Ariel Schulman


Marek Ariel Schulman is an American actor, film director, and producer. He is best known for starring in, producing and directing the 2010 documentary Catfish, and for directing Paranormal Activity 3, Paranormal Activity 4 and Nerve with Henry Joost.

Career

Schulman has directed the movies Catfish, Paranormal Activity 3, Paranormal Activity 4, and Nerve alongside Joost. He graduated from the Tisch School of the Arts' film program in 2004. Schulman and Joost founded the production company Supermarché.
His younger brother, Nev Schulman, is the host of on MTV. They are of German Jewish, Russian Jewish, Polish Jewish, and Romanian Jewish descent.
In 2017, Schulman and Joost were hired to write and direct an adaptation of Mega Man for 20th Century Studios. In 2019, following Disney's acquisition of 21st Century Fox's assets, the film along with numerous Video Game based movies in development at Fox were cancelled. However, this turned out to be untrue, with Capcom confirming that the film was still in development. In 2020, it was revealed that Mattson Tomlin had been hired to help co-write the screenplay.

Filmography

Director

Actor

Producer

Personal life

His brother is Nev Schulman, the host of MTV's and the subject of his premiere documentary, Catfish.