Darren Aronofsky

Darren Aronofsky Headshot

Director

Birth Date: February 12, 1969

Age: 54 years old

Birth Place: Brooklyn, New York City, New York

From his emergence with the breakout indie feature "Pi" (1998) - a sci-fi meditation on life, death and the cruelty of fate - writer-director Darren Aronofsky became something of an indie wunderkind who made the leap to directing big-budget Hollywood features. Although detractors would claim that some of his films -- particularly time travel fable "The Fountain" (2006) and philosophical meditation "Mother!" (2017) -- fell prey to artistic hubris and creative excess, the writer/director consistently managed to turn grim subject matter into exciting cinema. By drawing upon his hip-hop influences, Aronofsky created a hyperkinetic filmmaking style that encompassed high-speed editing and rapid-fire images. But beyond the surface of his filmmaking technique was an obsessive drive to artistically answer the Big Questions of why we are here and what comes after death. In the process, Aronofsky created a legion of adherents who flocked to every movie, while receiving a fair share of criticism for what were seen as overreaching pretensions. Nonetheless, Aronofsky remained a dedicated artist, steadfastly refusing to succumb to studio pressures on his way to making visually flamboyant, metaphysically probing and emotionally engaging films like "The Wrestler" (2008) and "Black Swan" (2010).

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KindredStream

Executive Producer
Series
2022
61%

Limitless With Chris HemsworthStream

Creator
Reality
2022

Limitless With Chris HemsworthStream

Executive Producer
Reality
2022

The TerritoryStream

Producer
Movie
2022
97%

The Good NurseStream

Producer
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2022
75%

Michael Cimino, un mirage américain

Self
Movie
2022

The WhaleStream

Director
Movie
2022
64%

The WhaleStream

Producer
Movie
2022
64%

Sergio Leone: L'italiano che inventò l'America

Self
Movie
2022

Welcome to EarthStream

Executive Producer
Reality
2021

CBS Saturday Morning

Guest
Show
2021

Catch the Fair One

Executive Producer
Movie
2021

The Vandal

Executive Producer
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2021

Some Kind of HeavenStream

Producer
Movie
2020
93%

Satoshi Kon : l'illusionniste

Self
Movie
2020

Pacificado

Producer
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2019

One Strange RockStream

Executive Producer
Docuseries
2018
83%

White Boy RickStream

Producer
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2018
57%

Aftermath

Producer
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2017

mother!

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2017

mother!

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2017

mother!

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2017

JackieStream

Producer
Movie
2016
88%

Close Up With The Hollywood Reporter

Guest
Show
2015

StarTalkStream

Guest
Docuseries
2015

Zipper

Executive Producer
Movie
2015

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy FallonStream

Guest
Talk
2014

NoahStream

Director
Movie
2014
75%

NoahStream

Screenwriter
Movie
2014
75%

Anthony Bourdain: Parts UnknownStream

Guest
Reality
2013

CBS This Morning: Saturday

Guest
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2012

On Story

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2011

George Stroumboulopoulos Tonight

Guest
Show
2010

The FighterStream

Executive Producer
Movie
2010
91%

Black SwanStream

Director
Movie
2010
85%

In the House With Peter Bart & Peter Guber

Guest
Show
2009

The WrestlerStream

Director
Movie
2008
98%

The WrestlerStream

Producer
Movie
2008
98%

Hollywood Shootout

Guest
Show
2007

The FountainStream

Director
Movie
2006
53%

The FountainStream

Writer
Movie
2006
53%

The Colbert Report

Guest
Talk
2005

Tavis Smiley

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2004

Below

Executive Producer
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2002

Below

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2002

Requiem for a DreamStream

Director
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2000
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Requiem for a DreamStream

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2000
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Requiem for a DreamStream

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2000
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PiStream

Director
Movie
1998
88%

PiStream

Writer
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1998
88%

PiStream

Writer (Story)
Movie
1998
88%

Charlie Rose

Guest
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1991

Good Morning America

Guest
News
1975

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