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.
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. Torn between science writing and science education, he eventually became a film writer in an attempt to become a better communicator of science.