Alexandre Aja (born August 7, 1978 in Paris, France) is a French film director who rose to international stardom for his 2005 horror film Haute Tension (known as High Tension in the US.)
His real name is Alexandre Jouan-Arcady and his pseudonymous surname is formed of the 3 first letters of his full name.
Son of Alexandre Arcady and French cinema critic Marie-Jo Jouan
The aka name Aja was chosen because it's the first letters of Alexandre Jouan Arcady.
Member of the unofficial "Splat Pack," a term coined by film historian Alan Jones in Total Film magazine for the modern wave of directors making brutally violent horror films. The other "Splat Pack" members are Darren Lynn Bousman, Neil Marshall (I), Greg Mclean, Eli Roth, James Wan, Leigh Whannell & Rob Zombie.
