Darren Aronofsky is a screenwriter, director, and producer, who most recently directed and produced the two-time Golden Globe winning and Oscar-nominated film, The Wrestler. In 1996, he began work on his first feature film, Pi, a psychological scifi thriller which landed him an award at the Sundance Film Festival. Aronofsky quickly became a favorite among indie-film fans.  In 2000, he directed and wrote the screenplay to Requiem for a Dream which earned a Best Actress Oscar-nomination.  Aronofsky attended Harvard University, where his senior thesis film, Supermarket Sweep, became a National Student Academy Award Finalist.  After graduating Harvard in 1991, he attended the American Film Institute.