Ari Handel

Ari Handel is an American neuroscientist, film producer and writer. He is known for co-writing the films Noah and The Fountain with his Harvard Dunster House suitemate Darren Aronofsky and for producing these films along with three other films; The Wrestler, Black Swan and Mother!. He started co-writing the film Noah around 2003.

Ari Handel
Born
Zürich, Switzerland
Alma materHarvard University
Occupation

Handel grew up in a Jewish family in Newton, Massachusetts. He was born in Zürich, Switzerland, while his father was studying abroad, but he only lived there for about a year. Handel had an internship for Nova at WGBH, the Boston PBS station. He has a PhD in neurobiology from New York University.[1] Torn between science writing and science education, he eventually became a film writer in an attempt to become a better communicator of science.[2]

References
  1. "Screenwriter Ari Handel, On The Making Of Noah". 2014-03-21. Retrieved 2014-03-26.
  2. "Movie squares up to death: The Fountain explores the roles of science and spirituality in understanding life". 2006-11-20. Retrieved 2014-03-26.
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