Darren Aronofsky

Nationality:
American
Birthdate:
02/12/1969
Birthplace:
Brooklyn, New York
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biography
Ever since his emergence with the breakout indie feature “Pi” (1998) – a schizophrenic sci-fi mediation on life, death and the cruelty of fate – writer-director Darren Aronofsky became something of a wunderkind who, unfortunately, would fall prey to artistic hubris and creative excess by the time he directed the incomprehensible time travel fable, “The Fountain” (2006). But in between the two milestone films, the director managed to turn grim subject matter – drug addiction, madness and the End Times – into exciting cinema by drawing upon his hip-hop influences to create a hyperkinetic Continued
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1998
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milestones
Year
Milestone
 
Raised in Coney Island, Brooklyn, New York
 
After high school, moved to Israel to live on a kibbutz
1991 
Senior thesis film "Supermarket Sweep" was a national finalist in the Student Academy Awards
 
Moved to Los Angeles to study at the American Film Institute
1998 
Feature directing and screenwriting debut, "Pi"
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