Hi! My name is Alex and I believe in storytelling as a process that heals.

We all want to connect, to hope, to feel like we belong. I believe that for a film to be truly good, we must feel this way not only while watching it, but while making it. My approach to documentary and fiction storytelling puts people, culture, and relationships first. It honors the divergence and intersections of different disciplines, experiences and ways of knowing. This process has three main ingredients, all interdependent:

IMAGINATION

We begin with an aspiration to make people feel. We ask ourselves, “What do they need to see, hear and experience to understand what we have to say?” And we don’t limit ourselves to the expected - to what’s been done before. We don’t let anything be impossible.

COMMUNICATION

The greatest gift we can give is our attention. We learn about the communities we document by listening first, without agenda. We learn about the people on our team because when we truly know each other, there is power in our shared purpose. We create space collaboratively, built on honesty and respect, and that is where we tell our story.

COMPASSION

We are kind. We recognize the humanity in each other - on the hard days and the happy days - because we know we need each other, and we are not afraid of that. We commit to the work of healing ourselves and our world every step of the way. In our stories and on our sets, we choose to love.