Alexandre Aja

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.