Alex Ross Perry
Alex Ross Perry | |
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Education | New York University |
Occupations |
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Years active | 2009–present |
Spouse |
Anna Bak-Kvapil (m. 2016) |
Children | 1 |
Alex Ross Perry is an American filmmaker and actor. Prolific in independent film, he is best known for writing and directing Listen Up Philip (2014) and Her Smell (2018).
Early life
Perry is Jewish. He grew up in
Career
Perry's first feature,
Perry's second feature, It was released theatrically on May 18, 2012.
Perry's next film, a comedy titled Listen Up Philip, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival[9] in 2014.
In 2015, Perry's fourth directorial effort was
In 2017 he directed the music video for Aly & AJ's single "Take Me" and in 2019 also directed the music video for the single Church for the same band.
His films Golden Exits and Her Smell were released in 2018 and 2019, respectively.
In 2022 he directed the music video for Pavement's single "Harness Your Hopes",[14] "Bones" for Soccer Mommy[15] and the long form mockumentary "Metal Myths: Ghost Pt. 2" for Ghost.[16]
Perry’s next project is a documentary-fiction hybrid film about Pavement,
Personal life
In 2016, after nine years of dating, Perry married visual artist Anna Bak-Kvapil.[19] They have one child.[20] Perry is a vegan.[21]
Filmography
Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Editor | Notes |
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2009 | Impolex | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
2011 | The Color Wheel
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Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | |
2013 | The Sixth Year | Yes | Yes | Yes | Segment director: "Episode 5" Additional screenplay material | |
2014 | Listen Up Philip | Yes | Yes | |||
2015 | Queen of Earth | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
2017 | Golden Exits | Yes | Yes | Yes | ||
2018 | Nostalgia | Yes | Yes | |||
Christopher Robin | Yes | |||||
Her Smell | Yes | Yes | Yes | |||
2020 | Paul Schrader: Man in a Room | Yes | Yes | Documentary short | ||
TBA | Untitled Pavement film | Yes | In production |
Acting credits
Year | Title | Role |
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2010 | Tiny Furniture | Ashlynn's Friend |
2011 | The Color Wheel
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Colin |
Happy Life | Donald | |
Green | Phillip Roth expert | |
2012 | Somebody Up There Likes Me | Pizza Customer #1 |
2015 | 7 Chinese Brothers | Hats at Cars |
Devil Town | Detective Ira Goldberg | |
2016 | Joshy
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Adam |
Music videos[22]
Year | Title | Artist(s) |
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2016 | "I Can Only Stare" | Sleigh Bells |
2017 | "Take Me" | Aly & AJ |
2019 | "Church" | |
"Don't Go Changing" | ||
"Good Woman" | Anika Pyle | |
"Sludge" | Vivian Girls | |
"Yellow is the Color of Her Eyes" | Soccer Mommy | |
2021 | "Justine Go Genesis" | Sleigh Bells |
2022 | "In the Eyes of Our Love" | Yumi Zouma |
"Where the Light Used to Lay" | ||
"Astral Projection" | ||
"Harness Your Hopes" | Pavement | |
"Metal Myths" | Ghost | |
"Bones" | Soccer Mommy | |
2023 | "Days Move Slow" | Bully |
"Jesus He Knows Me" | Ghost | |
"Tidal Session" | Momma | |
"The Flood" | Zilched | |
"Ghostwriter" | Speedy Ortiz | |
2024 | "Stopping and Staring" | Gustaf |
"Missing Out" | Maya Hawke | |
"Dark" | Maya Hawke | |
"I'm A Man" | Kim Gordon |
References
- ^ Indiewire.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i Lim, Dennis. Literary Influences, Personal Pathologies. The New York Times.
- ^ a b Erickson, Steve. An Interview with Alex Ross Perry. Archived 2012-06-10 at the Wayback Machine LA Weekly.
- ^ a b c d Stewart, Henry. Alex Ross Perry Names His Favorite Incest Movies. The L Magazine.
- ^ a b Impolex (2009) at IMDb.
- Indiewire.
- ^ Village Voice Film Poll 2011: Best Undistributed Film. The Village Voice.
- ^ Film Comment's Best Unreleased Movies of 2011. Film Comment.
- Indiewire.
- ^ Young, Neil (10 February 2015). "Berlin Review: Katherine Waterston and Elisabeth Moss Triumph in Alex Ross Perry's 'Queen of Earth' - IndieWire". www.indiewire.com.
- ^ McNary, Dave (2 July 2015). "Elisabeth Moss' Thriller 'Queen of Earth' Set for Aug. 26 Release".
- ^ McNary, Dave (2 April 2015). "Disney Developing Live-Action 'Winnie the Pooh' Movie". variety.
- ^ Newman, Nick (April 7, 2015). "Alex Ross Perry Will Tackle Don DeLillo's 'The Names' In Feature Adaptation". The Film Stage.
- ^ "How Alex Ross Perry and DP Robert Kolodny Made a New Video for Pavement's "Harness Your Hopes" | Filmmaker Magazine". 13 April 2022.
- ^ "Soccer Mommy: "Bones"". Pitchfork.
- ^ "See Ghost's Hilariously Weird 'Metal Myths' Mockumentary". 4 April 2022.
- ^ "Alex Ross Perry is Making a Pavement Movie". Pitchfork. December 19, 2022.
- ^ "'Her Smell' Director Alex Ross Perry Talks Upcoming Nonfiction Projects About Video Stores and Indie Rock Band Pavement: 'They Are Both Examinations of the Unexamined Era'". variety.
- ^ Pinkerton, Nick (January 27, 2017). "Interview: Alex Ross Perry". Film Comment. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
- ^ "Alex Ross Perry". Instagram. December 15, 2020. Archived from the original on 2021-12-24. Retrieved December 24, 2020.
- ^ "Vegan Filmmaker Series: Interview with Director Alex Ross Perry". Vegan Movie Mafia. Retrieved November 3, 2017.
- ^ https://www.americanfilmfestival.pl/opis.do?lang=en&id=10184
External links
- Alex Ross Perry at IMDb