Ariel Schulman

Ariel Schulman

WriterProducerDirector
Born
October 2, 1981
Awards
1 wins, 5 nominations

Ariel "Rel" Schulman and Henry Joost are a directing team, best buds, and founders of the New York City production company Supermarché. Their first feature documentary, Catfish, premiered at the Sundance film festival in 2010. It spawned a new word in Webster's dictionary, and a show on MTV, of…

Biography

Ariel "Rel" Schulman and Henry Joost are a directing team, best buds, and founders of the New York City production company Supermarché.

Their first feature documentary, Catfish, premiered at the Sundance film festival in 2010. It spawned a new word in Webster's dictionary, and a show on MTV, of which they are Executive Producers. Their second feature, Paranormal Activity 3, remains the highest grossing horror opening weekend of all time.

Henry and Rel have directed dozens of commercials and short films including A Brief History of John Baldessari, narrated by Tom Waits, which has been screened at over 100 film festivals worldwide. Their Google commercial "Dear Sophie" was named Time Magazine's Best Commercial of the Year. Their short films for Vogue Magazine starring Lena Dunham, Margot Robbie, and Elle Fanning, have accumulated over 50 million views.

In addition to several film and television projects in development, Henry & Rel wrote and are attached to direct an adaptation of Edward Abbey's novel The Monkey Wrench Gang, produced by Ed Pressman and Gary Burden.

Cinematographer

A Year of Ping PongA Year of Ping Pong(2015)
Metropolis IIMetropolis II(2011)
CatfishCatfish(2010)

Production Designer

NY Export: Opus JazzNY Export: Opus Jazz(2010)
Puberty: The MoviePuberty: The Movie(2007)

Special Effects

Daddy LonglegsDaddy Longlegs(2009)

Camera and Electrical Department

I Think We're Alone NowI Think We're Alone Now(2008)
Motorcycle WomenMotorcycle Women(2002)

Production Department

Return to RajapurReturn to Rajapur(2006)

Archive Footage

Unknown MoviesUnknown Movies(2013)as Self

Known for

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Henry Joost and Ariel SchulmanHenry Joost and Ariel Schulman in Catfish (2010)Henry Joost, Ariel Schulman, and Nev Schulman in Catfish (2010)Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman in Nerve (2016)Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman at an event for Nerve (2016)Henry Joost and Ariel Schulman at an event for Nerve (2016)

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