Directing
Alexandre Rockwell
TH, EN, RU, IT cinema · 22 credits
Born
18 August 1956 (age 70)
Birthplace
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Also known as Alexandre Alexeieff
Alexandre Rockwell was born in Boston in 1956. His first film, LENZ, premiered at the Berlin Film Festival in 1982. After his road movie HERO (1983), he directed the legendary SAM FULLER IN SONS (1989). In 1992 he won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival for his film IN THE SOUP, which made his reputation as one of the most interesting filmmakers on America’s independent film scene. SOMEBODY TO LOVE (1994) competed at the Venice flim Festival. Rockwell also directed ‘The Wrong Man’ segment of the anthology film FOUR ROOMS (1995), as well as the comedies LOUIS & FRANK (1998), 13 MOONS (2002) and PETE SMALLS IS DEAD (2010). In 2017, he was appointed head of directing at the graduate film department of the NYU Tisch School of the Arts. His film SWEET THING (2020) was selected at the Berlinale Generation 2020.
Known for
Filmography
Big Daddy’s Flowers
Executive Producer
Lump
Director, Writer
Sweet Thing
Writer, Director
Little Feet
Director, Writer, Editor
Pete Smalls Is Dead
Writer, Director, Producer
A Perfect Place
Co-Producer
Edge of Outside
as Self
Dreams about Alfeoni
as Self - director, grandson of Alexeieff
13 Moons
as Man, Director, Writer, Producer
Louis & Frank
Director, Writer, Producer
Four Rooms
Executive Producer, Director, Writer
Somebody to Love
Writer, Director
Caro diario
as Alexandre Rockwell
In the Soup
Director, Writer
Sons
Director, Writer
Hero
Cinematography, Editor, Director, Writer
Lenz
as Lenz, Director, Producer, Writer, Camera Operator, Editor