Alex Ross Perry
Date of birth: 1984-07-14
Place of birth: Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA
Known for: Directing
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Biography
Alex Ross Perry is an American filmmaker and actor. He has written and directed a series of feature films centred on unconventional characters and rife with the anxieties and joys of creation. His films have been internationally acclaimed at film festivals such as Sundance, Toronto, Locarno, Berlin, and others. He is most known for Listen Up Philip, which premiered in 2014 at the Sundance Film Festival and later won the Special Jury Prize at the 2014 Locarno International Film Festival, and Her Smell (2018), which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and screened at the New York Film Festival the same year. Besides being a prolific independent filmmaker with many of his fiction feature films internationally recognised, he also experimented with documentary, non-fiction, and music. His documentary-fiction hybrid, Pavements (2024), is an experimental musical biopic concert film that premiered at the 2024 Venice Film Festival.
Movie Credits
Kim's Video
2023-09-27
Since 1987, and for almost three decades, New York cinephiles had access to a vast treasure trove of
Alex Ross Perry
2014-01-01
Interview with filmmaker Alex Ross Perry.
The Color Wheel
2012-05-18
JR, an aspiring news-anchor, forces her younger brother Colin to embark on a road trip to move her b
Green
2011-06-22
A New Yorker moves to the country with her boyfriend, where her new friendship causes a problem as h
The Last Film
2013-09-10
A famous American filmmaker travels to the Yucatán to scout locations for his last movie. The Mayan
90 Years of the Music Box Theatre
2019-08-07
Nominated for two Chicago/Midwest Emmy awards including Outstanding Historical Documentary and Outst
Tiny Furniture
2010-11-12
After graduating from film school, Aura returns to New York to live with her photographer mother, Si
Happy Life
2011-01-11
New York Tunez, an all techno record store, is going under. The owner, Keith, a down and out trance
Somebody Up There Likes Me
2013-01-22
Thirty-five years in the life of Max, his best friend Sal and a woman they both adore, Lyla. The tri
At the Video Store
2019-10-11
Equal parts personal essay, intense rumination, and playful satire, this movie laments the death of
Joshy
2016-08-12
After his engagement ends badly, Josh decides to take advantage of his bachelor-party plans in Ojai,
Devil Town
2015-04-16
A young woman's sister goes missing. She then sets out on a quest through Brooklyn to find her on he
7 Chinese Brothers
2015-08-14
Larry is an unqualified, unemployable, inebriated prankster who rides a tide of booze onto the glori
Honky Kong
2021-07-06
A soul-battered New York chef begins unraveling during a trip to Hong Kong.
Impolex
2009-06-11
Impolex tells the story of Tyrone S., a United States soldier in Operation Paperclip, the mission to
Paul Schrader: Man in a Room
2020-01-26
In the sixth installment of the Criterion Channel's Meet the Filmmakers series, director Alex Ross P
Joel Calls Indie Film Type Dudes
2020-03-23
Joel Potrykus calls fellow indie filmmakers during the pandemic crisis to check in and see how they'
An Almost Christmas Story
2024-10-14
A young owl meets a lost little girl in New York City. Together, they try to get home for Christmas.
Not Getting Stoned with Alex Ross Perry
2019-04-19
Caveh gets stoned but Alex Ross Perry doesn't.
Pavements
2025-05-02
'90s indie-rock band Pavement reunites for their sold-out 2022 tour. But as preparations get underwa