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After completing his senior thesis film,\u00a0Supermarket Sweep, he won several film awards, becoming a National Student Academy Award finalist. In 1997, he founded the film and TV production company\u00a0Protozoa Pictures. His feature film debut, the surrealist psychological thriller\u00a0Pi\u00a0(1998), earned him the Directing Award at the\u00a0Sundance Film Festival\u00a0and an\u00a0Independent Spirit Award\u00a0for Best First Screenplay.<\/p>\n<p>Aronofsky then directed the psychological drama\u00a0Requiem for a Dream\u00a0(2000), the romantic fantasy sci-fi drama\u00a0The Fountain\u00a0(2006), and the sports drama\u00a0The Wrestler\u00a0(2008), the latter of which earned the\u00a0Golden Lion\u00a0at the\u00a0Venice Film Festival. He directed the psychological drama\u00a0Black Swan(2010), earning him the\u00a0Best Director. His later films include the biblical epic\u00a0Noah\u00a0(2014), the psychological horror film\u00a0Mother!\u00a0(2017) and the drama\u00a0The Whale\u00a0(2022). Aronofsky&#8217;s film\u00a0Postcard from Earth\u00a0(2023) was produced and filmed exclusively for the\u00a0Sphere\u00a0in the Las Vegas Valley on its\u00a016K resolution\u00a0screen.<\/p>\n<p>Description above from the Wikipedia article Darren Aronofsky, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Darren Aronofsky\u00a0(born February 12, 1969) is an American filmmaker. His films are noted for their surreal, melodramatic, and often disturbing elements, frequently in the form of\u00a0psychological fiction. Over his career, he has received a\u00a0Primetime Emmy Award. He has been nominated for several awards including an\u00a0Academy Award, a\u00a0BAFTA Award, and a\u00a0Golden Globe Award. 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