Alexandre Rockwell

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Alexandre Rockwell
Rockwell at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2018
Born	(1956-08-18) August 18, 1956 (age 65) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupation	Screenwriter, producer, film director, professor
Years active	1983–present
Spouse(s)	Jennifer Beals ​ ​ (m. 1986; div. 1996)​ Karyn Parsons ​ ​ (m. 2003)​
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)

References[]

External links[]

• Alexandre Rockwell at IMDb