Alexandre Aja

Alexandre JouanArcady born August 7 1978 in Paris France known professionally as Alexandre Aja is a writerdirector who has worked primarily in the horror genre beginning with his acclaimed Frenchlanguage breakthrough film High Tension 2003 before making the transition to American films with his remake of Wes Cravens The Hills Have Eyes 2006 He has gone on to direct other notable genre films such as Piranha 3D 2010 Horns 2013 and Crawl 2019 He is the son of FrenchAlgerian filmmaker Alexandre Arcady