Ariel Schulman

Marek Ariel Schulman is an American filmmaker and actor. He starred in, produced, and directed the 2010 documentary Catfish, and co-directed Paranormal Activity 3, Paranormal Activity 4, Nerve and Project Power with Henry Joost.

Career

Schulman has directed the movies Catfish, Paranormal Activity 3, Paranormal Activity 4, and Nerve alongside Henry Joost. He graduated from the Tisch School of the Arts' film program in 2004. Schulman and Joost founded the production company Supermarché.
In 2017, Schulman and Joost were hired to write and direct an adaptation of Mega Man for 20th Century Fox. In 2019, following Acquisition of [21st Century Fox by Disney|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.
In 2018, Schulman co-directed the Netflix sci-fi superhero thriller film Project Power alongside Joost from a screenplay by Mattson Tomlin. The film stars Jamie Foxx, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Dominique Fishback. It was released on August 14, 2020.

Personal life

His younger brother is Nev Schulman, the host of MTV's Catfish: The TV Show and the subject of his premiere documentary, Catfish. They are both of History of [the Jews in Germany|German-Jewish], Russian-Jewish, Polish-Jewish, and Romanian-Jewish descent.

Filmography (with [Henry Joost])

Film

Documentary film

Year	Title	Director	Producer	DoP	Himself	Notes
2010	Catfish
2011	Metropolis II					Documentary short
2012	A Brief History of John Baldessari					Documentary short
2021	Unknown Dimension: The Story of Paranormal Activity					-

Television

Year	Title	Director	Writer	Executive Producer	Notes
2011	3x3				TV movie
2012–2016	Catfish: The TV Show