Alex Mallis
Alex is a Cuban-American, Jewish filmmaker raised in New Hampshire now living in Brooklyn, NY.
His films have been selected for multiple festivals internationally. His work has been distributed by PBS, Criterion, Roku, The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Pitchfork, The Huffington Post, and Vimeo Staff Picks. His short documentary SHUT UP AND PAINT (2022) was awarded Grand Jury Prize at IFF Boston and Big Sky Documentary Film Festival, shortlisted for the 95th Academy Awards, and broadcast nationally on POV.
Alex received an MFA in Integrated Media Arts from Hunter College (CUNY) and is an active member of the Brooklyn Filmmakers Collective and the Meerkat Media Collective.
With an inspiring visit to Miami, Victor “Bikini” Rodriguez, a former state-employed engineer, works to grow his fledgling bathing suit business in Havana, Cuba. A Film by Alex Mallis.