- Known For
- Directing
- Born
- August 18, 1956
- Place of Birth
- Boston, Massachusetts, USA
Alexandre Rockwell
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.
Filmography
movieThe Projectionist
2026 · Director
movieLump
2024 · Director, Writer
movieSweet Thing
2020 · Writer, Director
movieIn the Same Garden
2016 · Director
movieLittle Feet
2013 · Director, Writer, Editor
moviePete Smalls Is Dead
2010 · Writer, Director, Producer
movieA Perfect Place
2008 · Co-Producer
movieEdge of Outside
2006 · Self
movieNobody Wants Your Film
2005 · Self
movieRockets Redglare!
2003 · Self
movie13 Moons
2002 · Man, Director, Writer, Producer
movieDreams about Alfeoni
2002 · Self - director, grandson of Alexeieff
movieLouis & Frank
1998 · Director, Writer, Producer
movieFour Rooms
1995 · Executive Producer, Director, Writer
movieSomebody to Love
1994 · Writer, Director
movieCaro diario
1993 · Alexandre Rockwell
movieIn the Soup
1992 · Director, Writer
movieSons
1990 · Director, Writer
movieHero
1983 · Cinematography, Editor, Director, Writer
movieLenz
1982 · Lenz, Director, Producer, Writer, Camera Operator, Editor
movieI Miss My Mom & Dream of Our New Home
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