Alexandre Rockwell
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Alexandre Rockwell | |
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![]() Rockwell at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2018 | |
Born | Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. | August 18, 1956
Occupation | Screenwriter, producer, film director, professor |
Years active | 1983–present |
Spouse(s) | |
Children | 2 |
Charles Alexandre Rockwell (born August 18, 1956) is an American film director, producer, screenwriter and professor.
Life and career[]
Rockwell is the grandson of the Russian animator Alexandre Alexeieff, who invented the pinscreen, and of Alexandra Grinevsky, Countess de Lowendhal. His grandmother was a stage actress in Paris, as well as an artist. His father was also an actor and filmmaker. His mother, , was born in Paris and emigrated to the US to marry Alex's father; she was a painter. Rockwell grew up in Cambridge, MA and moved to New York City in his early 20s.[citation needed]
From 1986 to 1996, he was married to actress Jennifer Beals. Beals introduced Sam Rockwell to Alexandre, who has subsequently cast Sam in four of his films.[1] They are not related to each other.
Since February 8, 2003, Rockwell has been married to actress Karyn Parsons (of Fresh Prince of Bel-Air fame), with whom he has two children: a daughter, Lana (born 2003), and a son, Nico (born 2007).[citation needed]
Rockwell currently is co-head of the directing program at NYU's graduate film school [2] and resides in Los Angeles. His wife, Karyn, has her own production company, Sweet Blackberry.[3]
Filmography[]
- Lenz (1982)
- (1983)
- (1990)
- In the Soup (1992)
- Somebody to Love (1994)
- Four Rooms (1995)
- (1998)
- 13 Moons (2002)
- Pete Smalls Is Dead (2010)
- Little Feet (2013)
- Sweet Thing (2020)
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- 1956 births
- American film directors
- Film producers from Massachusetts
- American male screenwriters
- American people of French descent
- American people of Russian descent
- Living people
- New York University faculty
- Writers from Boston
- Screenwriters from New York (state)
- Screenwriters from Massachusetts