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Alexandre Rockwell
Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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…
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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.
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2026
Big Daddy’s Flowers
Movie Executive Producer
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2026
The Projectionist
Movie Director
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2024
Lump
Movie Director
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2020
Sweet Thing
Movie Director
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2016
In the Same Garden
Movie Director
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2013
Little Feet
Movie Director
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2010
Pete Smalls Is Dead
Movie Director
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2008
A Perfect Place
Movie Co-Producer
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2006
Edge of Outside
Movie Self
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2005
Nobody Wants Your Film
Movie Self
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2003
Rockets Redglare!
Movie Self
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2002
13 Moons
Movie Man
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2002
Dreams about Alfeoni
Movie Self - director, grandson of Alexeieff
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1998
Louis & Frank
Movie Director
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1995
Four Rooms
Movie Director
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1994
Somebody to Love
Movie Director
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1993
Caro diario
Movie Alexandre Rockwell
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1992
In the Soup
Movie Director
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1990
Sons
Movie Director
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1983
Hero
Movie Cinematography
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1982
Lenz
Movie Lenz
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I Miss My Mom & Dream of Our New Home
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