Darren Aronofsky was born in Brooklyn and studied live-action and animated film at Harvard University. His feature films include Pi (98), which won the dramatic directing award at the Sundance Film Festival, and Requiem for a Dream (00), which screened at the Festival and earned Ellen Burstyn an Academy Award® nomination for best actress. His previous film, The Fountain (06), also played at the Festival, as did The Wrestler (08), which won an Independent Spirit Award for best feature and was nominated for Academy Awards for best actor and best supporting actress. Black Swan (10) is his fifth feature film.