Name: Alexandre Aja
Date of Birth: 7 August 1978
Son of Alexandre Arcady and French cinema critic Marie-Jo Jouan
Chose his stage surname from his initials.
Member of the unofficial Splat Pack, a term coined by film historian Alan Jones in "Total Film" magazine for a new wave of directors making brutally violent horror films. The other Splat Pack members are Darren Lynn Bousman, Neil Marshall, Greg Mclean, Eli Roth, James Wan, Leigh Whannell, and Rob Zombie.
