name | Darren Aronofsky |
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birth date | February 12, 1969 |
birth place | Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |
occupation | Film director, screenwriter & producer |
Influences | Stanley Kubrick, David Lynch, Roman Polanski, Satoshi Kon |
partner | Rachel Weisz (2001-2010; 1 child) |
children | Henry Aronofsky }} |
Darren Aronofsky (born February 12, 1969) is an American film director, screenwriter and film producer. He attended Harvard University to study film theory and AFI to study both live-action and animation filmmaking. He won several film awards after completing his senior thesis film, "Supermarket Sweep", which went on to become a National Student Academy Award finalist.
Aronofsky's feature debut, Pi, was shot in November 1997. The low-budget, $60,000 production, starring Sean Gullette, was sold to Artisan Entertainment for $1 million, and grossed over $3 million; Aronofsky won the Directing Award at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival and an Independent Spirit Award for best first screenplay. Aronofsky's followup, Requiem for a Dream, was based on the novel of the same name written by Hubert Selby, Jr. The film received an Academy Award nomination for Ellen Burstyn's performance. After turning down an opportunity to direct Batman Begins and writing the World War II horror film Below, Aronofsky began production on his third film, The Fountain. The film received mixed reviews and performed poorly at the box-office, but has since garnered a cult following.
With his fourth film, The Wrestler, both of the film's stars, Mickey Rourke and Marisa Tomei, received Academy Award nominations. Rourke also won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role and Best Actor, and Bruce Springsteen won for Best Original Song for his title song. In 2010 Aronofsky was an executive producer on the The Fighter and his fifth feature film, Black Swan, received further critical acclaim and many accolades, being nominated for five Academy Awards including Best Picture and Best Director, four Golden Globes including Best Motion Picture – Drama and Best Director, three Screen Actors Guild Awards, a record 12 BFCA nominations and a DGA nomination. He is currently working on development of the HBO series Hobgoblin and is set to direct the pilot.
Darren's parents would often bring him to Broadway theater performances, which sparked his keen interest in show business. During his youth he trained as a field biologist with The School for Field Studies in Kenya in 1985 and Alaska in 1986. Upon graduating from Edward R. Murrow High School in 1987, he entered Harvard University, where he took anthropology, live action film, and animation courses, eventually majoring in social anthropology and graduated from Harvard in 1991 with honors. He became seriously interested in film while attending Harvard, where he roomed with aspiring animator Dan Schrecker. After seeing his roommate's assignments, Aronofsky considered pursuing a career in animation. His senior thesis film, Supermarket Sweep, was a finalist in the 1991 Student Academy Awards. In 1992, Aronofsky received his MFA degree in directing from the AFI Conservatory, where his classmates included Scott Silver, Doug Ellin, and Mark Waters. He also won the institute's Franklin J. Schaffner Alumni Medal.
Aronofsky's debut feature, Pi (also known as π), was shot in November 1997. The film was financed entirely from $100 donations from friends and family. In return, he promised to pay each back $150 if the film made money, and they would at least get screen credit if the film lost money. Producing the film with an initial budget of $60,000, Aronofsky premiered Pi at the 1998 Sundance Film Festival, where he won the Best Director award. The film itself was nominated for a special Jury Award. Artisan Entertainment bought distribution rights for $1 million. The film was released to the public later that year to critical acclaim and grossed $3,221,152.
Aronofsky followed his debut with Requiem for a Dream, a film based on Hubert Selby, Jr.'s novel novel of the same name. He was paid $50,000, and worked for three years with nearly the same production team as his previous film. Following the financial breakout of Pi, he was capable of hiring established stars, including Ellen Burstyn and Jared Leto, and received a budget of $3,500,000 to produce the film. Aronofsky filmed the movie in a year, and it was originally set for release in 2000, but it met with controversy in the United States, being rated NC-17 by the MPAA due to a nude sex scene. Aronofsky decided not to appeal the rating, so Artisan released the film unrated. The film went on to gross $7,390,108 worldwide. As in his previous film, Aronofsky used montages of extremely short shots, sometimes termed a hip hop montage. While an average 100-minute film has 600 to 700 cuts Requiem features more than 2,000. Split-screen is used extensively, along with extremely tight closeups. Aronofsky received acclaim for his stylish direction, and was nominated for another Independent Spirit Award, this time for Best Director. The film itself was nominated for five awards in total, winning two, for Best Actress and Cinematography. Clint Mansell's soundtrack for the film was also well-regarded, and since their first collaboration in 1996, Mansell has composed the music to every Aronofsky film. Ellen Burstyn was nominated for numerous awards, including for an Academy Award for Best Actress, and ultimately won the Independent Spirit Award.
In mid-2000, Warner Bros. hired Aronofsky to write and direct Batman: Year One, which was to be the fifth film in the Batman franchise. Aronofsky, who collaborated with Frank Miller on an unproduced script for Ronin, brought Miller to co-write Year One with him, intending to reboot the series. "[I]t's somewhat based on the comic book," Aronofsky said. "Toss out everything you can imagine about Batman! Everything! We're starting completely anew." Regular Aronofsky collaborator Matthew Libatique was set as cinematographer, and Aronofsky had also approached Christian Bale for the role of Batman. Bale later would be cast in the role for Batman Begins. However, the studio abandoned Year One in favor of Batman vs. Superman. After that project failed to develop, Aronofsky declined the opportunity to direct Batman Begins.
In March 2001 he helped write the screenplay to the horror film Below which he also produced. In April 2001, Aronofsky entered negotiations with Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow to direct the then-untitled science fiction film that became The Fountain, with Brad Pitt in the lead role. In June 2001, actress Cate Blanchett entered talks to join the film, which Aronofsky, wanting the title to remain secret, had given the working title of The Last Man. Production was postponed to wait for a pregnant Blanchett to give birth to her child in December 2001. Production was ultimately set for late October 2002 in Queensland and Sydney, Australia. By now officially titled The Fountain, the film had a budget of $70 million, co-financed by Warner Bros. and New Regency, which had filled the gap after Village Roadshow withdrew. Pitt left the project seven weeks before the first day of shooting, halting production. In February 2004, Warner Bros. resurrected it on a $35 million budget with Hugh Jackman in the lead role. In August, actress Rachel Weisz filled the vacancy left by Blanchett. The Fountain was released on November 22, 2006, a day before the American Thanksgiving holiday, and ultimately, grossed $15,978,422 in theaters worldwide. The box office performance was considered a flop with the film only earning back 54% of its budget. The film received mixed reviews from film critics.
Aronofsky had the idea for The Wrestler for over a decade. He hired Robert D. Siegal to turn his idea into a script. Actor Nicolas Cage entered negotiations in October 2007 to star as Randy, the film's protagonist. The following month Cage left the project, and Mickey Rourke replaced him in the lead role. Cage pulled out of the movie because Aronofsky wanted Rourke to star, Aronofsky said, stating that Cage was "a complete gentleman, and he understood that my heart was with Mickey and he stepped aside. I have so much respect for Nic Cage as an actor and I think it really could have worked with Nic but, you know, Nic was incredibly supportive of Mickey and he is old friends with Mickey and really wanted to help with this opportunity, so he pulled himself out of the race." The roughly 40-day shoot began in January 2008.''
The Wrestler premiered at the 65th Venice International Film Festival. Initially flying under the radar, the film wound up winning the Golden Lion, the highest award at the world's oldest film festival. Aronofsky was only the third American director in history to win this prize. The Wrestler received great critical acclaim, and both Rourke and co-star Marisa Tomei received Academy Award, Golden Globe, SAG, and BAFTA nominations for their performances. Rourke won a Golden Globe, as did Bruce Springsteen for the original song the rock star wrote for the film. The Wrestler grossed $44,674,354 worldwide on a budget of $6,000,000 making it Aronofsky's highest grossing film to that point.
Aronofsky's next film was Black Swan, which had been in development since 2001, a psychological thriller about a New York City ballerina. The film starred actress Natalie Portman, whom Aronofsky had known since 2000. She also introduced Aronofsky to Mila Kunis, who joined the cast in 2009. Aronofsky said Roman Polanski's Repulsion and The Tenant were "big influences" on the style of the film. Black Swan had its world premiere as the opening film at the 67th Venice Film Festival on October 2010. It received a standing ovation whose length Variety said made it "one of the strongest Venice openers in recent memory". Black Swan has received high praise from film critics, and received a record 12 Broadcast Film Critics Association nominations, four Independent Spirit Award nominations, four Golden Globe nominations, three SAG nominations, five Oscar Nominations and many more accolades. Aronofsky himself received a Golden Globe and Academy Award nomination for Best Director. The film broke limited-release box-office records and grossed an unexpectedly high $326,847,336. On January 25, 2011, the film was nominated for five Academy Awards; Best Picture, Best Director, Best Actress, Best Cinematography and Best Film Editing and won one for Portman's performance.
He was attached to The Wolverine which was scheduled to begin production in March 2011, but he left the project. In April 2011, it was announced that he would be the Head of the Jury at the 68th Venice International Film Festival in September of that year.
! Year(s) | ! Title | Film director>Director | Film producer>Producer | Screenwriter>Writer |
Requiem for a Dream | ||||
The Fountain | ||||
2010 | The Fighter | |||
2012 | ||||
! Year | ! Award | ! Category | ! Title | ! Result |
1999 | Sundance Film Festival | |||
1999 | Sundance Film Festival | Grand Jury Prize | ||
1999 | Independent Spirit Awards | |||
1999 | Independent Spirit Awards | |||
2001 | Independent Spirit Awards | Requiem for a Dream | ||
2001 | Independent Spirit Awards | Requiem for a Dream | ||
2006 | Venice Film Festival | Golden Lion | The Fountain | |
2008 | Venice Film Festival | Golden Lion | ||
2009 | Independent Spirit Award | |||
2009 | London Critics Circle Film Awards | |||
2009 | London Critics Circle Film Awards | |||
2009 | National Board of Review | |||
2010 | Venice Film Festival | Golden Lion | ||
2010 | ||||
2010 | Independent Spirit Awards | |||
2010 | Independent Spirit Awards | |||
2010 | Gotham Awards | |||
2010 | Chicago Film Critics Association | |||
2010 | San Francisco Film Critics Circle Awards | |||
2010 | Satellite Award | |||
2010 | Toronto Film Critics Association | |||
2010 | Vancouver Film Critics Circle | |||
2010 | Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association | |||
2011 | British Academy of Film and Television Arts | |||
2011 | Golden Globe Award | |||
2011 | Academy Awards |
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He originally trained in animation at West Surrey College of Art and Design, where his graduation film “Oozat” (1993), using pixelation and mask animation, was broadcast on Channel 4 and also went on to win awards at both the Cork International Film Festival and the Hiroshima Animation Festival.
He is well known for devising, directing and voicing the acclaimed comedy series Angry Kid. It features the misadventures of an animated teenager who is continually aggravating his parents, younger sister and friends. Angry Kid was commissioned by the BBC and produced at Aardman Animations winning numerous awards including Best Animated Short at the World Comedy Short Film Festival, Toronto in February 2003. As well as two Angry Kid series he has devised and directed an Angry Kid half hour special entitlted Who do You Think You Are. In addition to the two Angry Kid series, he also directed commercials, title sequences and broadcast idents for both BBC Television and Channel 4 before moving to London and joining Passion Pictures in 2003.
Walsh is also known for his award winning commercial direction. Since joining Passion Pictures in 2003 he has directed campaigns for Comparethemarket.com, Sony Bravia “Play-Doh” (with Frank Budgen at Gorgeous Enterprises), Peperami, Specsavers, BBC iPlayer, Duracell and National Express Trains. Aleksandr Orlov, the Russian meerkat character was designed and brought to life by Walsh for Comparethemarket.com. This award winning character now has 750,000 fans on Facebook.
In Campaign’s 2009 annual survey of the commercials industry Walsh was listed third in the Top 10 Commercials Directors and top in animation.
His animation direction on Sony Bravia “Play Doh” (live action directed by Frank Budgen at Gorgeous) where hundreds of plasticine rabbits take over Manhattan won Best Animation at the 2007 D&AD; Awards. The Compare the Market campaign swept the board at the 2010 British Television Advertising Awards winning one silver and three gold awards.
In total his commercials have picked up over 50 industry and animation awards since 2006
In July 2011 Darren Walsh was awarded an honorary MA from University of the Creative Arts, Farnham http://www.ucreative.ac.uk/news/2011/july/darren-walsh Walsh is currently focusing on a feature project.
http://www.ucreative.ac.uk/news/2011/july/darren-walsh
BTAA Gold Awards 2010
Sony "Play Doh"
BTACA Best Animation
British Animation Awards
Angry Kid
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