2001 · Self
movieRequiem for a Dream
2000 · Visitor (uncredited), Director, Screenplay
moviePi
1998 · Director, Writer, Story
movieThe House of Yes
1997 · Thanks
moviePhat Beach
1996 · Second Unit Director
movieSoldier Boyz
1995 · Second Assistant Director
movieNo Time
1994 · Director
movieProtozoa
1993 · Director, Screenplay
movieFortune Cookie
1991 · Director, Producer
Supermarket Sweep
movieSupermarket Sweep
1991 · Director, Screenplay
Untitled Elon Musk Biopic
movieUntitled Elon Musk Biopic
— · Director
Emperor
movieEmperor
— · Director, Writer, Producer
XOXO
movieXOXO
— · Producer
Nothing, Except Everything
movieNothing, Except Everything
— · Producer
Undeniable
movieUndeniable
— · Producer
movieSolidarity
— · Executive Producer
movieBreakthrough
— · Director
Untitled Darren Aronofsky Erotic Thriller
movieUntitled Darren Aronofsky Erotic Thriller
— · Director, Producer
The Tiger
movieThe Tiger
— · Producer
The Answers
tvThe Answers
— · Executive Producer