Darren Aronofsky

About Darren Aronofsky

Director who rose to prominence after the release of his picture Requiem for a Dream in 2000. He then went on to earn further acclaim for 2008's The Wrestler and 2010's Black Swan, the latter of which earned him Academy Award nominations for Best Director and Best Picture.

Darren Aronofsky is an American director, producer and screenwriter. His films are known for their surreal, bombastic and often disruptive elements, often based on horror psychology and drama. Aronofsky attended Harvard University, where he studied film and social anthropology, then the American Film Institute, where he studied directing. He has won several film awards after completing his senior thesis film, Sweep Supermarket, going on to the final round of the National Student Academy Awards. Aronofsky's first feature film, the surreal psychological thriller Pi, was shot in November 1997. The low-budget $ 60,000 film, starring Sean Gullette, was sold to Artisan Entertainment. for $ 1 million and earning more than $ 3 million; Aronofsky won the Directing Award at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival and the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Screenplay.

Born	February 12, 1969, New York City, U.S.
Children	1
Alma mater	Harvard University, AFI Conservatory
Notable work	Pi, Requiem for a Dream, The Fountain, The Wrestler, Black Swan, Noah, Mother!
Occupation	Filmmaker
Partner(s)	Rachel Weisz, (2001–2010), Jennifer Lawrence, (2016–2017)

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Trivia

His debut feature film Pi was entirely funded by donations from his friends and family.

Darren Aronofsky before fame

He earned a bachelor's degree in social anthropology from Harvard in 1991. He also studied filmmaking at Harvard and moved on to the AFI Conservatory for an MFA in directing.

Achievement of Darren Aronofsky

Pi was totally supported by donations from his friends and family for his first feature picture.

Salary 2020

Not known

Net Worth 2020

$25 Million

Darren Aronofsky family life

With his former girlfriend, actress Rachel Weisz, he had a son. He dated Jennifer Lawrence from 2016 until 2017.

Associations of Darren Aronofsky

For her leading role in Black Swan, Natalie Portman earned an Academy Award for Best Actress.

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