Darren Aronowski
A film director who is collaborating with Google DeepMind to use their creative AI tools, such as the VO model, in his filmmaking process.
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Summary
Darren Aronofsky is a director who is adopting new creative tools, such as the video model VO and the image generator Nano-Banana, which are contributing to a democratization of creativity.
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Born
1969-02-12, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Education
Harvard University
Known for
Psychologically intense and often surreal films
Occupation
Director, Screenwriter, Producer
Creative Style
Visually flamboyant, metaphysically probing, emotionally engaging, hyperkinetic filmmaking with high-speed editing and rapid-fire images
Timeline
- Born in Brooklyn, New York, U.S. (Source: Britannica, IMDb, Vermont College of Fine Arts)
1969-02-12
- Directed the breakout indie feature 'Pi'. (Source: Rotten Tomatoes)
1998
- Directed 'Requiem for a Dream'. (Source: Britannica, IMDb)
2000
- Directed 'The Fountain'. (Source: Britannica, Rotten Tomatoes)
2006
- Directed and produced 'The Wrestler', which premiered at the Venice Film Festival and won the esteemed Golden Lion. (Source: XPRIZE Foundation Bio, IMDb)
2008
- Directed 'Black Swan', for which he was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director. (Source: Britannica, XPRIZE Foundation Bio)
2010
- Directed 'Noah'. (Source: Britannica, IMDb)
2014
- Directed and produced 'Mother!'. (Source: XPRIZE Foundation Bio, IMDb)
2017
- Directed 'The Whale'. (Source: Britannica)
2022
- Adopted new creative tools such as the VO model for video and the image generator Nano-Banana, contributing to the democratization of creativity. (Source: Document 714e6c5f-7b2c-4162-abda-4f48b318c4ed)
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- Darren Aronofsky | Films, New Movie, Caught Stealing ... - Britannica
Darren Aronofsky (born February 12, 1969, Brooklyn, New York, U.S.) is an American director, screenwriter, and producer known for making psychologically intense and often surreal films, including Requiem for a Dream (2000) and The Whale (2022). He was nominated for an Academy Award for best director for Black Swan (2010). ## Early life and education [...] Notable Works: : “Black Swan” : “Mother!” : “Noah” : “Requiem for a Dream” : “The Fountain” : “The Whale” : “The Wrestler” On the Web: : BBC - 'Slumming in a vision of hell': Why Requiem for a Dream is still so divisive, 25 years after its release (Aug. 02, 2025) See all related content Top Questions ### What are some of Darren Aronofsky’s notable films? Darren Aronofsky is known for films such as Requiem for a Dream (2000), Black Swan (2010), and The Whale (2022). [...] SUBSCRIBE Ask the Chatbot Games & Quizzes History & Society Science & Tech Biographies Animals & Nature Geography & Travel Arts & Culture ProCon Money Videos # Darren Aronofsky American director, screenwriter, and producer Written by René Ostberg René Ostberg is an associate editor at Encyclopaedia Britannica. René Ostberg Fact-checked by The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
- Darren Aronofsky - XPRIZE Foundation Bio
Academy Award®-nominated director, Darren Aronofsky, is the founder and head of the production company, Protozoa Pictures. He recently directed and produced “mother!” starring Jennifer Lawrence, Javier Bardem, Ed Harris, Domhnall Gleeson, Michelle Pfeiffer, and Kristin Wiig. [...] Aronofsky directed, wrote, and produced the acclaimed film, Noah, starring Russell Crowe, Anthony Hopkins, Jennifer Connelly, and Emma Watson. He was the director of the indie box office phenomenon, Black Swan, which won Natalie Portman the Academy Award for Best Actress and garnered four other Oscar nominations including Best Picture. In 2008, Aronofsky directed and produced The Wrestler, which made its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival and won the esteemed Golden Lion, making it only
- Darren Aronofsky | Vermont College of Fine Arts
Darren Aronofsky was born February 12, 1969, in Brooklyn, New York. Growing up, Darren was always artistic: he loved classic movies and, as a teenager, he even spent time doing graffiti art. After high school, Darren went to Harvard University to study film (both live-action and animation). He won several film awards after completing his senior thesis film, SUPERMARKET SWEEP, starring Sean Gullette, which went on to becoming a National Student Academy Award finalist. [...] \ Faculty \ Library \ VCFA Resources \ External Resources \ Music Composition Resources \ Scholar’s Toolbox \ Guides \ Contact Us \ News & Events \ Summer Residency \ Winter Residency \ VCFA Announces Partnership with CalArts \ News \ VCFA Newsletter Sign-up \ VCFA Stories \ Make a Gift \ Admissions Darren Aronofsky
- Darren Aronofsky Movies & TV Shows List | Rotten Tomatoes
From his emergence with the breakout indie feature "Pi" (1998) - a sci-fi meditation on life, death and the cruelty of fate - writer-director Darren Aronofsky became something of an indie wunderkind who made the leap to directing big-budget Hollywood features. Although detractors would claim that some of his films -- particularly time travel fable "The Fountain" (2006) and philosophical meditation "Mother!" (2017) -- fell prey to artistic hubris and creative excess, the writer/director [...] criticism for what were seen as overreaching pretensions. Nonetheless, Aronofsky remained a dedicated artist, steadfastly refusing to succumb to studio pressures on his way to making visually flamboyant, metaphysically probing and emotionally engaging films like "The Wrestler" (2008) and "Black Swan" (2010). [...] consistently managed to turn grim subject matter into exciting cinema. By drawing upon his hip-hop influences, Aronofsky created a hyperkinetic filmmaking style that encompassed high-speed editing and rapid-fire images. But beyond the surface of his filmmaking technique was an obsessive drive to artistically answer the Big Questions of why we are here and what comes after death. In the process, Aronofsky created a legion of adherents who flocked to every movie, while receiving a fair share of
- Darren Aronofsky - Biography - IMDb
Darren Aronofsky was born February 12, 1969, in Brooklyn, New York. Growing up, Darren was always artistic: he loved classic movies and, as a teenager, he even spent time doing graffiti art. After high school, Darren went to Harvard University to study film (both live-action and animation). He won several film awards after completing his senior thesis film, "Supermarket Sweep", starring Sean Gullette, which went on to becoming a [...] Directed 6 actors in Oscar nominated performances: Ellen Burstyn, Mickey Rourke, Marisa Tomei, Natalie Portman, Brendan Fraser, and Hong Chau. Portman and Fraser won for their performances in his movies. His favorite films include Angel Heart (1987), Jacob's Ladder (1990), Brazil (1985), Time Bandits (1981), Once Upon A Time in The West (1968), Saturday Night Fever (1977), Do The Right Thing (1989) and West Side Story (1961). [...] Requiem for a Dream (2000), The Wrestler (2008) and Black Swan (2010). Most recently, he completed the films Noah (2014) and Mother! (2017).