Darren Aronofsky
Aronofsky is currently in production on his next project with Warner Brothers Studios, an original science fiction film The Fountain, starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett.
After graduating from Edward R. Murrow High School in Brooklyn, he went on to study live action and animation at Harvard University. His senior thesis film, Supermarket Sweep, won international awards and was a national finalist in the 1991 Student Academy Awards. In 1994, he received a M.F.A. in Directing from the American Film Institute. The AFI again honored Aronofsky in 2001 with the prestigious Franklin J. Schaffner Alumni Medal.
In 1996 Aronofsky and producing partner Eric Watson formed the production company Protozoa Pictures to develop future projects. Protozoa then launched Amoeba Proteus a digital studio with its first undertaking to design and execute the 100 digital shots in Requiem for a Dream.
Darren Aronofsky Facts
Occupation | Director, Writer, Actor |
Birthday | February 12, 1969 (54) |
Sign | Aquarius |
Birthplace | Brooklyn, New York, USA |
Selected Filmography
Requiem for a Dream | ||
Noah | ||
The Fountain | ||
Pi | ||
Black Swan | ||
The Wrestler | ||
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