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 Americas 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