I've always wanted to introduce hip-hop filmmaking to film. There's hip-hop art, dance, music, but there really isn't hip-hop film. So I was trying to do that.

The Wrestler premiered at the 65th Venice International Film Festival. I haven't heard from anyone in a while. He has one sister Patti who attended a professional ballet school through high school.

The film received mixed reviews and performed poorly at the box-office but has since garnered a cult following. He won several film awards after completing his senior thesis film Supermarket Sweep which went on to become a National Student Academy Award finalist. After turning down an opportunity to direct an entry in the Batman franchise and writing the World War II horror film Below Aronofsky began production on his third film The Fountain.