Darren Aronofsky
American filmmaker
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| 2025 | Scheduled to produce Holding Liat. |
| 2025 | Planned to direct 'Caught Stealing', highlighting his ongoing filmmaking career |
| 2024 | Announced as director for the crime thriller Caught Stealing for Sony Pictures, with Charlie Huston adapting his own novel and Austin Butler set to star. |
| 2024 | Aronofsky and his sister Patti became Polish citizens, fulfilling his parents' wish through the assistance of a Polish lawyer. |
| 2024 | Aronofsky is set to produce two films: 'Little Death' and 'Viktor'. |
| 2023 | Won the Primetime Emmy Award for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking for The Territory |
| 2023 | Brendan Fraser won an award for his performance in 'The Whale', directed by Darren Aronofsky |
| 2023 | Produced and filmed 'Postcard from Earth' exclusively for the Sphere in Las Vegas Valley, using a 16K resolution screen. |
| 2022 | Directed the drama The Whale. |
| 2022 | Aronofsky revealed he practices Transcendental Meditation, describing it as a helpful exercise. |
| 2022 | Aronofsky produced two films: 'The Territory' and 'The Good Nurse'. |
| 2022 | Darren Aronofsky appeared as himself in the film 'Night of the Coconut' |
| November 2022 | Created and executive produced Limitless for National Geographic, a six-part series featuring Chris Hemsworth exploring the science of longevity. |
| September 4 2022 | The Whale premiered at the 79th Venice International Film Festival, receiving a six-minute standing ovation and leading to Brendan Fraser winning the Academy Award for Best Actor. |
| August 19 2022 | The Territory was released theatrically by National Geographic and was later awarded a 2022 Peabody Award and shortlisted for an Academy Award in the Documentary Feature Film category. |
| January 22 2022 | Produced The Territory, a documentary about the Indigenous Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau people's struggle against deforestation, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. |
| 2021 | Aronofsky produced the film 'Catch the Fair One'. |
| December 2021 | Executive produced Welcome to Earth, a six-episode National Geographic docuseries showcasing the planet's wonders. |
| January 2021 | Announced his film The Whale, an adaptation of Samuel D. Hunter's play. |
| 2020 | Produced director Lance Oppenheim's debut feature documentary Some Kind of Heaven, set in The Villages retirement community in Florida, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and was released by Magnolia Pictures in 2021. |
| 2020 | Aronofsky produced the documentary 'Some Kind of Heaven'. |
| 2019 | Aronofsky served as executive producer for the film 'Serendipity'. |
| 2018 | Co-executive produced SPHERES, a virtual reality journey through the universe, which was acquired in a seven-figure deal at the Sundance Film Festival. |
| 2018 | Aronofsky executive produced the 10-part documentary series One Strange Rock for National Geographic, covering topics like the universe's origins, alien life, human intelligence, and themes of survival and destruction. |
| 2018 | Aronofsky produced the film 'White Boy Rick'. |
| 2018 | Won the Best Virtual Reality award at Venice Film Festival for SPHERES: Songs of Spacetime, and received the Parajanov Thaler Award for Outstanding Artistic Contribution Into World Cinema |
| 2018 | Nominated for Worst Director at the Golden Raspberry Awards for 'Mother!'. Wins the Parajanov Thaler Award for Outstanding Artistic Contribution Into World Cinema at Yerevan International Film Festival. |
| 2017 | Received the Achievement Tribute Award at the Deauville Film Festival and nominated for the Golden Lion at Venice Film Festival for Mother! |
| 2017 | Aronofsky produced the film 'Aftermath'. |
| November 2017 | Aronofsky's relationship with Jennifer Lawrence ended. |
| September 15 2017 | Released Mother!, a controversial film starring Jennifer Lawrence, which polarized audiences and received mixed reviews. |
| 2016 | Aronofsky produced the film 'Jackie'. |
| September 2016 | Aronofsky began dating actress Jennifer Lawrence, whom he met during the filming of Mother! |
| 2015 | Aronofsky was the executive producer for the film 'Zipper'. |
| 2015 | Traveled to Alaska's Arctic National Wildlife Refuge with Michael Brune, Keri Russell, and veterans group leaders to advocate for environmental protection. |
| 2015 | Received the Golden Duke for Lifetime Achievement at the Odesa International Film Festival and the Filmmaker's Award from Motion Picture Sound Editors |
| 2015 | Collaborated with artist JR on The Standing March, a public art installation in Paris aimed at encouraging diplomats at COP21 to take action against climate change. |
| February 2015 | Served as president of the jury for the 65th Berlin International Film Festival. |
| 2014 | Received the Humane Filmmaker Award from the Humane Society of the United States for his contributions to animal welfare and environmental causes. |
| 2014 | Aronofsky discussed his spiritual beliefs, stating that his film The Fountain was his biggest expression of what he believes. |
| 2014 | Received the Honorary Maverick Award at the Woodstock Film Festival |
| 2014 | Aronofsky directs 'Noah', which receives 1 Golden Globe nomination |
| 2014 | Traveled to the Alberta Tar Sands with Sierra Club's Michael Brune and Leonardo DiCaprio to raise environmental awareness. |
| March 28 2014 | Noah was first screened, becoming one of the most controversial movies of the last 35 years. The film was subsequently banned in United Arab Emirates, Qatar, and Indonesia on religious grounds. |
| June 2013 | HBO dropped the Hobgoblin series, and Aronofsky pulled out of the project. |
| July 2012 | Began filming Noah, starting construction of an ark set in Oyster Bay, New York, and announced the start of filming via Twitter with shots from Iceland. |
| 2011 | Wins the Provincetown International Film Festival's Filmmaker on the Edge Award and the Scream Awards Best Director for 'Black Swan'. |
| December 2011 | Directed the music video for Lou Reed and Metallica's song 'The View' from their album Lulu. |
| October 2011 | Published a serialized graphic novel adaptation of Noah with Ari Handel in French by Le Lombard publisher. |
| June 16 2011 | Announced his HBO series pilot Hobgoblin, a project about magicians and con artists fighting Hitler during World War II, to be developed with Michael Chabon and Ayelet Waldman. |
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