Alex Ross Perry

Directing·Jul 14, 1984·Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania, USA

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Alex Ross Perry is an American filmmaker and actor. He has written and directed a series of feature films centred on unconventional characters and rife with the anxieties and joys of creation. His films have been internationally acclaimed at film festivals such as Sundance, Toronto, Locarno, Berlin, and others. He is most known for Listen Up Philip, which premiered in 2014 at the Sundance Film Festival and later won the Special Jury Prize at the 2014 Locarno International Film Festival, and Her Smell (2018), which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival and screened at the New York Film Festival the same year. Besides being a prolific independent filmmaker with many of his fiction feature films internationally recognised, he also experimented with documentary, non-fiction, and music. His documentary-fiction hybrid, Pavements (2024), is an experimental musical biopic concert film that premiered at the 2024 Venice Film Festival.

Film	Credit
V/H/S/Halloween2025 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Videoheaven2025 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Pavements2025 · Self (uncredited), Director, Writer, Producer	Self (uncredited), Director, Writer, Producer
An Almost Christmas Story2024 · Dave The Dog (voice)	Dave The Dog (voice)
Rite Here Rite Now2024 · Director	Director
The Sweet East2023 · Producer	Producer
Kim's Video2023 · Self	Self
Metal Myths: Ghost Pt. 22022 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Honky Kong2021 · David	David
Joel Calls Indie Film Type Dudes2020 · Actor	Actor
Paul Schrader: Man in a Room2020 · Self, Director	Self, Director
At the Video Store2019 · Self	Self
90 Years of the Music Box Theatre2019 · Self	Self
Not Getting Stoned with Alex Ross Perry2019 · Himself	Himself
Her Smell2019 · Director, Screenplay, Producer	Director, Screenplay, Producer
Christopher Robin2018 · Screenplay	Screenplay
Nostalgia2018 · Writer	Writer
Golden Exits2018 · Director, Writer, Producer	Director, Writer, Producer
Joshy2016 · Adam	Adam
7 Chinese Brothers2015 · Hats at Cars	Hats at Cars
Devil Town2015 · Detective Ira Goldberg	Detective Ira Goldberg
Queen of Earth2015 · Director, Screenplay, Producer	Director, Screenplay, Producer
Listen Up Philip2014 · Director, Writer	Director, Writer
Alex Ross Perry2014 · Self	Self
TThe Sixth Year2013 · Director	Director
The Last Film2013 · Alex	Alex
Somebody Up There Likes Me2013 · Pizza Customer #1	Pizza Customer #1
The Color Wheel2012 · Colin, Director, Producer, Writer	Colin, Director, Producer, Writer
Green2011 · Phillip Roth expert	Phillip Roth expert
Happy Life2011 · Donald	Donald
Tiny Furniture2010 · Ashlynn's Friend	Ashlynn's Friend
Impolex2009 · Voice: "It's a dud!", Director, Producer, Writer	Voice: "It's a dud!", Director, Producer, Writer
TThe NamesDirector, Writer	Director, Writer
TThe FishermanScreenplay	Screenplay