John Alexander, filmmaker portrait provided to AFIN.

John Alexander

Director and Writer at AFIN

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  • 2022at AFIN

Biography

Alexander interned with Sam Raimi on Drag Me to Hell (Cannes 2009) and graduated from Harvard, winning the McCord Arts Prize. He edited One Way to Drown (executive producer Brett Ratner), Running Wild, and Shut Up and Drive (Tribeca 2015). His directorial debut, Bender (2016), features Oscar nominee Bruce Davison. A guest director at AFI on Suspect (2017), his debut documentary This Is Love (2018) screened at 40 film festivals worldwide, winning top prizes in over a dozen. 2018 - This Is Love - feature documentary 2017 - Suspect - short narrative, AFI guest director 2016 - Bender - feature narrative

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